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第149章 XVI.

  • The Lady of the Shroud
  • Bram Stoker
  • 224字
  • 2016-01-18 18:40:03

Now yield thee, or by Him who made The world, thy heart's blood dyes my blade!;'Thy threats, thy mercy, I defy!

Let recreant yield, who fears to die.'

Like adder darting from his coil, Like wolf that dashes through the toil, Like mountain-cat who guards her young, Full at Fitz-James's throat he sprung;Received, but recked not of a wound, And locked his arms his foeman round.

Now, gallant Saxon, hold shine own!

No maiden's hand is round thee thrown!

That desperate grasp thy frame might feel Through bars of brass and triple steel!

They tug, they strain! down, down they go, The Gael above, Fitz-James below.

The Chieftain's gripe his throat compressed, His knee was planted on his breast;His clotted locks he backward threw, Across his brow his hand he drew, From blood and mist to clear his sight, Then gleamed aloft his dagger bright!

But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide, And all too late the advantage came, To turn the odds of deadly game;For, while the dagger gleamed on high, Reeled soul and sense, reeled brain and eye.

Down came the blow! but in the heath The erring blade found bloodless sheath.

The struggling foe may now unclasp The fainting Chief's relaxing grasp;Unwounded from the dreadful close, But breathless all, Fitz-James arose.

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