Pale, and in tears, with ashes on his head.
VII.
RODERICK AND PELAYO.
’Twas not in vain that on her absent son,
Pelayo’s mother from the bed of death
Call’d for forgiveness, and in agony
Besought his prayers; all guilty as she was,
Sure he had not been human, if that cry
Had fail’d to pierce him. When he heard the tale
He bless’d the messenger, even while his speech