The stern pursuit be pass’d and o’er.“
XXX.
“No, by mine honor,” Roderick said,
“So help me Heaven, and my good blade!
No, never! Blasted be yon Pine,
My fathers’ ancient crest and mine,
If from its shade in danger part
The lineage of the Bleeding Heart!
Hear my blunt speech: grant me this maid
To wife, thy counsel to mine aid;