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The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.Vol I.PREFACE The aim and purport of this edition of the _Poetical Works_ of Samuel Taylor Coleridge is to provide the general reader with an authoritative list of the poems
- 99 THE WANDERINGS OF CAIN[285:1]PREFATORY NOTE A prose composition, one not in metre at least, seems _prima facie_ to require explanation or apology. It was written in the year 1798, near Nether Stowey, in Somersets.h.i.+re, at which place (_sanctum et amabi
- 100 TO ----[292:1]I mix in life, and labour to seem free, With common persons pleas'd and common things, While every thought and action tends to thee, And every impulse from thy influence springs.? 1798.FOOTNOTES: [292:1] First published without t.i.tle
- 101 In the summer of the year 1797[295:2], the Author, then in ill health, had retired to a lonely farm-house between Porlock and Linton, on the Exmoor confines of Somerset and Devons.h.i.+re.In consequence of a slight indisposition, an anodyne had been presc
- 102 The frighted beast scamper'd about-- Plunge! through the hedge he drove: 20 The mob pursue with hideous rout, A bull-dog fastens on his snout; 'He gores the dog! his tongue hangs out!He's mad, he's mad, by Jove!'V 'STOP, NEIG
- 103 [302:1] According to the common superst.i.tion there are two ways of fighting with the Devil. You may cut him in half with a straw, or he will vanish if you spit over his horns with a fasting spittle. _Note by S. T. C. in M. P._ According to the superst.i
- 104 FOOTNOTES: [304:1] First published in _Memoirs of W. Wordsworth_, 1851, i. 139-41: reprinted in _Life_ by Prof. Knight, 1889, i. 185. First collected as a whole in _P. W._ [ed. T. Ashe], 1885. lines 30-6, 'O what a life is the eye', &c., were fi
- 105 THE OVIDIAN ELEGIAC METRE DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column; In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.? 1799.ON A CATARACT[308:1]FROM A CAVERN NEAR THE SUMMIT OF A MOUNTAIN PRECIPICE STROPHE Unperis.h.
- 108 SOUTHEY'S _Hymn to the Penates_.LINENOTES: [3] _surging_] _surging_ M. P.[4] Heavily] Wearily MS. Letter.[6] heaves] mov'd MS. Letter.[8] a] an all editions to 1834.[9] breeze] gale MS. Letter.[11] waterfall] waterbreak MS. Letter.[12] 'mid
- 109 [1] Yes] My MS., L. R. [2] Since] When G. M. which] that MS., L. R. our] your M. P., Essays, &c. [3] Ah! give me the sabre [[*Falchion*]] that [which L. R.] MS., Essays, &c. [5] O despise MS., L. R., Essays, &c. [7] march] move MS., L. R. [8] would] could
- 110 [5]Laura, Lesbia, or Doris, MS. 1799, M. P., Cottle, E. R.Carina, Lalage, or Doris, Keepsake.[6] Dorimene, or Lucrece, MS. 1799, M. P., Cottle, E. R., P. R., Keepsake.[8] Beloved.] Dear one Keepsake.[9] Choose thou] Take thou M. P., P. R.: Take Cottle, E.
