The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 5


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Pol. Now by my halidom  
I do believe thee!--coward, I do believe thee!  
Cas. Ha!--coward!--this may not be!  
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clutches his sword and staggers towards POLITIAN, but his purpose  
is changed before reaching him, and he falls upon his knee at the feet of  
the Earl)  
Alas! my lord,  
It is--it is--most true. In such a cause  
I am the veriest coward. O pity me!  
Pol. (greatly softened.) Alas!--I do--indeed I pity thee.  
Cas. And Lalage-  
Pol. Scoundrel!--arise and die!  
Cas. It needeth not be--thus--thus--O let me die  
Thus on my bended knee. It were most fitting  
That in this deep humiliation I perish.  
For in the fight I will not raise a hand  
Against thee, Earl of Leicester. Strike thou home--  
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