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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
- 201 [226] Leoni's] Sesina's Corr. in MS. III.[228] Leoni] Sesina Corr. in MS. III.[Between 248 and 255:]What if Monviedro or his creatures hear us!I dare not listen to you._Teresa._ My honoured lord, These were my Alvar's lessons, and whene
- 202 [After 353] [Stage-direction] _Alhadra (to Naomi, who advances from the circle)._ Remorse.[359] house] sons MS. III. Wet with the life-blood of the son of Valdez Remorse.[After 359] _Enter_ Warville. MS. III.[_A pause._ Ordonio was your chieftain's m
- 203 _Naomi._ 'Tis thus by nature Wisely ordain'd, that so excess of sorrow 25 Might bring its own cure with it._Alhadra._ Would to Heaven That it had brought its last and certain cure!That ruin in the wood._Naomi._ It is a place Of ominous fame; but
- 204 Healest thy wandering and distemper'd child: Thou pourest on him thy soft influences, Thy sunny hues, fair forms, and breathing sweets, Thy melodies of woods, and winds, and waters, 130 Till he relent, and can no more endure To be a jarring and a dis
- 205 _Albert._ Maria! _my_ Maria!_Maria._ Do not mock me.This is my face--and thou--ha! who art thou?Nay, I will call thee Albert![_She falls upon his neck. OSORIO leaps out from the nook with frantic wildness, and rushes towards ALBERT with his sword. MARIA g
- 206 [_NAOMI advances with the sword towards OSORIO._ _Alhadra._ Nay, bear him forth! Why should this innocent maid Behold the ugliness of death?_Osorio (with great majesty)._ O woman!I have stood silent like a slave[596:1] before thee, That I might taste the
- 207 _Alvar._ I can endure no more. The Moorish sorcerer Exists but in the stain upon his face.That picture---- _Teresa._ Ha! speak on!_Alvar._ Beloved Teresa!It told but half the truth. O let this portrait Tell all--that Alvar lives--that he is here!Thy much
- 208 Remorse. [235] Stage-direction om. Remorse. [238] trace] trial corr. in MS. III; trait Remorse. [240-41] Spotless . . . guilty too om. Remorse. [242] _shalt_] shalt Remorse. [After 242] stage-direction (_Drawing back and gazing at Alvar_) Remorse. [Betwee
- 209 [_ALVAR and TERESA bend over the body of ORDONIO._ _Alh._ (_to the_ Moors). I thank thee, Heaven! &c.Remorse._Shouts of_ Alvar! _Alvar!_ _Noises heard; a_ Moor _rushes in._ _Moor._ We are surprised, away! away! the instant-- The country is in arms. The ol
- 210 _Illo._ Just in time to banquet The ill.u.s.trious company a.s.sembled here. 10 _Butler._ 'Tis all alive! a stirring scene here!_Isolani._ Ay!The very churches are all full of soldiers.And in the Council-house, too, I observe, You're settled, quite at h
- 211 [49]_Illo (with warmth)._ And you?--You hold out firmly?[_Grasping his hand with affection._ 1817, 1828, 1829.[70] _all_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[Before 91] _Butler (shocked and confused)._ 1817, 1828, 1829. _aught_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[93] _our worthy friend_ 1800
- 212 _Butler._ Yes, the Duke Cares with a father's feelings for his troops; But how the Emperor feels for us, we see._Questenberg._ His cares and feelings all ranks share alike, Nor will he offer one up to another. 125 _Isolani._ And therefore thrusts he us i
- 213 _Questenberg._ Where must we seek then for a second host 5 To have the custody of this? That Illo Thinks worse, I fear me, than he speaks. And then This Butler too--he cannot even conceal The pa.s.sionate workings of his ill intentions._Octavio._ Quicknes
