[Footnote 62: On the fate of these lovers, whom he names
Phocyas and Eudocia, Mr. Hughes has built the siege of
Damascus, one of our most popular tragedies which possesses
the rare merit of blending nature and history, the ma& nners
of the times and the feelings of the heart. The foolish
delicacy of the players compelled him to& soften the guilt
of the hero and the despair of the heroine. Instead of a
base renegado, Phocyas se& rves the Arabs as an honourable
ally; instead of prompting their pursuit, he flies to the
succour of his countrymen, and, after killing Caled and
Derar, is himself mortally wounded, and expires in the
presence of Eudocia, who professes her resolution to take
the veil at Constantinople. A frigid catastrophe !]