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And by the dreaded Styx whose boundless might Binds e'en the gods like slaves if Zeus deny thee, Then shall the gods, e'en in that self-same moment, Hurl me despairing to annihilation! Thou swearest and the Styx has heard thine oath! Let me embrace thee, then, in the same guise In which Oh stay! oh stay! SEMELE. Saturnia SEMELE. Embraces thee. The sound escaped! The Styx!
Hast thou forgotten the oath thou swearest to me with thy hand, good knight, when thou didst woo me for King Etzel how that thou wouldst serve me till my life's end, or till thine? Never was my need greater than now." "It is true, noble lady. I promised to risk for thee honour and life, but I sware not to lose my soul. I brought the princes to this hightide."
"That is my answer to our Holy Father the Pope, and when thou swearest to deliver it to him as I have given it to thee, the gates are open and the way clear for thy pilgrimage to Rome." But the monk lay where he fell and made no reply. "Take him away," commanded the Baron impatiently, whereupon several of the menials laid hands on the fallen monk and dragged him into the scullery he had left.
SEMELE. Deucalion has no offspring so divine As is my Zeus of thunder naught I know. JUNO. Mere envy! Fie! SEMELE. No, Beroe! By Zeus! JUNO. Thou swearest? SEMELE. By Zeus! by mine own Zeus! Unhappy one! JUNO. Repeat the word that dooms thee to become the wretchedest of all on earth's wide face! Alas, lost creature! 'Twas not Zeus! SEMELE. Not Zeus? Oh, fearful thought! Well mayest thou fall!
My Royal father will approve our union; and, as for that little carroty-haired Angelica, I do not care a fig for her any more. 'Go away, Your Royal Highness, and go to bed, please, said Betsinda, with the warming-pan. But Bulbo said, 'No, never, till thou swearest to be mine, thou lovely, blushing chambermaid divine!
Thus refreshed and sobered, the jolly priest twirled his heavy partisan round his head with three fingers, as if he had been balancing a reed, exclaiming at the same time, "Where be those false ravishers, who carry off wenches against their will? May the foul fiend fly off with me, if I am not man enough for a dozen of them." "Swearest thou, Holy Clerk?" said the Black Knight.
My Royal father will approve our union; and, as for that little carroty-haired Angelica, I do not care a fig for her any more." "Go away, Your Royal Highness, and go to bed, please," said Betsinda, with the warming-pan. But Bulbo said, "No, never, till thou swearest to be mine, thou lovely, blushing chambermaid divine!
Hall-crower, "Salgofnir": lit. Hall-gaper, the cock of Valhall. Now this is my first counsel, That thou with thy kin Be guiltless, guileless ever, Nor hasty of wrath, Despite of wrong done Unto the dead good that doeth. Lo the second counsel, That oath thou swearest never, But trusty oath and true: Grim tormenting Gripes troth-breakers; Cursed wretch is the wolf of vows.
Then my father, without delay, drew near me, and placed in my hands a golden image of the divine Ma, the Goddess of Truth, and golden images of the arks of the God Amen-Ra, of the divine Mout, and the divine Khons, and spoke solemnly: "Thou swearest by the living majesty of Ma, by the majesty of Amen-Ra, of Mout, and of Khons?" "I swear," I said.
"It was devilish like him," said the cavalier, without sufficiently weighing his expressions, considering in what presence they were to be uttered "And I'll uphold him with my rapier, to be a true chip of the old block!" "Ha, swearest thou?" said the General. "Is this thy reformation?"
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