- 214 _Octavio._ He comes from court, where people are not quite 20 So well contented with the duke, as here._Max._ What now have they contrived to find out in him?That he alone determines for himself What he himself alone doth understand?Well, therein he does
- 215 [71] _may_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[73] BLESSING 1800, 1828, 1829.[78] _him_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[106] _have_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[113] _we_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[Before 123] _Octavio (attentive, with an appearance of uneasiness)._ 1800, 1828, 1829.[Before 158] _Questenbe
- 216 Set twelve chairs. 20 Twelve! twelve signs hath the zodiac: five and seven, The holy numbers, include themselves in twelve._Second Servant._ And what may you have to object against eleven? I should like to know that now._Seni._ Eleven is--transgression; e
- 217 _d.u.c.h.ess._ Of a second---- _Wallenstein._ Second---- _d.u.c.h.ess._ More disgraceful ----Dismission._Wallenstein._ Talk they?O! they force, they thrust me With violence, against my own will, onward! 75 _d.u.c.h.ess_. O! if there yet be time, my husban
- 218 I come with shame: yea, not without a pang!For scarce have I arrived here, scarce delivered 10 The mother and the daughter to your arms, But there is brought to me from your equerry A splendid richly-plated hunting dress So to remunerate me for my trouble
- 219 [70] _not_ 1800.[72] _me_ 1800.[76] _would_ 1800.[79] _power_ 1800.SCENE XI _ILLO, WALLENSTEIN, TERTSKY._ _Wallenstein._ How stand affairs without? Are they prepared?_Illo._ You'll find them in the very mood you wish.They know about the Emperor's requis
- 220 FOOTNOTES: [628:1] Here is an instance of the defect cla.s.sed No. 1 in the blank leaf. With what propriety is this speech of profound moral insight put in the mouth of that stupid, foolish Illo? _MS. R_.[629:1] This is _said_, and finely too; but in what
- 221 _Wallenstein._ In this season?And to what quarter wills the Emperor That we direct our course?_Questenberg._ To the enemy.His Majesty resolves, that Regenspurg 150 Be purified from the enemy, ere Easter, That Lutheranism may be no longer preached In that
- 222 _Tiefenbach (at the same time)._ What are we forced to hear?That thou wilt leave us?_Kolatto (at the same time)._ We will live with thee, we will die with thee._Wallenstein (pointing to Illo)._ There! the Field-Marshal knows our will. [_Exit._ 270 FOOTNOT
- 223 LINENOTES: [6] _His_ 1800.[7] _him_ 1800.[8] nor] or 1800, 1828, 1829.[31] _done_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[38] _will_ 1800.[70] _wait_ 1800.SCENE II _The COUNTESS steps out from a Closet._ _COUNT and COUNTESS TERTSKY._ _Tertsky._ Well--is she coming?--I can keep
- 224 _Max._ But wherefore comes she not?Where is she?_Countess._ Into my hands you must place it Whole and entire. Whom could you find, indeed, More zealously affected to your interest?No soul on earth must know it--not your father. 20 He must not above all._M
- 225 The dazzle of the jewels that play'd round you 10 Hid the beloved from me._Thekla._ Then you saw me With your eye only--and not with your heart?_Max._ This morning, when I found you in the circle Of all your kindred, in your father's arms, Beheld myself
- 226 [60] _Countess (recollecting)._ 1800, 1828, 1829.[63] _Thekla (smiling)._ 1800, 1828, 1829.[126] their] her 1829.[160] huge] _Silesian_ MS. R.SCENE V _THEKLA and MAX PICCOLOMINI._ _Thekla (as soon us the Countess is out of sight, in a quick low voice to P