- 111 He took from the poor, And he gave to the rich, And he shook hands with a Scotchman, For he was not afraid of the ---- 65 XVII General ----[323:1] burning face He saw with consternation, And back to h.e.l.l his way did he take, For the Devil thought by a
- 112 As he went through ---- ---- fields he look'd At a M. P.[37] his] the M. P. in] of M. P.[39] Fetter] Hand-cuff M. P.: Unfetter 1834.[40-1]'Nimbly', quoth he, 'the fingers move If a man is but us'd to his trade.'M. P.[42] unfe
- 113 When she asks, 'What! Is he sick?' 5 Say, dead!--and when for sorrow She begins to sob and cry, Say, I come to-morrow.? 1799.FOOTNOTES: [326:1] First published in the _Morning Post_, Sept. 27, 1802: reprinted in _Essays on His Own Times_, 1850,
- 114 Wherefore Heaven decreed th' enthusiast warrior of Mecca, Choosing good from iniquity rather than evil from goodness.Loud the tumult in Mecca surrounding the fane of the idol;-- Naked and prostrate the priesthood were laid--the people with mad shouts
- 115 And now a Tale of Love and Woe, A woeful Tale of Love I sing: Hark, gentle Maidens, hark! it sighs And trembles on the string. But most, my own dear Genevieve! It sighs and trembles most for thee! O come and hear what cruel wrongs Befel the dark Ladie. Th
- 116 Splendour's fondly-fostered child!And did you hail the platform wild, Where once the Austrian fell Beneath the shaft of Tell!O Lady, nursed in pomp and pleasure! 5 Whence learn'd you that heroic measure?Light as a dream your days their circlets
- 117 A CHRISTMAS CAROL[338:1]I The shepherds went their hasty way, And found the lowly stable-shed Where the Virgin-Mother lay: And now they checked their eager tread, For to the Babe, that at her bosom clung, 5 A Mother's song the Virgin-Mother sung.II T
- 118 My Lord! though the vulgar in wonder be lost at 25 My transfigurations, and name me _Apostate_, Such a meaningless nickname, which never incens'd me, _Cannot_ prejudice you or your Cousin against me: I'm Ex-bishop. What then? Burke himself would
- 119 So will not fade the flowers which Emmeline With delicate fingers on the snow-white silk 15 Has worked (the flowers which most she knew I loved), And, more beloved than they, her auburn hair.In the cool morning twilight, early waked By her full bosom'
- 120 FOOTNOTES: [347:2] First published in the _Morning Post_, October 13, 1800 (signed _Ca.s.siani junior_): reprinted in _Wild Wreath_ (By M. E. Robinson), 1804, pp. 141-4. First collected in _P. W._, 1880 (ii, Supplement, p.362).LINENOTES: t.i.tle] The Voic
- 121 [17] sunny] suns.h.i.+ne 1801.[32] in] by 1801.[38] on] now 1801.[57] Now to the maniac while he raves 1801.ALCAEUS TO SAPPHO[353:1]How sweet, when crimson colours dart Across a breast of snow, To see that you are in the heart That beats and throbs below.
- 122 [23] As] Or Fraser (1): Like MS. H.[24] ho! ho!] oho! Fraser (1). it] me M. P.[25] stone] tall MS. Letter, M. P., Fraser (2), Collier. On the stone to you MS. H.[25-6] om. Fraser (1).[Between 25-6] After sunset and before c.o.c.kcrow M. P. Before sunrise
- 123 Fear thou no more the wintry storm, Sweet Flowret, blest by LAURA'S song: She gaz'd upon thy slender form, The mild Enchantress gaz'd so long; That trembling as she saw thee droop, Poor Trembler! o'er thy snowy bed, With imitation'
- 124 Tranquillity! thou better name Than all the family of Fame!Thou ne'er wilt leave my riper age To low intrigue, or factious rage; For oh! dear child of thoughtful Truth, 5 To thee I gave my early youth, And left the bark, and blest the steadfast sh.o.
