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The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries novel. A total of 990 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The German Cla.s.sics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.Volume I.by Editor-in-Ch
The German Cla.s.sics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.Volume I.by Editor-in-Chief: Kuno Francke.PREFACE It is surprising how little the English-speaking world knows of German literature of the nineteenth century. Goethe and Schiller found their
- 590 The sun comes out; he glows, And straight my dreams depart, While from the cliffs he throws A chill across my heart.THE FORSAKEN MAIDEN[25] (1829) Early when c.o.c.ks do crow Ere the stars dwindle, Down to the hearth I go, Fire must I kindle.Fair leap the
- 589 "Better lad was never born-- (Sir 'twas G.o.d's own pity!) No one else could blow the horn Half as shrill and pretty."So I stop beside the wall Every time I pa.s.s here, And I blow his favorite call To him under gra.s.s here."Towa
- 588 See, they're pleading: "May we ask you for the freedom to be free?"[Ill.u.s.tration: NICOLAUS LENAU]NIKOLAUS LENAU PRAYER[15] (1832) Eye of darkness, dim dominioned, Stay, enchant me with thy might, Earnest, gentle, dreamy-pinioned, Sweet,
- 587 Your Majesty, won't you correct the mistakes of these two young recruits?QUEEN.Out of my sight, you traitor to your Royal House! Arise, Wilhelmine.[_To the_ KING, _hesitating_.] But we still have Austria....KING. But Austria hasn't us. The minio
- 586 _The_ QUEEN, _breathing heavily, staggers to the door. After a moments upward glance she opens it. The_ PRINCE OF BAIREUTH _comes in, wrapped in a white cloak_. HOTHAM _follows, carrying a pointed metal helmet, such as belonged to the Prussian uniform of
- 585 KING.Both, Fran von Viereck--let me have both.[VIERECK _lets the cards fall behind her back_.]KING.What's that? Did you not drop something? My G.o.d! Cards! [_He stands as if speechless_.] Playing-cards! [_To the_ QUEEN.] Cards, madam--a Christian co
- 584 Heavens--play cards there? When every outline of my shadow can plainly be seen through that curtain?QUEEN (_sitting_).Why do you hesitate?VIERECK.Have we Your Majesty's permission to draw the tables nearer together? There--there is so much air at thi
- 583 Me? SONNSFELD (_pulling him to the door at the right_). Yes, me--I mean you--and you will lead her from the Blue Room--you will take her hand and bring her safely hither by the surest and quickest route. KAMKE. My lady--whom--whom? The Princess Wilhelmine
- 582 Friedrich Wilhelm could not understand the freedom of the human will. He would have grafted stem to stem, son on father, youth on age. In planning to bestow the hand of his charming daughter, now here, now there, it never came to his mind that her heart m
- 581 Tis done! And that we need waste no time in choice--let him discuss--me. ALL (_startled_). Your Majesty? KING. Its very warm here. [_Opens his coat_.] Lets make ourselves comfortable, Eversmann. Well, Prince--begin. Give us a speech about me. HOTHAM. Pl
- 580 KING. Yes, what did the old Dessauer invent? SECKENDORF (_aside_). Aha, you see, now we have caught him. PRINCE. It cant be gunpowder, because Count Seckendorf has already discovered that. [_All laugh_.] SECKENDORF (_aside_). Never mind, Grumbkow, Ill w
- 579 Lies? Then, according to the proverb, that explains why our beer is so sour. GRUMBKOW. Tell me, Eversmann, is there no news from Ansbach in the journals? HOTHAM (_aside to_ PRINCE). Arm yourself. EVERSMANN (_impertinently_). Why should there be news fro
- 578 WARTENSLEBEN. Yes. Thanks, Your Majesty. [_He moves past the_ KING _. The others pa.s.s one after the other, or sometimes several at once, with similar greetings_.] KING. Take your seats, gentlemen--no formalities--free choice--the smoke of war levels all
- 577 KING. Are they gathering already EVERSMANN. Theres noise enough outside there. KING. My only recreation! While I may keep this little diversion, I am willing to bear the burdens and cares of government. Are the clay cannons loaded? EVERSMANN. Aye--and s
- 576 Give me your hand, Baronet. Come to our conference tonight. We will wash down our diplomatic disagreement with a good drink of beer, and blue clouds of smoke from our pipes shall waft away all the intrigues, plots and counter-plots.GRUMBKOW.But--Your Maje
- 575 Pay no attention to that, Grumbkow. But announce to the gentleman that my children are accustomed to obey my wishes, and that the affair with Vienna is as good as settled. Understand?GRUMBKOW.Very well, Your Majesty.HOTHAM.And you might add, General von G
- 574 The King's Cabinet! Where the Court tailor has just taken the white domino [_Aloud_.] H'm! Baronet Hotham, do you happen to be acquainted with the legend of the White Lady, connected for centuries with the history of the House of Brandenberg?HOT
- 573 _Anteroom in the_ KING'S _apartments. The same as in_ SCENE I _of_ ACT II. _Writing materials on the table._ SCENE I EVERSMANN _comes from the_ KING'S _room._ SECKENDORF (_puts his head in at another door_).Pst! Eversmann! Have you seen him yet?