- 227 [_THEKLA turns away from him with a quick motion._ What say you then, dear lady?_Thekla (without looking at him)._ Nothing. Go! 20 _Max._ Can I, when you are angry---- [_He draws up to her, their eyes meet, she stands silent a moment, then throws herself
- 228 _Countess._ His!His father! his! But yours, niece, what of yours?_Thekla._ Why I begin to think you fear his father, So anxiously you hide it from the man!His father, his, I mean._Countess (looks at her)._ Niece, you are false. 25 _Thekla._ Are you then w
- 229 [22] _His . . . his_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[25] _His . . . his_ 1800, 1828, 1829. _Countess (looks at her, as scrutinizing)._ 1800, 1828, 1829. _false_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[28] _Thekla (interrupting her, and attempting to soothe her)._ 1800, 1828, 1829.[58] _his_
- 230 How goes it there? Hus.h.!.+SCENE XI _To them enter BUTLER from the second table._ _Butler._ Don't disturb yourselves.Field Marshal, I have understood you perfectly.Good luck be to the scheme; and as to me, You may depend upon me._Illo._ May we, Butler?_
- 231 _Master of the Cellar._ The woman whom you see there on horseback, is the Free Election of the Bohemian Crown.That is signified by the round hat, and by that fiery steed on which she is riding. The hat is the pride of man; for he who cannot keep his hat o
- 232 _Goetz._ Yes, my Lady Countess understands these matters.Her mother-in-law, heaven rest her soul, taught her!--Ah!that was a housewife for you!_Tiefenbach._ There was not her like in all Bohemia for setting out a table. 10 _Octavio (aside to Maradas)._ Do
- 233 _Tiefenbach._ That's my mark._Isolani._ He cannot write; but his cross is a good cross, and 90 is honoured by Jews as well as Christians._Octavio (presses on to Max)._ Come, general! let us go. It is late._Tertsky._ One Piccolomini only has signed._Isola
- 234 _Tertsky._ He is stark mad--don't listen to him! 55 _Illo._ Unless they can slip out by a proviso.--What of the proviso? The devil take this proviso!_Max._ What is there here then of such perilous import?You make me curious--I must look closer at it._Ter
- 235 What thou hadst sanctioned, should not, it might seem, Have come amiss to me. But--'tis my nature-- Thou know'st that in such matters I must follow 10 My own light, not another's._Octavio (embraces him)._ Follow it, O follow it still further, my best s
- 236 _Octavio._ I have laid open my objections to him, 190 Dissuaded him with pressing earnestness; But my abhorrence, the full sentiment Of my whole heart--that I have still kept sacred To my own consciousness._Max._ And thou hast been So treacherous? That lo
- 237 _Max._ Thy judgment may mistake; my heart can not. 330 These reasons might expound thy spirit or mine; But they expound not Friedland--I have faith: For as he knits his fortunes to the stars, Even so doth he resemble them in secret, Wonderful, still inexp
- 238 _Octavio._ My son knows all._Cornet._ We have him._Octavio._ Whom?_Cornet._ Sesina, The old negotiator._Octavio._ And you have him? 10 _Cornet._ In the Bohemian Forest Captain Mohrbrand Found and secured him yester morning early: He was proceeding then to
- 239 [_During his exit the curtain drops._ LINENOTES: [Before 3] _Max (who through the whole of the foregoing scene has been in a violent and visible struggle of feelings, at length starts as one resolved)._ 1800, 1828, 1829.[Before 6] _Octavio (alarmed)._ 180
- 240 SCENE III _To them enters ILLO._ _Illo (to Tertsky)._ Has he heard it?_Tertsky._ He has heard it._Illo (to Wallenstein)._ Thinkest thou still To make thy peace with the Emperor, to regain His confidence?--E'en were it now thy wish To abandon all thy plan
