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JOAN OF ARC.
Unquenchable, large draughts of molten gold
They drink insatiate, still with pain renewed,
Pain to destroy!"
So saying, her he led 455
Forth from the dreadful cavern to a cell,
Brilliant with gem-born light. The rugged walls
Part gleam'd with gold, and part with silver ore
A milder radiance shone. The Carbuncle
There, it's strong lustre like the flamy sun, 460
Shot forth irradiate; from the earth beneath,
And from the roof a diamond light emits;
Rubies and Amethysts their glows commix'd
With the gay Topaz, and the softer ray
Shot from the Sapphire, and the Emerald's hue, 465
And bright Pyropus.
There on golden seats,
A numerous, sullen, melancholy train,
Sat silent. "Maiden, these," said Theodore,
"Are they who let the love of wealth absorb
All other passions; in their souls that vice 470
They drink insatiate, still with pain renewed,
Pain to destroy!"
So saying, her he led 455
Forth from the dreadful cavern to a cell,
Brilliant with gem-born light. The rugged walls
Part gleam'd with gold, and part with silver ore
A milder radiance shone. The Carbuncle
There, it's strong lustre like the flamy sun, 460
Shot forth irradiate; from the earth beneath,
And from the roof a diamond light emits;
Rubies and Amethysts their glows commix'd
With the gay Topaz, and the softer ray
Shot from the Sapphire, and the Emerald's hue, 465
And bright Pyropus.
There on golden seats,
A numerous, sullen, melancholy train,
Sat silent. "Maiden, these," said Theodore,
"Are they who let the love of wealth absorb
All other passions; in their souls that vice 470
"Struck
