THE QUEEN AND THE CAPTIVE.
i There is a story in an old poet's forgot* ten writings of 3 woman w.ho was queen when the world was young, and reigned over many lands, and loved a captive,' and s set.him -tree, andj thinking ; .to. hurt hijmJ less 1 by seeming lowly, came down from" her thron3 and laid her sceptre in the dust, and passed among the common maidens ;that drew water- at the; welt or,, ;j begged at the city gate, and seemed as" '"-. one of them, giving him all andy keeping,,;, naught herself—" So he will love mo more," she thought.' But he;-the crowned; '> king, thought onlyof the sceptre and the throne, and, having'those/looked' not" 1? among the women at the gate, and knew her not.-^becauso what he v had loved had been a queen. Thus she, self-discrowned^ lost Voilr Ber love and kingdom. A wise"'" maii among the throng'said to her, " Nay, .- you ;>BhouTd have kept aloof >upon your r golden seat, and made him feel (*fouc | ppw.er to deal life. or fdeath, ,and fjreited \ 5. ;h|m long, and long kept'him.,in durance and in doubt,;you,,'meanwhile,.far above. For. men are light- creatures, as moth*,' are."~Quida. . , ''*-' .- -\l-\\.\' '"' -
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2986, 10 September 1878, Page 2
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198THE QUEEN AND THE CAPTIVE. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2986, 10 September 1878, Page 2
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