Lay of Kushta, Sonnet 35
Then Edmund grew flush’d and within him swell’d great emotion
And he made answer back, Is Taraf then greater than God?
For the Empire was Maliva’s original kingdom
And who are we, mother, to dispute the god’s own vision?
At this Angela just star’d, biting her tongue, for odd
Truth was that she did esteem Taraf over Maliva. Income
Power, and pride work’d on her thus. But she dar’d not so speak
Aloud the words. For in those times to blaspheme was to draw
Great malevolent power down upon him who had err’d
To so disrespect a greater power with bluff and weak
Words. So in blasphemous silence Angela sat. He saw
It was so. A religious fervor rose, and he dar’d
To rebuke mother Angela with memory of oath
Consecrating him a paladin, which had bound them both.
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