- 572 Its merely a polite hint. Everything is discovered--and not only the matter of _Rapiniere._ His Majesty knows you now as the emissary of the Crown Prince, sent to stir up a revolution here in Berlin and in the palace. The wigmaker confessed it all. I susp
- 571 WILHELMINE (_hesitating_). No--never, no. PRINCE. You are trembling, Princess. Oh, I know your dutiful heart shudders at the thought of defying your parents, of following the call of your own inclination. But--tell me, do you trust your fathers heart? WIL
- 570 ALL.The Prince of Wales--in Berlin?HOTHAM.The Prince of Wales arrived three hours ago.GRUMBKOW AND SECKENDORF. Impossible!QUEEN (_triumphant_).I breathe again.KING (_in real consternation, but controling himself_).Baronet Hotham, I confess that this news
- 569 For all this we ask but one little concession, which would make this marriage a true blessing for both countries. KING. Out with it! HOTHAM. Prussian industry has now reached a standard which renders England desirous of testing its products under certain
- 568 HOTHAM.First paragraph-- KING.Pardon me, I can tell you that in fewer words. I give my daughter as dowry, forty thousand thalers, and a yearly pin-money of two thousand thalers. I will bear the expense of the wedding. But that is all.QUEEN (_rising_). I t
- 567 What is going to happen? KING. You, Prince, as my natural aide--here! Baronet Hotham, you are in the centre. [_The lackeys place the table in the centre of the room and then go off._] PRINCE (_aside_). Hotham--the commercial treaties-- [HOTHAM _sits dow
- 566 He was not a wigmaker.KING. He was.WILHELMINE.Well, if he was, then you dislike him simply because you are so fond of your horrid pigtail.KING. The pigtail is a man's best adornment. In that braided hair lies concentrated power. A pigtail is not a wi
- 565 Just a little _Francaise_ shall be a rehearsal for the torchlight dance at your wedding.WILHELMINE.You know the King's aversion toward music and dancing.SONNSFELD.Here, Eckhof, take the violin-and now begin. ECKHOF (_looks about timidly_).But if I--[
- 564 ECKHOF.Even if shame could be healed by money, that would be the one remedy you couldn't apply.WILHELMINE.And why?ECKHOF. Because Your Highness hasn't any money.SONNSFELD.Dreadful creature!WILHELMINE (_aside_).He knows our situation only too wel
- 563 SONNSFELD (_to the_ PRINCESS). There you are! [_To_ ECKHOF.] From the Prince of Baireuth? ECKHOF. Please Your Honor, yes. WILHELMINE. Where is it? Did you take it? ECKHOF. Please Your Honor, no. [_Wheels and goes out_.] SONNSFELD. What a dreadful countr
- 562 _The_ PRINCESS _room. Attractive, cozy apartment. An open window to the right. Doors centre, right and left. A cupboard, a table._ SCENE I PRINCESS WILHELMINE _leans against the window-casing, deep in thought._ SONNSFELD _sits on the left side of the room
- 561 Throw the veil about my head. Don't question everything I do. Must I give you an accounting for every trifle?SONNSFELD.Good Heavens--have you joined your mother in her revolutionary ideas?WILHELMINE.I have joined no one. I want to show the world that
- 560 PRINCE. Not until you promise me you will meet me there. WILHELMINE. Oh--if we should be surprised like this! Please get up! PRINCE. You will promise? You will meet me? WILHELMINE. Where? [_He points to the window._] There? But I am not alone even there
- 559 WILHELMINE.As if you did not know the insult you have offered me.PRINCE.Princess, would you drive me mad? I offer _you_ an insult?WILHELMINE. Have you not heard what sort of a person this learned Laharpe of yours really is?PRINCE.Princess, Laharpe is one
- 558 Then you--you are that irresistibly clever diplomat whom they are awaiting with open arms?HOTHAM.Does the King really look with favor upon this marriage with the Prince of Wales?PRINCE.Horrible! I picked this man for a genius from among a thousand others.
