Thrill’d by the thought! Where shall I find a place

To hide my shame, to lave the branded stains

From this dishonour’d brow? What should I do?

There is a voice whose deep tremendous tones

Murmur within my heart, and sternly cry,

“Away!—and pause not—slay thy guilty sister!”

Voice of lost honour, of a noble line

Disgraced, I will obey thee!—terribly

Thou call’st for blood, and thou shalt be appeased.

PATRIOTIC EFFUSIONS OF THE ITALIAN POETS.