- 241 I but amused myself with thinking of it.The free-will tempted me, the power to do Or not to do it.--Was it criminal To make the fancy minister to hope, 15 To fill the air with pretty toys of air, And clutch fantastic sceptres moving t'ward me?Was not the
- 242 _Wallenstein._ But yet?_Wrangel._ But still the Chancellor thinks, It might yet be an easier thing from nothing 70 To call forth sixty thousand men of battle, Than to persuade one sixtieth part of them-- _Wallenstein._ What now? Out with it, friend!_Wrang
- 243 [Before 10] _Wallenstein (makes the motion, &c._ 1800, 1828, 1829. [23] _might_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [After 23] [_Taking his hand affectionately._ 1800, 1828, 1829. [36] wholly lie] lie wholly 1828, 1829. [40] _the one_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [41] _other_ 1800, 1
- 244 _Illo._ It lies with you now. Try. For I am silenced, When folks begin to talk to me of conscience, And of fidelity._Countess._ How? then, when all 15 Lay in the far-off distance, when the road Stretched out before thine eyes interminably, Then hadst thou
- 245 Who sows the serpent's teeth, let him not hope 250 To reap a joyous harvest. Every crime Has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.He can no longer trust me--Then no longer 255
- 246 [9] YES 1800, 1828, 1829.SCENE II _WALLENSTEIN, MAX PICCOLOMINI._ _Max (advances to him)._ My General!_Wallenstein._ That am I no longer, if Thou styl'st thyself the Emperor's officer._Max._ Then thou wilt leave the army, General?_Wallenstein._ I have r
- 247 [123] _traitor_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[After 128] [_WALLENSTEIN betrays a sudden agitation._ 1800, 1828, 1829.[129] _nam'd . . . do_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[After 148] [_MAX stands as convulsed, with a gesture and countenance expressing the most intense anguish._ 1
- 248 The inner world, his microcosmus, is The deep shaft, out of which they spring eternally.They grow by certain laws, like the tree's fruit-- 110 No juggling chance can metamorphose them.Have I the human kernel first examined?Then I know, too, the future wi
- 249 At Frauenberg's the place of rendezvous; There will Count Galas give you further orders._Isolani._ It shall be done. But you'll remember me With the Emperor--how well disposed you found me. 70 _Octavio._ I will not fail to mention it honourably.[_Exit I
- 250 _Octavio._ You pet.i.tioned for it-- And your pet.i.tion was repelled--Was it so?_Butler._ Your insolent scoff shall not go by unpunished.Draw!_Octavio._ Nay! your sword to 'ts sheath![718:1] and tell me calmly, How all that happened. I will not refuse y
- 251 Where can my son be tarrying?FOOTNOTES: [718:1] It probably did not suit Schiller's purposes to remark, what he doubtless knew, that Butler was of a n.o.ble Irish family, indeed one of the n.o.blest. _MS. R_.LINENOTES: [18] _me_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[55] _Oc
- 252 _Max._ Farewell!_Octavio._ How? not one look Of filial love? No grasp of the hand at parting?It is a b.l.o.o.d.y war, to which we are going, And the event uncertain and in darkness. 90 So used we not to part--it was not so!Is it then true? I have a son no
- 253 Why, how comes this?Perhaps I am already grown superfluous, 5 And other ways exist, besides through me?Confess it to me, Thekla! have you seen him?_Thekla._ To-day and yesterday I have not seen him._Countess._ And not heard from him either? Come, be open!
