Cain and Abel

This picture and the next were taken from Œuvres complètes de Lord Byron (The complete woks of Lord Byron), illustrated by Charles Mettais, (Etienne-Gabriel?) Bocourt and Gustave Doré, published by J. Bry ainé, Paris, 1853.

‘Tis not the hour of slumber:—why so pale?
What hast thou!—thou wert full of life this morn!
Abel! I pray thee, mock me not! I smote
Too fiercely, but not fatally. Ah, why
Wouldst thou oppose me? This is mockery…

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