"Builded on the ruins of dead thrones
Whose temple walls were old when Thebes was new,
On altars whose weird sacrificial stones
With ghastly offerings were crimson through,
Oblivion hides and holds thy secrets fast,
The dust of ages lies upon thy past,
All-wonderful, mysterious Mexico."
CONTENTS.
[ THE MARTYR.]
I. The King's Council
II. The Revel
III. The Execution
IV. The Waters of Mormon
V. The Flight
VI. The Abduction
VII. The Revenge