Had chill’d their fiery blood;—it is no time

For the light mien wherewith, in happier hours,

We trode the woodland mazes, when young leaves

Were whispering in the gale.—My father comes—

Oh! speak of me no more. I would not shade

His princely aspect with a thought less high

Than his proud duties claim.

Gonzalez enters.

Elm. My noble lord!

Welcome from this day’s toil! It is the hour