Implored forgiveness of her absent child, ...
If it were possible he could forgive
Crimes black as her’s, she said. And by the pangs
Of her remorse, ... by her last agonies, ...
The unutterable horrors of her death, ...
And by the blood of Jesus on the cross
For sinners given, did she beseech his prayers
In aid of her most miserable soul.
Thus mingling sudden shrieks with hopeless vows,
And uttering franticly Pelayo’s name,