So do I bear thee in my wounded hands."

Smiling, He stooped, and kissed the tortured brow,

And over all its anguish stole a smile;

The blood-sealed lips unclosed; the dying breath

Sighed, like the rain-sound in a summer wind,

Sobbing, but sweet,—"I see the Sangreal, Lord!"

[pg 351]


THOMAS DE QUINCEY.