_ Methought,
To my surprise too, you were touched with mercy,
And were the first to call out for assistance
When he was failing.
To my surprise too, you were touched with mercy,
And were the first to call out for assistance
When he was failing.
Byron
_ Go to, you're a child,
Infirm of feeling as of purpose, blown
About by every breath, shook[48] by a sigh, 330
And melted by a tear--a precious judge
For Venice! and a worthy statesman to
Be partner in my policy.
_Bar. _ He shed
No tears.
_Lor. _ He cried out twice.
_Bar. _ A Saint had done so,
Even with the crown of Glory in his eye,
At such inhuman artifice of pain
As was forced on him; but he did not cry[az]
For pity; not a word nor groan escaped him,
And those two shrieks were not in supplication,
But wrung from pangs, and followed by no prayers. 340
_Lor. _ He muttered many times between his teeth,
But inarticulately. [49]
_Bar. _ That I heard not:
You stood more near him.
_Lor. _ I did so.
_Bar.
_ Methought,
To my surprise too, you were touched with mercy,
And were the first to call out for assistance
When he was failing.
_Lor. _ I believed that swoon
His last.
_Bar. _ And have I not oft heard thee name
His and his father's death your nearest wish?
_Lor. _ If he dies innocent, that is to say,
With his guilt unavowed, he'll be lamented. 350
_Bar. _ What, wouldst thou slay his memory?
_Lor. _ Wouldst thou have
His state descend to his children, as it must,
If he die unattainted?
_Bar. _ War with _them_ too?
_Lor. _ With all their house, till theirs or mine are nothing.
_Bar.
Infirm of feeling as of purpose, blown
About by every breath, shook[48] by a sigh, 330
And melted by a tear--a precious judge
For Venice! and a worthy statesman to
Be partner in my policy.
_Bar. _ He shed
No tears.
_Lor. _ He cried out twice.
_Bar. _ A Saint had done so,
Even with the crown of Glory in his eye,
At such inhuman artifice of pain
As was forced on him; but he did not cry[az]
For pity; not a word nor groan escaped him,
And those two shrieks were not in supplication,
But wrung from pangs, and followed by no prayers. 340
_Lor. _ He muttered many times between his teeth,
But inarticulately. [49]
_Bar. _ That I heard not:
You stood more near him.
_Lor. _ I did so.
_Bar.
_ Methought,
To my surprise too, you were touched with mercy,
And were the first to call out for assistance
When he was failing.
_Lor. _ I believed that swoon
His last.
_Bar. _ And have I not oft heard thee name
His and his father's death your nearest wish?
_Lor. _ If he dies innocent, that is to say,
With his guilt unavowed, he'll be lamented. 350
_Bar. _ What, wouldst thou slay his memory?
_Lor. _ Wouldst thou have
His state descend to his children, as it must,
If he die unattainted?
_Bar. _ War with _them_ too?
_Lor. _ With all their house, till theirs or mine are nothing.
_Bar.