Penny Dreadfuls, 1843 · page 237 of 257
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228 A SEQUEL ‘TO LXVI. ‘* Nor shall Azs. blood alone, to expiate The crimes of all his ancestors, be shed ; But his licentious queen* shall share the fate Which she has drawn on his devoted head ! We will prepare thema befitting state ; To yonder eminence shall they be led, ’Midst crowds of freemen thronging on the way With shouts to welcome that triumphant day 44 LX VII. The lady shuddered—and he said no more ; For now in the Faubourg Saint Honore ’ They stopped a modest restaurant before : And, after glancing up and down the way, He hurried the fair dame the threshold-o’er - - Into a private chamber, where the ray Of the hot sun was kept out by a blind Which still admitted the refreshing wind. — LX VIII. Yes, thou, O Zephyr—that canst win thy way Into Love’s mystic, bowers, to fan the cheek Of Beauty heated with her amorous play— Thou that’dost waft the words which lovers speak, Sport with their-sighs, ’midst.their embraces str ay, | And echoes in their billing kisses seek— 3 | Thou that dost wander over forms so fair, ! And mingle with love’s incense,—thou wast there! * “Marie Antoinette. COPNICLOO KS. CONN