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Where wert thou on St. Valentine's Eve?" "It is to be hoped that I was serving the good saint, as a man of mould might," answered the young man, carelessly. "Will my royal nephew tell us how his master of the horse was employed upon that holy eve?" said the Duke of Albany. "Speak, David; I command thee to speak," said the King.
Then Phoebus Apollo was ware in his heart that the fair-flowing spring, Telphusa, had beguiled him, and in wrath he went to her, and swiftly came, and standing close by her, spoke his word: "Telphusa, thou wert not destined to beguile my mind, nor keep the winsome lands and pour forth thy fair waters. Nay, here shall my honour also dwell, not thine alone."
And she cried out: 'Thy mercy, good Perceval, son of Evroc, and the mercy of Heaven! 'How knowest thou, hag, said he, 'that I am Perceval? 'By the destiny spun by the powers of the Underworld, she said, 'and the foreknowledge that I should suffer harm from thee. And I knew not that thou wert here, or I and my sisters would have avoided thee.
I charge thee, Satan, housed within this man, To yield possession to my holy prayers, And to thy state of darkness his thee straight; I conjure thee by all the saints in heaven. Ant. E. Peace, doting wizard, peace; I am not mad. Pinch. O that thou wert not, poor distressed soul!
Perhaps she is wicked and false, and altogether a woman; but when she speaketh ill of herself, just then doth she seduce most." When I had said this unto Life, then laughed she maliciously, and shut her eyes. "Of whom dost thou speak?" said she. "Perhaps of me? And if thou wert right is it proper to say THAT in such wise to my face! But now, pray, speak also of thy Wisdom!"
Let me stroll beneath the leaves of the cedar-trees, where I may hear no other sound but the cooing of the wood-pigeon; let me pluck flowers on the banks of the purling brook, and spy upon the wild deer; let me live there and die there live in thine arms and die in the flowering field by the side of the purling brook. If thou wert to ask me, whither shall I take thee, so would I answer."
O cursed wretch, that ever thou shouldst beguile us thus, deceive us thus, flatter us thus! We would have gone out to hear the word abroad, but that thou didst reprove us, and also tell us that that which we see now is the way of God was heresy, and a deceivable doctrine; and wast not contented, blind guide as thou wert, to fall into the ditch thyself, but hast also led us thither with thee.
Thou wilt open like a rose to the sunshine of the outer world. But, we are anticipating let us speak of the present. To-night we go to vespers for the last time, and thou must bid thy friends adieu before I tuck thee in thy cot as we arise and are off before day-dawn. Let thy farewells be briefly spoken as if thou wert to be gone but a day.
Yes, dearest Sally, thou wert fair, Not only fair, but kind and good; Sweetly together did we share The blessings Heaven on us bestowed. Till base Rebellion did display Her banners fair with false pretence, Then kindly Heaven took you away From evils which have happened since.
But, Philip, has it not already been said that thou mayst drop such titles as "Sir" and "Master" in addressing me? And wert thou not at one with me that we should be more courteous and friendly one between the other without them?
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