XVII.
Which done, he dragged him to my feet
And said, "Here die, but end thy breath
In full confession, lest thou fleet
From my first, to God's second death!
Say, hast thou lied?" And, "I have lied
To God and her," he said, and died.
XVIII.
Then Gismond, kneeling to me, asked
—What safe my heart holds, though no word