- 125 [WRITTEN APRIL 4, 1802]Late, late yestreen I saw the new Moon, With the old Moon in her arms; And I fear, I fear, my Master dear!We shall have a deadly storm._Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence._ I Well! If the Bard was weather-wise, who made The grand old ball
- 126 [25] O Edmund M. P.: O William Coleorton MS.: O dearest Lady in this heartless mood F. F.[26] by yon sweet throstle woo'd F. F.[28] on] at F. F.[29] peculiar] celestial F. F. yellow green] yellow-green Letter, July 19, 1802, M. P.[30] blank] black Co
- 127 [112] With many groans from men Letter, July 19, 1802: With many groans of men M. P.[115] Again! but all that noise Letter, July 19, 1802.[117] And it has other sounds less fearful and less loud Letter, July 19, 1802.[120] Otway's self] thou thyself
- 128 [17-25] Quoted in Letter to Cottle, May 27, 1814. [18] love-lorn] woe-worn (heart-sick _erased_) Letter, 1814. [20] _unconscious life_ Letter, 1814. [22] _wholly cease_ to BE Letter, 1814. [27] these] here M. P. [28] For Love to dwell in; the low stumps w
- 129 TO MATILDA BETHAM FROM A STRANGER[374:1]['One of our most celebrated poets, who had, I was told, picked out and praised the little piece 'On a Cloud,' another had quoted (saying it would have been faultless if I had not used the word _Phoeb
- 130 [379:1] The _Gentiana major_ grows in large companies a stride's distance from the foot of several of the glaciers. Its _blue_ flower, the colour of Hope: is it not a pretty emblem of Hope creeping onward even to the edge of the grave, to the very ve
- 131 [72] through] in Friend, 1809. In the blue serene MS. (C).[74] again] once more MS. (C).[75] That as once more I raise my Head bow'd low Friend, No. XI, 1809 (see the _Errata_, No. XIII).[83-4] Tell the blue sky MS. A.[84] yon] the M. P., P. R., MS.
- 132 Yet if, as soon as it is light, O Rain! you will but take your flight, 10 I'll neither rail, nor malice keep, Though sick and sore for want of sleep.But only now, for this one day, Do go, dear Rain! do go away!II O Rain! with your dull two-fold sound
- 133 FOOTNOTES: [386:1] First published in the _Morning Post_, October 16, 1802: included in _Sibylline Leaves_, in 1828, 1829, and 1834.LINENOTES: t.i.tle] The Language of Birds: Lines spoken extempore, to a little child, in early spring M. P.[Between 6-7]�
- 134 So two nights pa.s.sed: the night's dismay Saddened and stunned the coming day.Sleep, the wide blessing, seemed to me 35 Distemper's worst calamity.The third night, when my own loud scream Had waked me from the fiendish dream, O'ercome with
- 135 We pledged our hearts, my love and I,-- I in my arms the maiden clasping; I could not guess the reason why, But, oh! I trembled like an aspen.Her father's love she bade me gain; 5 I went, but shook like any reed!I strove to act the man--in vain!We ha
- 136 PHANTOM[393:1]All look and likeness caught from earth, All accident of kin and birth, Had pa.s.s'd away. There was no trace Of aught on that illumined face, Uprais'd beneath the rifted stone 5 But of one spirit all her own;-- She, she herself, a
- 137 The t.i.tle of the following poem was suggested by a fact mentioned by Linnaeus, of a date-tree in a n.o.bleman's garden which year after year had put forth a full show of blossoms, but never produced fruit, till a branch from another date-tree had b
- 138 'The fifth stanza is the eleventh of Cotton's poem.'In 1852 (p. 385) the note reads: 'The fourth and last stanzas are from Cotton's _Chlorinda_, with very slight alteration.'A first draft of this adaptation is contained in on
- 139 [5] father] mother MS.[6] him] her MS.[7-8]And may I still my thoughts employ To be her comfort and her joy MS.[9] O likewise keep MS.[13] But chiefly, Lord MS.[15] great] last P. W. 1877-80, 1893.[After 16] Our father, &c. MS.METRICAL FEET[401:2]LESSON F
