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The Argument	A
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Actions of the Inca Capac A general invasion of his dominions threatened by the mountain savages Rocha the Inca's son sent with a few companions to offer terms of peace His embassy His adventure with the worshippers of the volcano With those of the storm on the Andes Falls in with the savage armies Character and speech of Zamor their chief Capture of Rocha and his companions Sacrifice of the latter Death song of Azonto War dance March of the savage armies down the mountains to Peru Incan army meets them Battle joins Peruvians terrified by an eclipse of the sun and routed They fly to Cusco Grief of Oella supposing the darkness to be occasioned by the death of Rocha Sun appears Peruvians from the city wall discover Roch an altar in the savage camp They march in haste out of the city and engage the savages Exploits of Capac Death of Zamor Recovery of Rocha and submission of the enemy	B
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Now twenty years these children of the skies	C
Beheld their gradual growing empire rise	C
They ruled with rigid but with generous care	D
Diffused their arts and sooth'd the rage of war	E
Bade yon tall temple grace their favorite isle	F
The mines unfold the cultured valleys smile	F
Those broad foundations bend their arches high	G
And rear imperial Cusco to the sky	G
Wealth wisdom force consolidate the reign	H
From the rude Andes to the western main	H
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But frequent inroads from the savage bands	I
Lead fire and slaughter o'er the labor'd lands	I
They sack the temples the gay fields deface	J
And vow destruction to the Incan race	J
The king undaunted in defensive war	E
Repels their hordes and speeds their flight afar	K
Stung with defeat they range a wider wood	L
And rouse fresh tribes for future fields of blood	M
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Where yon blue ridges hang their cliffs on high	G
And suns infulminate the stormful sky	G
The nations temper'd to the turbid air	D
Breathe deadly strife and sigh for battle's blare	D
Tis here they meditate with one vast blow	N
To crush the race that rules the plains below	N
Capac with caution views the dark design	O
Learns from all points what hostile myriads join	P
And seeks in time by proffer'd leagues to gain	H
A bloodless victory and enlarge his reign	H
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His eldest hope young Rocha at his call	Q
Resigns his charge within the temple wall	Q
In whom began with reverend forms of awe	R
The functions grave of priesthood and of law	S
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In early youth ere yet the ripening sun	T
Had three short lustres o'er his childhood run	T
The prince had learnt beneath his father's hand	U
The well framed code that sway'd the sacred land	U
With rites mysterious served the Power divine	O
Prepared the altar and adorn'd the shrine	O
Responsive hail'd with still returning praise	V
Each circling season that the God displays	V
Sooth'd with funereal hymns the parting dead	W
At nuptial feasts the joyful chorus led	W
While evening incense and the morning song	X
Rose from his hand or trembled on his tongue	Y
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Thus form'd for empire ere he gain'd the sway	Z
To rule with reverence and with power obey	Z
Reflect the glories of the parent Sun	T
And shine the Capac of his future throne	A2
Employed his docile years till now from far	K
The rumor'd leagues proclaim approaching war	E
Matured for active scenes he quits the shrine	O
To aid in council or in arms to shine	O
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Amid the chieftains that the court compose	B2
In modest mien the stripling pontiff rose	B2
With reverence bow'd conspicuous o'er the rest	C2
Approach'd the throne and thus the sire addrest	C2
Great king of nations heaven descended sage	D2
Thy second heir has reach'd the destined age	D2
To take these priestly robes to his pure hand	C2
I yield them pure and wait thy kind command	C2
Should foes invade permit this arm to share	D
The toils the triumphs every chance of war	E
For this dread conflict all our force demands	I
In one wide field to whelm the brutal bands	I
Pour to the mountain gods their wonted food	C2
And save thy realms from future leagues of blood	C2
Yet oh may sovereign mercy first ordain	H
Propounded compact to the savage train	H
