It seemed as if the trees were shriving after all the green riot of summer, and making ready for sackcloth and ashes.

One version of the story (Turpin's) relates that the blast brought, not Charlemagne, but the sole surviving knight, Theodoricus, who, as Roland had been shriven before the battle, merely heard his last prayer and reverently closed his eyes.

And shrived by sorrow and pain, and by prayer, he shall be lifted in her arms, shall rest on her bosom, and her soul shall forth with his into the great unknown.

And I believe my love is shrived in heaven, And I believe that I shall soon be free.

Has he been shriven to-day? 4th Voice.