- 140 [8] weak wis.h.i.+ng] weak-wis.h.i.+ng Courier, M. H.[9] that] who Courier, M. H.[13] will] must Courier, M. H.TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH[403:1]COMPOSED ON THE NIGHT AFTER HIS RECITATION OF A POEM ON THE GROWTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL MIND Friend of the wise! and Tea
- 141 [37] a full-born] an armed MS. B. [38] Of that dear hope afflicted and amazed MS. Letter, 1815. [39] So homeward summoned MS. Letter, 1815. [40] As from the watch-tower MS. B. [44] controlling] ? impelling, ? directing MS. W. [45-6] Virtue and Love--an Or
- 142 ? 1801.FOOTNOTES: [409:1] First published in _Literary Remains_, 1836, i. 280. First collected in _P. and D. W._, 1877-80. The t.i.tle was prefixed to the _Poems of Coleridge_ (ill.u.s.trated edition), 1907. This 'exquisite fragment . . . was probabl
- 143 [412:1] First published with a prefatory note:--'The fact that in Greek Psyche is the common name for the soul, and the b.u.t.terfly, is thus alluded to in the following stanzas from an unpublished poem of the Author', in the _Biographia Literar
- 144 THE VISIONARY HOPE[416:1]Sad lot, to have no Hope! Though lowly kneeling He fain would frame a prayer within his breast, Would fain entreat for some sweet breath of healing, That his sick body might have ease and rest; He strove in vain! the dull sighs fr
- 145 LINENOTES: _To a Lady, &c._--In line 3 'are', 'have', and in line 4 'have', 'you', are italicized in all editions except 1834.REASON FOR LOVE'S BLINDNESS[418:2]I have heard of reasons manifold Why Love must nee
- 146 FOOTNOTES: [420:1] First published in _Remorse_, 1813. First collected, 1844.LINENOTES: _An Invocation_--7 chaunter] chaunters 1813, 1828, 1839, 1893.[12] quiet] yellow 1813, 1828, 1829.THE NIGHT-SCENE[421:1]A DRAMATIC FRAGMENT _Sandoval._ You loved the d
- 147 Coleridge's lectures, which were in course of delivery at that place), either by the lady to whom it is addressed, or by some other friend of Mr. Coleridge.' 1852, Notes, p. 385.TO A LADY[424:1]WITH FALCONER'S _s.h.i.+PWRECK_ Ah! not by Cam
- 148 ? 1815. FOOTNOTES: [425:1] First published in _Sibylline Leaves_, 1817: included in 1828, 1829, and 1834. [425:2] Halitus = anima animae tabernaculum _MS. Note_ (? _S. T. C._) LINENOTES: [5] are] _are_ S. L., 1828, 1829. whole] _whole_ S. L., 1828, 1829.
- 149 HOPE Yet let our choral songs abound!Th' inspiring Power, its living Source, 10 May flow with them and give them force, If, elsewhere all unheard, in Heaven they sound.ALL Aid thou our voice, Great Spirit! thou whose flame Kindled the Songster sweet
- 150 [Coleridge marks these lines as 'a specimen of the Sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery Four-in-Hand round the corner of Nonsense.'][6] They, like moles Friend, 1818.[8] Shrink from the light, then listen for a sound Frie
- 151 Mourn for the Babe, Death's voiceless prey, Earn'd by long pangs and lost ere won.Mourn the bright Rose that bloom'd and went, Ere half disclosed its vernal hue! 10 Mourn the green Bud, so rudely rent, It brake the stem on which it grew.Mou
- 152 The Day-Star of our glory sets!Our King has breathed his latest breath! 10 Each heart its wonted pulse forgets, As if it own'd the pow'r of death.Our Crown, our heart's Desire is fled!Britannia's glory moults its wing!Let us with ashes
- 153 FOOTNOTES: [439:1] First published in its present shape in 1834. Lines 1-38, with the heading 'Youth and Age', were first published in the _Literary Souvenir_, 1828, and also in the _Bijou_, 1828: included in 1828, 1829.Lines 39-49 were first pu
- 154 [442:1] The English Parna.s.sus is remarkable for its two summits of unequal height, the lower denominated Hampstead, the higher Highgate.[443:1] Compare '_The Eighth Commandment_ was not made for Love', l. 16 of Elegy I of _The Love Elegies of
