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Letitia Elizabeth Landon - Hannibal`s OathLetitia Elizabeth Landon - Hannibal`s Oath
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AND the night was dark and calm, There was not a breath of air, The leaves of the grove were still, As the presence of death were there; Only a moaning sound Came from the distant sea, It was as if, like life, It had no tranquillity. A warrior and a child Pass`d through the sacred wood, Which, like a mystery, Around the temple stood. The warrior`s brow was worn With the weight of casque and plume, And sun-burnt was his cheek, And his eye and brow were gloom. The child was young and fair, But the forehead large and high, And the dark eyes` flashing light Seem`d to feel their destiny. They enter`d in the temple, And stood before the shrine, It stream`d with the victim`s blood, With incense and with wine. The ground rock`d beneath their feet, The thunder shook the dome, But the boy stood firm, and swore Eternal hate to Rome. There`s a page in history O`er which tears of blood were wept, And that page is the record How that oath of hate was kept.
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