- 254 _Countess._ He parts not from you! He can not part from you._Thekla._ Alas for his sore anguis.h.!.+ It will rend 75 His heart asunder._Countess._ If indeed he loves you, His resolution will be speedily taken._Thekla._ His resolution will be speedily take
- 255 [_Both follow the PRINCESS, and endeavour to detain her.During this WALLENSTEIN appears, engaged in conversation with ILLO._ LINENOTES: [Between 14, 15] [_THEKLA, in extreme agitation, throws herself, &c._ 1800, 1828, 1829.[28] _fate_ 1800.[40] _flame_ 18
- 256 _Wallenstein._ And does he know it?_Countess._ Yes, and he hopes to win her._Wallenstein._ Hopes to win her!Is the boy mad?_Countess._ Well--hear it from themselves._Wallenstein._ He thinks to carry off Duke Friedland's daughter! 75 Aye?--The thought ple
- 257 _Countess._ --Tertsky!What ails him? What an image of affright!He looks as he had seen a ghost._Tertsky (leading Wallenstein aside)._ Is it thy command that all the Croats-- _Wallenstein._ Mine! 5 _Tertsky._ We are betrayed._Wallenstein._ What?_Tertsky._
- 258 _Wallenstein._ Does Piccolomini appear among them?_Tertsky._ We are seeking him: he is no where to be met with. 10 _Wallenstein._ What did the Aid-de-Camp deliver to you?_Tertsky._ My regiments had dispatched him; yet once more They swear fidelity to thee
- 259 _Wallenstein._ The stars lie not; but we have here a work Wrought counter to the stars and destiny.The science is still honest: this false heart 10 Forces a lie on the truth-telling heaven.On a divine law divination rests; Where nature deviates from that
- 260 [26] _did_ 1800.[39] _Wallenstein (with eager expectation)._ Well? 1800, 1828, 1829.[42] _Illo (stamping with his foot)._ d.a.m.nation! 1800, 1828, 1829.[48] _is_ 1800, 1828, 1829.SCENE XI _Countess Tertsky (enters from a side room)._ I can endure no long
- 261 SCENE III _WALLENSTEIN, TERTSKY, ILLO, Ten_ Cuira.s.siers _(led by an_ Anspessade,[745:1] _march up and arrange themselves, after the word of command, in one front before the DUKE, and make their obeisance. He takes his hat off, and immediately covers him
- 262 _Wallenstein._ What care I for the Swedes? 155 I hate them as I hate the pit of h.e.l.l, And under Providence I trust right soon To chase them to their homes across their Baltic.My cares are only for the whole: I have A heart--it bleeds within me for the
- 263 _Tertsky._ What shall we make of this?_Wallenstein._ Said I not so?O my prophetic heart! he is still here.He has not betrayed me--he could not betray me. 25 I never doubted of it._Countess._ If he be Still here, then all goes well; for I know what [_Embra
- 264 [753:1] I have here ventured to omit a considerable number of lines. I fear that I should not have done amiss, had I taken this liberty more frequently. It is, however, inc.u.mbent on me to give the original with a literal translation.Weh denen die auf di
- 265 [_Two reports of cannon. ILLO and TERTSKY hurry to the window._ _Wallenstein._ What's that?_Tertsky._ He falls._Wallenstein._ Falls! Who?_Illo._ Tiefenbach's corps Discharged the ordnance._Wallenstein._ Upon whom?_Illo._ On Neumann, Your messenger._Wall
- 266 [_MAX clasps her in his arms. There is heard from behind the Scene a loud, wild, long continued cry, 'Vivat Ferdinandus,' accompanied by warlike instruments._ LINENOTES: [Before 3] _Max (who . . . distance in a visible struggle of feelings, advances)._
- 267 [_MAX attempts once more to approach THEKLA. WALLENSTEIN prevents him. MAX stands irresolute, and in apparent anguish. In the mean time the stage fills more and more; and the horns sound from below louder and louder, and each time after a shorter interval
- 268 But now our destinies drove us asunder: He paced with rapid step the way of greatness, Was Count, and Prince, Duke-regent, and Dictator. 125 And now is all, all this too little for him; He stretches forth his hands for a king's crown, And plunges in unfa
- 269 _Tertsky._ A countryman from Tirschenseil conveyed it. 5 Soon after sunrise did the fight begin!A troop of the Imperialists from Fachau Had forced their way into the Swedish camp; The cannonade continued full two hours; There were left dead upon the field