- 155 FOOTNOTES: [447:1] First printed in the _Bijou_ for 1828: included in 1828, 1829, and 1834. These lines, as published in the _Bijou_ for 1828, were an excerpt from an entry in a notebook, dated Feb. 21, 1825. They were preceded by a prose introduction, no
- 156 [32] beckoning] proffered Sd. 1827.[34] Milner] ---- 1834, 1852: Butler 1893. boasts] lauds Sd. 1827.[35] repeat] reply Sd. 1827.[38] or] and Sd. 1827.[39] Milner's] ----'s 1834, 1852: Butler's 1893.[42] Irish] the O'Gorman MS. S. T. C
- 157 [22] denounced] disowned MS. B. M.[31] sharp] smoke MS. B. M.[36] Joseph] Judas MS. B. M.[69-74]Yet still pursu'd thro' scoff and gibe From A. to Z. his old A. B. C.Content that he could still subscribe In symbol just his name ?S??S?; (In punic
- 158 And art thou nothing? Such thou art, as when 25 The woodman winding westward up the glen At wintry dawn, where o'er the sheep-track's maze The viewless snow-mist weaves a glist'ning haze, Sees full before him, gliding without tread, An imag
- 159 And are _you_ (said Alia to Constantius, on whose head sickness and sorrow had antedated Winter, ere yet the time of Vintage had pa.s.sed), Are you the happier for your Philosophy?And the smile of Constantius was as the light from a purple cl.u.s.ter of t
- 160 Quae linquam, aut nihil, aut nihili, aut vix sunt mea. Sordes Do Morti: reddo caetera, Christe! tibi.1826.???? ?e? ???????? ?ta????[462:2]In many ways does the full heart reveal The presence of the love it would conceal; But in far more th' estranged
- 161 _Eliz._ There is something _here_ (_pointing to her heart_) that _seems_ to understand you, but wants the _word_ that would make it understand itself._Kath._ I, too, seem to _feel_ what you mean. Interpret the feeling for us._Fri._ ---- I mean that _willi
- 162 A BALLAD 'One word with two meanings is the traitor's s.h.i.+eld and shaft: and a slit tongue be his blazon!'--_Caucasian Proverb._ 'The Sun is not yet risen, But the dawn lies red on the dew: Lord Julian has stolen from the hunters aw
- 163 t.i.tle] Alice Du Clos: or &c. MS. [19-25] Her sires had chosen for their Crest A star atwixt its brow, For she, already up and drest Sate in the garden bower below. For she enwrapt in } Enwrapt in robe of } Maiden white { face half drooping Her { [*visag
- 164 _Lady._ Tell me, Bard! where Love lies buried?_Poet._ Love lies buried where 'twas born: Oh, gentle dame! think it no scorn 5 If, in my fancy, I presume To call thy bosom poor Love's Tomb.And on that tomb to read the line:-- 'Here lies a Lo
- 165 [477:6] As I am Rhymer, _F. O._, _P. W._, 1834, 1893. The 'a' is inserted by Coleridge on a page of _F. O._, 1834; the correction was not adopted in _P. W._, 1834.[477:7] The _apotheosis_ of Rhenish wine.THE GARDEN OF BOCCACCIO[478:1]Or late, in
- 166 Methinks I see them now, the triune group, With straiten'd arms uprais'd, the Palms aslope Robe touching Robe beneath, and blending as they flow.Letter, July 1829.[15] doth] will Keepsake, 1833.[24-6]Then like a Statue with a Statue's stren
- 167 [1] in degree] _in degree_ F. O. [2] kind] _kind_ F. O. NOT AT HOME[484:2] That Jealousy may rule a mind Where Love could never be I know; but neer expect to find Love without Jealousy. She has a strange cast in her ee, 5 A swart sour-visaged maid-- But y
- 168 Frail creatures are we all! To be the best, Is but the fewest faults to have:-- Look thou then to thyself, and leave the rest To G.o.d, thy conscience, and the grave.? 1830.FOOTNOTES: [486:2] First published in 1834.[COELI ENARRANT][486:3]The stars that w
- 169 LINENOTES: t.i.tle] The heading 'Forbearance' appears first in 1893.LOVE'S APPARITION AND EVANISHMENT[488:3]AN ALLEGORIC ROMANCE Like a lone Arab, old and blind, Some caravan had left behind, Who sits beside a ruin'd well, Where the sh
