"By heavenly Powers conducted, we have met;

—O Brother! to my knowledge lost so long,

But neither lost to love, nor to regret,

Nor to my wishes lost;—forgive the wrong,

(Such it may seem) if I thy crown have borne,

Thy royal mantle worn:

I was their natural guardian; and 'tis just

That now I should restore what hath been held in trust."

A while the astonished Artegal stood mute,

Then thus exclaimed: "To me, of titles shorn,