Detdiar sidj as efterluket wurden.
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But before the prince Abdallah sought again his native land,
He had read the faint lines written by the passing maiden's
hand.
"I have loved thee, noble stranger, but not better than my
faith,
Lo the proof ! I give thee freedom, and remain alone with
death."
"Go thou to the tomb that holds me, from my hand a casket
take,
And the jewels that thou findest — for the Christian princess'
sake —
Buy with them the Christian captives that among thy people
mourn ;
Let them to their home and kindred and their fathers' God
return ! "
Straight he seeks the narrow chamber, sacred to fair Ellen's
rest ;
But what tongue may speak the wonder that affrays his
startled breast !