- 170 [7] fear] dread F. O.[9-10]Let Sea, and Earth and Sky Wage war against me! On my front I show F. O.[11] they] _they_ F. O.[12] that] who F. O.[14] his . . . there] _his . . . there_ F. O.EPITAPH[491:1]Stop, Christian pa.s.ser-by!--Stop, child of G.o.d, An
- 171 The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE[495:1]AN HISTORIC DRAMA [_First Act_ by Coleridge: _Second and Third_ by Southey--1794.]TO H. MARTIN, ESQ.OF JESUS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE DEAR SIR, Accept
- 172 _Tallien._ I thank thee, Adelaide! 'twas sweet, though mournful.But why thy brow o'ercast, thy cheek so wan?Thou look'st as a lorn maid beside some stream That sighs away the soul in fond despairing, 230 While sorrow sad, like the dank will
- 173 _Bourdon l'Oise._ How this younger tyrant Mouths out defiance to us! even so He had led on the armies of the south, Till once again the plains of France were drench'd 135 With her best blood._Collot d'Herbois._ Till once again display'
- 174 _Collot d'Herbois._ The National Convention shall remain Firm at its post. 20 _Enter a_ Messenger._Messenger._ Robespierre has reach'd the Commune. They espouse The tyrant's cause. St. Just is up in arms!St. Just--the young ambitious bold S
- 175 OSORIO A TRAGEDY[518:1]DRAMATIS PERSONAE [_Not in MSS._]_Osorio_, 1797. _Remorse._ _VELEZ_ = _MARQUIS VALDEZ, Father to the two brothers, and Dona Teresa's Guardian._ _ALBERT_ = _DON ALVAR, the eldest son._ _OSORIO_ = _DON ORDONIO, the youngest son._
- 176 My Lord Osorio! this Moresco woman 105 (Alhadra is her name) asks audience of you._Osorio._ Hail, reverend father! What may be the business?_Francesco._ O the old business--a Mohammedan!The officers are in her husband's house, And would have taken hi
- 177 _Maria._ Nay, fear me not! my heart is sad for you._Alhadra._ These fell Inquisitors, these sons of blood!As I came on, his face so madden'd me That ever and anon I clutch'd my dagger 190 And half unsheathed it._Maria._ Be more calm, I pray you.
- 178 _Albert (aside)._ She deems me dead, and yet no mourning garment!Why should my brother's wife wear mourning garments?G.o.d of all mercy, make me, make me quiet! [_To MARIA._ Your pardon, gentle maid! that I disturb'd you.I had just started from
- 179 an empty thought That boasts no neighbourhood with Hope or Reason Corr. in MS. III.[54-7]_Ter._ Was it not then a busy joy? to see him, After those three years' travels! we had no fears-- The frequent tidings, the ne'er failing letter, Almost en
- 180 [Before 144] stage direction ends at _follows_ Remorse. [144] Stage-direction (_her eye, &c._) om. Remorse. [151] Till that] Until Remorse. Stage-direction before 154 om. Remorse. [154] Ordonio (_as they return to Valdez_). Remorse. [157] Stage-direction
- 181 Corr. in MS. III.[Between 250 and 263]_Ter._ Know you that stately Moor?_Alhad._ I know him not: But doubt not he is some Moresco chieftain, Who hides himself among the Alpujarras._Ter._ The Alpujarras? Does he know his danger, So near this seat?_Alhad._
- 182 [330] all is] all as MS. III, Remorse.[332] MS. III erased.[332 foll.]ALHADRA (_aside_).I must reserve all knowledge of this Table Till I can pierce the mystery of the slander-- Form, Look, Features,--the scar below the Temple All, all are Isidore's-
- 183 'Twas a well-sounding word--what have you done with it?_Ferdinand._ Who proffers his past favours for my virtue Tries to o'erreach me, is a very sharper, And should not speak of grat.i.tude, my lord! 65 I knew not 'twas your brother!_Osorio
- 184 _Osorio._ I shall not fail to find it.[_Exit OSORIO. FERDINAND goes into his house._ _Scene changes._ _The inside of a cottage, around which flowers and plants of various kinds are seen._ _ALBERT and MAURICE._ _Albert._ He doth believe himself an iron sou
