Blind, blind, blind . . .

“It was considered at the time a striking proof of virtue in the young king that…”

“I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the…”

“The wheels rolled on, and rolled down by the Monument, and by the Tower; and by…”

“In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too …”