Leave shade and silence to my need."


There was a cry of terror in the hall

Of Peru's monarch, and a startling call;

But no reply—Iola sure was gone;

Yet none knew why or whither she had flown.

Her Inca-father put his crown aside,

And filled the temple with loud prayer—a tide

Of lamentation rolled along the fair

And blooming realm; heaven wore a dim despair.