- 270 The sacred person of your General! 25 _Butler._ My General he has been._Gordon._ That 'tis only A '_has been_' washes out no villainy.And without judgment pa.s.sed?_Butler._ The execution Is here instead of judgment._Gordon._ This were murder, Not just
- 271 How rapidly the wheel of Fortune turns; The Emperor still is formidably strong._Illo._ The Emperor has soldiers, no commander, For this King Ferdinand of Hungary 40 Is but a tyro. Galas? He's no luck, And was of old the ruiner of armies.And then this vip
- 272 LINENOTES: [10] _Gordon (with earnest anxiety)._ Oh! &c. 1800, 1828, 1829.[38] _duty_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[62] _dishonour'd_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[66] _Butler (with a cold and haughty air)._ He is, &c. 1800, 1828, 1829.SCENE IX _Butler (alone)._ I treasured my
- 273 _Butler._ Ay, and make your fortunes. 20 _Macdonald._ That is still better._Butler._ Listen!_Both._ We attend._Butler._ It is the Emperor's will and ordinance To seize the person of the Prince-Duke Friedland, Alive or dead._Devereux._ It runs so in the l
- 274 For we have instances, that folks may like The murder, and yet hang the murderer._Butler._ The manifesto says--alive or dead.Alive--'tis not possible--you see it is not. 80 _Devereux._ Well, dead then! dead! But how can we come at him?The town is fill'd
- 275 [_Exeunt BUTLER through one door, MACDONALD and DEVEREUX through the other._ LINENOTES: [13] _thinking_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[Before 16] _Butler (appeased)._ 1800, 1828, 1829.[28] _words_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[42] _Both (starting back)._ 1800, 1828, 1829.[45] the
- 276 _Thekla._ The horror overpowered me by surprise.My heart betrayed me in the stranger's presence; 45 He was a witness of my weakness, yea, I sank into his arms; and that has shamed me.I must replace myself in his esteem, And I must speak with him, perforc
- 277 _Thekla._ And how far is it thither?_Captain._ Near twelve leagues._Thekla._ And which the way?_Captain._ You go by Tirschenreit 65 And Falkenberg, through our advanced posts._Thekla._ Who Is their commander?_Captain._ Colonel Seckendorf.[_THEKLA steps to
- 278 _Thekla._ In a despairing woman, a poor fugitive, Will no one seek the daughter of Duke Friedland._Neubrunn._ And where procure we horses for our flight? 35 _Thekla._ My equerry procures them. Go and fetch him._Neubrunn._ Dares he, without the knowledge o
- 279 _Wallenstein (moves to the window)._ There is a busy motion in the Heaven, The wind doth chase the flag upon the tower, Fast sweep the clouds, the sickle[794:1] of the moon, 25 Struggling, darts s.n.a.t.c.hes of uncertain light.No form of star is visible!
- 280 [Before 37] _Wallenstein (remains for a while with absent mind, then a.s.sumes a livelier manner, and turns suddenly to the Countess)._ 1800, 1828, 1829.[41] _was_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[47] _him_ 1800, 1828, 1829.[57, 58]This anguish will be wearied down, I k
- 281 I too have sacrific'd to him--For me There fell the dearest friend, and through my fault 85 He fell! No joy from favourable fortune Can overweigh the anguish of this stroke.The envy of my destiny is glutted: Life pays for life. On his pure head the light
- 282 _Butler (appears, but scarcely on the stage)._ A light gleams. .h.i.ther from the corridor.It leads directly to the Duke's bedchamber._Gordon._ But then I break my oath to the Emperor; If he escape and strengthen the enemy, Do I not hereby call down on m
- 283 The Swedes before the ramparts! Let us hasten! 5 _Gordon (rushes out)._ O, G.o.d of Mercy!_Butler (calling after him)._ Governor, to your post!_Groom of the Chamber (hurries in)._ Who dares make larum here? Hus.h.!.+The Duke sleeps._Devereux (with loud ha
- 284 _Voice (from behind the Scene)._ Keep back the people! Guard the door.LINENOTES: [3] _you_ 1800, 1828, 1829.SCENE IX _To these enters OCTAVIO PICCOLOMINI with all his train. At the same time DEVEREUX and MACDONALD enter from out the Corridor with the_ Hal
- 285 LINENOTES: [10] _Octavio (with a deep anguish)._ O Countess! 1800, 1828, 1829.[27] _Countess (with her eye raised to heaven)._ 1800, 1828, 1829.[41] _Countess (rea.s.sembles all her powers, and speaks with energy and dignity)._ You think 1800, 1828, 1829.
