Blackfriars; Or, the Monks of Old; a Romantic Chronicle 3
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I am summoned. See ye not the rejoicing fiends. Hear ye not the flood of ages surging nigh to sweep me away, and the death psoan floating triumphantly in the still air. Ha! — they come — they come still nearer. 0, Francis — thou tool 'Tis he — my murdered brother ! Touch me not — avaunt ! Away — away, foul ends !" He appeared for a minute longer as if strug- gling violently with some dread, but unseen spirit. The welling blood poured forth anew from the frailly covered wound. At last, wholly OR..., THE MONKS OF OLD. 827 exhaust, he fell heavily back, his limbs fluttering and the film spreading more thickly over the fast -glazing eyes. Through his lips, too, the life-blood began to ooze. He moaned once more, and then on his brow all grew night. Let us quickly draw the curtain over this scene of anguish, guilt, and horror. Cromwell advanced, and laying a hand on. Plantagenet's arm, exclaimed, in a low and solemn tone — " Let us not tarry longer here. May God assoil him. He needs but now the white sere- cloths of the dead.
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