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SIEGE OF VALENCIA.
ELMINA (covering her face with her hands).
Which rush, in stormy darkness, through my soul,
Shrink from his glance. I cannot answer here.
ABDULLAH.
Come forth. We'll commune elsewhere.
CARLOS (to his mother).
Oh! let me follow thee!
ELMINA.
—Now that thine eyes have pour'd once more on mine
The light of their young smile, and thy sweet voice
Hath sent its gentle music through my soul,
And I have felt the twining of thine arms—
—How shall I leave thee?
ABDULLAH.
For a brief slumber, to behold his face
At morning, with the sun's.
ALPHONSO.
For me, my mother!