- 185 Have you no servants round the house? no listeners?[_OSORIO steps to the door._ _Albert._ What! faithless too? false to his angel wife?To such a wife? Well might'st thou look so wan, Ill-starr'd Maria! Wretch! my softer soul 250 Is pa.s.s'd
- 186 [Before 1] _A wild and mountainous Country. ORDONIO and ISIDORE are discovered, supposed at a little distance from Isidores house._ _Ord._ Here we may stop: your house distinct in view, Yet we secured from listeners. _Isid._ Now indeed My house! and it lo
- 187 [After 117] _Ord. (starts)._ A gust, &c. Remorse.[121-3] Shame . . . dog om. Remorse.[Between 125 and 140.]_Isidore._ They'll know my gait: but stay! last night I watched A stranger near the ruin in the wood, Who as it seemed was gathering herbs and
- 188 Corr. in MS. III. [201-3] om. MS. III. Stage-directions (_groaning_, &c.) before 206, and (_Albert_, &c.) after 206 om. Remorse. [206] _Zul. (to Alvar)._ Why, &c. Remorse. [208] in anguish] forgiveness Remorse. [209-10] _Ord. (returning and aloud)._ Pluck
- 189 [296] Stage-direction om. Remorse.[297] _Ordonio._ We'll hazard no delay. Be it to-night, Remorse.[300-2](For I have arranged it--music, altar, incense) All shall be ready. Here is this same picture, And here, what you will value more, a purse.Come e
- 190 _Maria._ Idly-prating man!He was most virtuous._Albert (still to Osorio)._ What if his very virtues Had pamper'd his swoln heart, and made him proud?And what if pride had duped him into guilt, Yet still he stalk'd, a self-created G.o.d, 95 Not v
- 191 _Osorio._ You pierce through mysteries with a lynx's eye, 170 In this, your merry mood! you see it all!_Velez._ Why, no!--not all. I have not yet discover'd, At least, not wholly, what his speeches meant.Pride and hypocrisy, and guilt and cunnin
- 192 _Osorio (alone)._ The tongue can't stir when the mouth is fill'd with mould.A little earth stops up most eloquent mouths, 260 And a square stone with a few pious texts Cut neatly on it, keeps the earth down tight._Scene changes to the s.p.a.ce b
- 193 _Val._ Nay, My Alvar lov'd sad music from a child.Once he was lost; and after weary search We found him in an open place in [of _Osor._] the wood, To which spot he had followed a blind boy, Who breath'd into a pipe of sycamore Some strangely-mov
- 194 [109] and if he lives] but if he live Remorse.[After 110] _The whole music clashes into a Chorus_ Remorse.[111] demon] demons Remorse.[113 foll.] For the rest of Act III, as published in Remorse, vide _post_ pp. 851-8. According to the Editor of Osorio as
- 195 _Ferdinand._ I was in the act Of falling down that chasm, when Alhadra Waked me. She heard my heart beat!_Osorio._ Strange enough! 60 Had you been here before?_Ferdinand._ Never, my lord!But my eyes do not see it now more clearly Than in my dream I saw th
- 196 _Ferdinand._ And all my little ones fatherless! Die thou first.[_They fight. OSORIO disarms FERDINAND, and in disarming him, throws his sword up that recess, opposite to which they were standing._ _Ferdinand (springing wildly towards Osorio)._ Still I can
- 197 _Maria._ Nature will be my friend and fit companion.[_Turns off from them._ O Albert! Albert! that they could return, Those blessed days, that imitated heaven!When we two wont to walk at evening-tide; When we saw nought but beauty; when we heard 290 The v
- 198 _Alhadra._ Was not Osorio my husband's friend?_Old Man._ He kill'd my son in battle; yet our chieftain Forced me to sheathe my dagger. See--the point Is bright, unrusted with the villain's blood!_Alhadra._ He is your chieftain's murder
- 199 [18] In the stage-direction the last four words are omitted Remorse.[19] Drips] Drops Remorse.[Between 19 and 31.]_Isidore._ A jest to laugh at!It was not that which scar'd me, good my lord._Ordonio._ What scar'd you, then?_Isidore._ You see tha
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