Chains, dungeons, darkness, ... any thing but death!...
I did not touch his life.
Roderick replied,
His hour, whenever it had come, had found
A soul prepared: he lived in peace with Heaven,
And life prolong’d for him, was bliss delay’d.
But life, in pain and darkness and despair,
For thee, all leprous as thou art with crimes,
Is mercy.... Take him hence, and let him see
The light of day no more!