I. 34
“Me too! me too!” young Thalaba exclaim’d,
As wild with grief he kiss’d
His Mother’s livid hand,
His Mother’s quivering lips,
“Oh Angel! take me too!”
As wild with grief he kiss’d
His Mother’s livid hand,
His Mother’s quivering lips,
“Oh Angel! take me too!”
“Son of Hodeirah!” the Death-Angel said,
“It is not yet the hour.
“Son of Hodeirah, thou art chosen forth
“To do the will of Heaven;
“To avenge thy Father’s death,
“The murder of thy race;
“To work the mightiest enterprize
“That mortal man hath wrought.
“Live! and remember Destiny
“Hath mark’d thee from mankind!”
“It is not yet the hour.
“Son of Hodeirah, thou art chosen forth
“To do the will of Heaven;
“To avenge thy Father’s death,
“The murder of thy race;
“To work the mightiest enterprize
“That mortal man hath wrought.
“Live! and remember Destiny
“Hath mark’d thee from mankind!”
He ceas’d, and he was gone.
Young Thalaba look’d round,..
The Palace and the groves were seen no more,
He stood amid the Wilderness, alone.
Young Thalaba look’d round,..
The Palace and the groves were seen no more,
He stood amid the Wilderness, alone.