- 286 [812:7] would condescend to point out _MS. R_.[813:1] not only returned _MS. R_.[813:2] and not only _MS. R_.[813:3] that he not only _MS. R_.[813:4] I for the first time saw _MS. R_.[813:5] likewise . . . a.s.sured not only a.s.serted _MS. R_.[813:6] but
- 287 [S. T. C.]REMORSE[819:1]A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS[819:2]DRAMATIS PERSONAE 1797. 1813-1834._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._ _FRAN
- 288 _Zulimez._ Will they not know you?_Alvar._ With your aid, friend, I shall unfearingly 100 Trust the disguise; and as to my complexion, My long imprisonment, the scanty food, This scar--and toil beneath a burning sun, Have done already half the business fo
- 289 _Valdez (looking forward)._ Hus.h.!.+ 'tis Monviedro._Teresa._ The Inquisitor! on what new scent of blood?_Enter MONVIEDRO with ALHADRA._ _Monviedro._ Peace and the truth be with you! Good my Lord, 105 My present need is with your son.We have hit the tim
- 290 _Alhadra._ I know that man; 'tis well he knows not me.Five years ago (and he was the prime agent), Five years ago the holy brethren seized me._Teresa._ What might your crime be?_Alhadra._ I was a Moresco! 205 They cast me, then a young and nursing mother
- 291 I prayed for the punishment that cleanses hearts: For still I loved her!_Alhadra._ And you dreamt all this? 320 _Teresa._ My soul is full of visions all as wild!_Alhadra._ There is no room in this heart for puling love-tales._Teresa (lifts up her veil, an
- 292 [148] _Teresa (her eye following Ordonio)._ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.[163] do] _do_ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.[164] is] _is_ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.[167] was] _was_ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.[183]A scathing curse! [_Then, as if recollecting herself, and with a ti
- 293 _Isidore._ 'Tis now three years, my lord, since last I saw you: 20 Have you a son, my lord?_Ordonio._ O miserable-- [_Aside._ Isidore! you are a man, and know mankind.I told you what I wished--now for the truth-- She loved the man you kill'd._Isidore._
- 294 What--would'st thou stop, man? thy pale looks won't save thee!Oh cold--cold--cold! shot through with icy cold!_Isidore (aside)._ Were he alive he had returned ere now.The consequence the same--dead through his plotting! 125 _Ordonio._ O this unutterable
- 295 [108] I] _I_ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.[109] its] his Edition 1.[120] He was the image of the Deity. Edition 1.[After 120] [_A pause._ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.[After 122] [_A pause._ _Editions 2, 3, 1829_.[127]This sickness of the heart [_A pause._ Editions 1
- 296 _Ordonio._ That you would fain be richer.The inquisition, too--You comprehend me?You are poor, in peril. I have wealth and power, 85 Can quench the flames, and cure your poverty: And for the boon I ask of you but this, That you should serve me--once--for
- 297 He loved the old man, and revered his art: And though of n.o.blest birth and ample fortune, The young enthusiast thought it no scorn But this inalienable ornament, To be his pupil, and with filial zeal By practice to appropriate the sage lessons, Which th
- 298 _Ordonio._ This was too melancholy, Father._Valdez._ 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 the wood.To which spot he had followed a blind boy, 5 Who breath'd into a pipe of s
- 299 [_All rush out in tumult._ LINENOTES: [16] _Alvar (aside)._ Stage-direction om. Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.[33] stranger's] _Stranger's_ Editions 1, 2, 3, 1829.[35] Doubt, but decide not! Stand from off the altar. Edition 1.[After 49] [_Music expressive of
- 300 Then when the wizard fix'd his eye on you, 65 And you, I know not why, look'd pale and trembled-- Why--why, what ails you now?-- _Ordonio._ Me? what ails me?A p.r.i.c.king of the blood--It might have happen'd At any other time.--Why scan you me?_Valdez