His murderer with dread subdue.
Ah! I have said the stately mien
Of Zillah would befit a queen,
That lawless crime could ill withstand
Her innate bearing of command.
Alas! regality of soul
Gives agony supreme control,
And prompts the wretched one to hide
Consuming pangs from vulgar gaze—
To nurse, in uncomplaining pride,