And clenching as he spake his hoary locks,
He cursed King Roderick’s soul.
Oh curse him not!
Roderick exclaim’d, all shuddering as he spake.
Oh, for the love of Jesus, curse him not!
Sufficient is the dreadful load of guilt
That lies upon his miserable soul!
O brother, do not curse that sinful soul,
Which Jesus suffer’d on the cross to save!
But then an old man, who had sate thus long