The Works of Voltaire a Contemporary Version With Notes volume 15
The Works of Voltaire a Contemporary Version With Notes volume 15
Voltaire
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I refused his hand ; I am a wife and mother ; how that thought Alarms me! he is fiery and revengeful; A Scythian never pardons: cruel fate! And will this valiant nation tamely yield Its neck to slavery, and be led like sheep To slaughter? ASSELI. 'Tis reported the Koreans Have raised an army, but we know not yet If it be true. IDAME. This sad uncertainty But doubles our distress: heaven only knows What we must suffer, if the emperor Has found a place of refuge, if the queen 184 The Orphan of Ch...ina. Is fallen beneath the tyrant's power, if yet They live ; alas ! the last surviving pledge Of their unhappy nuptials, the dear infant Entrusted to our care ! I tremble for him. Perhaps my Zamti's sacred character And holy office may subdue the hearts Of these proud conquerors ; savage as they are, And thirsting for the blood of half mankind, They yet believe there is a power above That rules o'er all ; nature in every breast Hath wisely stamped the image of its God : I talk of hope, but have a thousand fears That wring my heart.
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