Mazeppa.
("Ainsi, lorsqu'un mortel!") [XXXIV., May, 1828.] As when a mortal - Genius' prize, alack! Is, living, bound upon thy fatal back, Thou reinless racing steed! In vain he writhes, mere cloud upon a star, Thou bearest him as went Mazeppa, far Out of the flow'ry mead, - So - though thou speed'st implacable, (like him, Spent, pallid, torn, bruised, weary, sore and dim, As if each stride the nearer bring Him to the grave) - when comes the time, After the fall, he rises - KING! H.L. WILLIAMS
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