<meta content="urn:uuid:fb05077e-9eb0-4d84-816a-a0dbb176445c" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <p class="p11"><a id="a197"/><a id="a198"/><span class="t12">TIRIEL 6</span></p> <p class="p18">And Hela led her father thro the silent of the night<br/>Astonishd silent. till the morning beams began to spring<br/>Now Hela I can go with pleasure & dwell with Har & Heva<br/>Now that the curse shall clean devour all those guilty sons<br/>This is the right & ready way I know it by the sound<br/>That our feet make. Remember Hela I have savd thee from death<br/>Then be obedient to thy father for the curse is taken off thee<br/>I dwelt with Myratana five years in the desolate rock<br/>And all that time we waited for the fire to fall from heaven<br/>Or for the torrents of the sea to overwhelm you all<br/>But now my wife is dead & all the time of grace is past<br/>You see the parents curse. Now lead me where I have commanded<br/>O Leagued with evil spirits thou accursed man of sin<br/>True I was born thy slave who askd thee to save me from death — <br/>Twas for thy self thou cruel man because thou wantest eyes<br/>True Hela this is the desert of all those cruel ones<br/>Is Tiriel cruel look. his daughter & his youngest daughter<br/>Laughs at affection glories in rebellion. scoffs at Love: — <br/>I have not eat these two days lead me to Har & Hevas tent<br/>Or I will wrap the[e] up in such a terrible fathers curse<br/>That thou shalt feel worms in thy marrow creeping thro thy bones<br/>Yet thou shalt lead me. Lead me I command to Har & Heva<br/>O cruel O destroyer O consumer. O avenger<br/>To Har & Heva I will lead thee then would that they would curse<br/>Then would they curse as thou hast cursed but they are not like thee<br/>O they are holy. & forgiving filld with loving mercy<br/>Forgetting the offences of their most rebellious children<br/>Or else thou wouldest not have livd to curse thy helpless children<br/>Look on my eyes Hela & see for thou has eyes to see<br/>The tears swell from my stony fountains. wherefore do I weep<br/>Wherefore from my blind orbs art thou not siezd with poisnous stings<br/>Laugh serpent youngest venomous reptile of the flesh of Tiriel<br/>Laugh. for thy father Tiriel shall give the[e] cause to laugh<br/>Unless thou lead me to the tent of Har child of the curse<br/>Silence thy evil tongue thou murderer of thy helpless children<br/>I lead thee to the tent of Har not that I mind thy curse<br/>But that I feel they will curse thee & hang upon thy bones<br/>Fell shaking agonies. & in each wrinkle of that face<br/>Plant worms of death to feast upon the tongue of terrible curses<br/>Hela my daughter listen. thou art the daughter of Tiriel<br/>Thy father calls. Thy father lifts his hand unto the heavens<br/>For thou hast laughed at my tears. & curst thy aged father<br/>Let snakes rise from thy bedded locks & laugh among thy curls<br/>He ceast her dark hair upright stood while snakes infolded round<br/>Her madding brows. her shrieks apalld the soul of Tiriel<br/>What have I done Hela my daughter fearst thou now the curse<br/>Or wherefore dost thou cry Ah wretch to curse thy aged father<br/>Lead me to Har & Heva & the curse of Tiriel<br/>Shall fail. If thou refuse howl in the desolate mountains<br/> </p> </body> </html>