--_Robertson's History
of America_.
PERU.
CANTO THE THIRD.
THE ARGUMENT.
Pizarro _takes possession of Cuzco--the fanaticism of_ Valverde, _a
Spanish priest--its dreadful effects--A Peruvian priest put to the
torture--his daughter's distress--he is rescued by_ Las Casas, _an
amiable Spanish ecclesiastic, and led to a place of safety, where he
dies--his daughter's narration of her sufferings--her death._
PERU.
CANTO THE THIRD.
Now stern Pizarro seeks the distant plains,
Where beauteous Cusco lifts her golden fanes:
The meek Peruvians gaz'd in pale dismay,
Nor barr'd the dark oppressor's sanguine way:
And soon on Cusco, where the dawning light 5
Of glory shone, foretelling day more bright,
Where the young arts had shed unfolding flowers,
A scene of spreading desolation lowers;
While buried deep in everlasting shade,
Those lustres sicken, and those blossoms fade. 10
And yet, devoted land, not gold alone,
Or wild ambition wak'd thy parting groan;
For, lo! a fiercer fiend, with joy elate,
Feasts on thy suff'rings, and impels thy fate.
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