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My trial came : firm , I repell'd ; , The proofs all fail'd—yet I was held ! And in the end , by some foul fee , I was unshackl'd privately , And o ' er the seas once more was sent , With spirit griev'd and heart deep rent ; Tho' never conquer ed , almost spent ; Delora !
Some error strange preserv ed my life , Another met the murderous knife : They wrote , " Andrea Como ' s gone I " But in a dungeon I was thrown , And there in solid dark remain'd , Till darkness by sad light was graiti'd—Like hell by purgatory stain'd : Delora !
What time this chasm , peopled with ill , I bore companion'd by my will , I know not : Oh , it tries the strength , When pain ' s account turns Voted from length ; Confounded , seeming without end , A tortur ' d serpent ' s dizzy blend , — Like reckoning with a fiend as friend ; Delora !
It chanc'd an earthquake flaw'd the land , And shook my dungeon walls to sttiidL Bruis'd , I escaped ; the waves I cross ed , And twice was wreck * d , on land oft loit ; Detain ed by bandits , chas'd thro' woods By wolves and panthers ; h £ ttmi '< f with flWfc ; Gitunt-fed on berries , roots , and bads "; Delora !
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