...been moved by the quiet, measured cadence of Aspasia's voice, as she ended with the words, — " ' The high masts flickered as they lay afloat; The crowds,...death quivered at the victim's throat ; Touched; and 1 knew no more.' " Aspasia followed with the last words of Helen, in the same sad tone : — " ' I...

...hand upon his face; I blinded with my tears, " Still strove to speak : my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded...wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. " The high masts flicker'd as they lay afloat; The crowds, the temples, waver'd, and the shore; The bright death quiver'd...

...hand upon his face ; I, blinded with my tears, ' Still strove to speak : my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded...wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. ' The high masts flicker'd as they lay afloat ; The crowds, the temples, waver'd, and the shore ; The bright death quiver'd...

...hand upon his face; I, blinded with my tears, Still strove to speak: my voice was thick with sighs As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern, black-bearded kings with wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die." But Iphigenia was not sacrificed after all. Her innocence excited the pity even of Diana, and at the...

...faces? Through his dim senses ran the lines long familiar, never till now fully realized : " The tall masts flickered as they lay afloat The crowds, the temples wavered, and the shore." What made everything wobble about like that ? Was he dying ? What had brought him here, anyhow ? Then,...

...his face; L, blinded with my tears, years: 'Stfll strove to speak: my voice was thick with sighs 10) As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded kings with wolfish eyes. Waiting to see me die. 1 The high masts flicker'd as they lay afloat; The crowds, the temples, waver'd, and the shore; The...

...his face; I, blinded with my tears, ' Still strove to speak: my voice was thick with sighs 109 A a And wherefore bow ye not, says Lady Anne, 30 1 The high masts flicker'd as they lay afloat; The crowds, the temples, waver'd, and the shore; The...

...blinded by my tears, 1 ' Still strove to speak ; my voice was thick with sighs, As in a dream. I)imly I could descry The stern black-bearded kings, with wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. " The tall masts quivered as they lay afloat, The temples and the people and the shore ; One drew a sharp...

...hand upon his face ; I, blinded by my tears, " Still strove to speak ; my voice was thick with sighs, As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded kings, with wolfish eyes, Wailing to see me die. " The tall masts quivered as they lay afloat, The temples and the people and...

...hand before his face; I, bunded with my tears, 'still strove to speak: my voice was thick with sighs as in a dream. dimly I could descry the stern black-bearded kings with wolfish eyes, FOEMOSAE VENTANT CHORVS HEROINAE. Iamque citra vocis mihi visa adstare loquelam femina, ceu caelo marmora...