I'll go with terms of peace to spread thy sway	Z
And teach the blessings of the God of day	Z
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The sire return'd My great desire you know	N
To shield from slaughter and preserve the foe	N
In bands of concord all their tribes to bind	C2
And live the friend and guardian of mankind	C2
Should strife begin thy youthful arm shall share	D
The toils of glory thro the walks of war	E
But o'er their hills to seek alone the foes	B2
To gain their confidence or brave their blows	B2
Bend their proud souls to reason's voice divine	O
Claims hardier limbs and riper years than thine	O
Yet one of heavenly race the task requires	E2
Whose mystic rites control the solar fires	E2
So the sooth'd Godhead proves to faithless eyes	C
His love to man his empire of the skies	C
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Some veteran chief in those rough labors tried	C2
Shall aid thee on and go thy faithful guide	C2
O'er dreary heights thy sinking limbs sustain	H
Teach the dark wiles of each insidious train	H
Thro all extremes of life thy voice attend	C2
In counsel lead thee or in arms defend	C2
And three firm youths thy chosen friends shall go	N
To learn the climes and meditate the foe	N
That wars of future years their skill may find	C2
To serve the realm and save the savage kind	C2
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Rise then my son first partner of my fame	F2
With early toils to build thy sacred name	F2
In high behest for his own legate known	A2
Proclaim the bounties of our sire the Sun	T
Tell how his fruits beneath our culture rise	C
His stars how glorious gem our cloudless skies	C
And how to us his hand hath kindly given	T
His peaceful laws the purest grace of heaven	T
With power to widen his terrestrial sway	Z
And give our blessings where he gives the day	Z
Yet should the stubborn nations still prepare	D
The shaft of slaughter for the barbarous war	E
Tell them we know to tread the crimson plain	H
And God's own children never yield to man	G2
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But ah my child with steps of caution go	N
The ways are hideous and enraged the foe	N
Blood stains their altars all their feasts are blood	C2
Death their delight and darkness reigns their God	C2
Tigers and vultures storms and earthquakes share	D
Their rites of worship and their spoils of war	E
Shouldst thou my Rocha tempt too far their ire	H2
Should those dear relics feed a murderous fire	I2
Deep sighs would rend thy wretched mother's breast	C2
The pale Sun sink in clouds of darkness drest	C2
Thy sire and mournful nations rue the day	C2
That drew thy steps from these sad walls away	C2
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Yet go tis virtue calls and realms unknown	A2
Won by these works may bless thy future throne	A2
Millions of unborn souls in time may see	B
Their doom reversed and owe their peace to thee	B
Deluded sires with murdering hands no more	E
Feed fancied demons with their children's gore	E
But sway'd by happier sceptres here behold	C2
The rites of freedom and the shrines of gold	C2
Be wise be mindful of thy realm and throne	A2
God speed thy labors and preserve my son	T
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Soon the glad prince in robes of white array'd	C2
Call'd his attendants and the sire obey'd	C2
A diamond broad in burning gold imprest	C2
Display'd the sun's bright image on his breast	C2
A pearl dropt girdle bound his waist below	N
And the white lautu graced his lofty brow	J2
They journey'd forth o'ermarching far the mound	C2
That flank'd the kingdom on its Andean bound	C2
Ridge after ridge thro vagrant hordes they past	C2
Where each new tribe seem'd wilder than the last	C2
To all they preach and prove the solar sway	C2
And climb fresh mountains on their tedious way	C2
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At length as thro disparting clouds they rise	C
And hills above them still obstruct the skies	C
While a dead calm o'er all the region stood	C2
And not a leaf could fan its parent wood	C2
Sudden a strange portentous noise began	G2
The birds fled wild the beasts for shelter ran	G2
Slow sullen loud with deep astounding blare	D
Swell the strong tones of subterranean war	E
Behind before beneath them groans the ground	C2
Earth heaves and labors with the shuddering sound	C2
Columns of smoke that cap the rumbling height	C2
Roll reddening far thro heaven and choke the light	C2
From to	C2

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