Himself unheeded watched the stranger's course, And still another hurried glance would snatch, And something glitter'd starlike on the vest, But ere he well could mark the buoyant trunk, 1225 massy fragment smote it, and it sunk: A It rose again but indistinct to view, And left the waters of a purple hue, Then deeply disappear'd: the horseman gazed Till ebb'd the latest eddy it had raised; 1230 1235 And such 'tis known Sir Ezzelin had worn XXV. And Kaled-Lara-Ezzelin, are gone, 1240 1245 From lingering where her chieftain's blood had been; Grief had so tamed a spirit once too proud, Her tears were few, her wailing never loud; But furious would you tear her from the spot That haunts the tigress in her whelpless ire: 1255 1260 And fold, and press it gently to the ground, Then rising, start, and beckon him to fly 1265 1270 THE event in section 24, Canto 2d, was suggested by the description of the death or rather burial of the Duke of Gandia. The most interesting and particular account of this mysterious event, is given by Burchard; and is in substance as follows: "On the eighth day of June, the cardinal of Valenza, and the Duke of Gandia, sons of the pope, supped with their mother, Vanozza, near the church of S. Pietro ad vincula; several other persons being present at the entertainment. A late hour approaching, and the cardinal having reminded his brother, that it was time to return to the apostolic palace, they mounted their horses or mules, with only a few attendants, and proceeded together as far as the palace of cardinal Ascanio Sforza, when the duke informed the cardinal, that before he returned home, he had to pay a visit of pleasure. Dismissing therefore all his attendants, excepting his staffiero, or footman, and a person in a mask, who had paid him a visit whilst at supper, and who, during the space of a month, or thereabouts, previous to this time, had called upon him almost daily, at the apostolic palace, he took this person behind him on his mule, and proceeded to the street of the Jews, where he quitted his servant, directing him to remain there until a certain hour; when, if he did not return, he might repair to the palace. The duke then seated the person in the mask behind him, rode, I know not whither; but in that night he was assassinated, and thrown into the river. The servant after having been dismissed, was also assaulted and mortally wounded; and although he was attended |