Leila: Or, the Siege of Granada, And Calderon, the Courtier
Leila: Or, the Siege of Granada, And Calderon, the Courtier
Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
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"Successor of the Prophet, and darling of the world ! " said the reve- rend man, " the alfaquis and seers of Granada implore thee on their knees to listen to their voice. They have consulted the Books of Fate; they have implored a sign from the Pro- phet; and they find that the glory has left thy people and thy crown. The fall of Granada is predestined — God is great ! * • Ton shall have my answer forth- with," said Boabdil. "Abdelemic, approach." From the crowd came an aged and white-bearded m...an, the governor of the city. " Speak, old man," said the king. "Oh, Boabdil !" said the veteran, with faltering tones, while the tears rolled down his cheeks; "son of a race of kings and heroes ! would that thy servant had fallen dead on thy threshold this day, and that the lips of a Moorish noble had never been polluted by the words that I now utter. Our state is hopeless: our granaries are as the sands of the desert ; there is in them life neither for beast nor man. The war- horse that bore the hero is now consumed for his food; and the population of thy city, with one voice, cry for chains and— bread !
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