WOMAN SPEAKER.

Yet, ah! what terrors frown'd upon her fate—

Death, with its formidable band,

Fever, and pain, and pale consumptive care,

Determined took their stand.

Nor did the cruel ravagers design

To finish all their efforts at a blow;

But, mischievously slow,

They robb'd the relic and defaced the shrine.

With unavailing grief,