- 557 [_The_ PRINCE _comes down a step and claps his hand to his forehead_.] HOTHAM. I believe hes writing verses. [_The_ PRINCE _moves as before, toward the_ PRINCESS _door, then sees_ HOTHAM.] PRINCE. What? Who--who is this I see? HOTHAM (_surprised_). Do m
- 556 GRUMBKOW.Frederic, Prince Royal.[_The_ KING _starts in anger, takes up one of the books and then touches the bell_. EVERSMANN _comes in_.]KING.Eversman [_with conscious impressiveness_], my spectacles! [EVERSMANN _goes out and returns again with a big pai
- 555 Yes, Prince. My artillery will furnish the salutes, and I will see to the reviews and parades my self. But it is in the evening that our guests grow weary in Berlin--they go to sleep in their chairs. Beer drinking and pipe smoking is not yet to every one&
- 554 You are surprised? It was a slight mistake in ident.i.ty.PRINCE (_embarra.s.sed_).Your Majesty--I am a stranger-- KING.It's of no consequence. You were deucedly insolent--but my people are thick-skinned. Well--I want to speak to you, my dear Prince o
- 553 EVERSMANN.But, Your Majesty, I haven't asked any questions yet.KING.I'll have you asking questions! Now what are you laughing at, sirrah?Heh? Fetch me my dressing gown until you have found the uniform. [EVERSMANN _turns to go_.] Hey, there! Why
- 552 GRUMBKOW (_in the door_). Your Majesty is in such a merry mood-- SECKENDORF. Could it be the arrival of the courier--? KING (_indifferently_). Oh, yes. A courier came-- GRUMBKOW. From Hanover? KING. From Hanover. SECKENDORF. With news of importance, You
- 551 PRINCE (_beside himself_).The Princess is--destined-- EVERSMANN.To be the future Empress of Austria.[_He goes out into the_ QUEEN'S _room_.] PRINCE (_alone_).Empress! Queen! And I--I who love her to desperation, I am to help bring about either of the
- 550 And now get back to the books! EVERSMANN. At once, Your Majesty. KING. Eversmann--one thing more, Eversmann! EVERSMANN. Your Majesty? KING. If you should see the Prince Hereditary of Baireuth-- PRINCE (_aside_). Its my turn now. KING. That French windba
- 549 PRINCE. Surely this castle is haunted! [_He slips into the door at the right_.] KING (_knocking again, still outside_). Eversmann! Doesnt the fellow hear? EVERSMANN (_coming in hurriedly_). The door is open, Your Majesty. [_Goes to centre door, opens it
- 548 QUEEN.So you see, Prince, the importance of the issue involved! Will you consent to mediate this question--a question of such importance to all Europe--with my husband?PRINCE.I? With the King? Mediate? Oh, of course, Your Majesty, with the greatest pleasu
- 547 Is there--is there anything new in the air, Your Majesty?QUEEN.I shall need to display all my strength, all my will-power. I shall have need of it to uphold the dignity of a monarchy whose natural head appears to forget more and more that Prussia has rece
- 546 PRINCE.A gallery of family portraits?WILHELMINE.Do you see the smoke issuing from the open window?PRINCE. That is--oh, it cannot be--the kitchen?WILHELMINE.Not exactly--but hardly much better. It is, I have the honor to inform you, the Royal Prussian Laun
- 545 WILHELMINE.Then you are preparing to do battle here?PRINCE.My intentions are not altogether peaceful, and yet, as Princess Wilhelmine doubtless knows, I am compelled to confine myself to a policy of defense solely.WILHELMINE. And even in this you cannot e
- 544 SONNSFELD.You pick them up and weave them into a "nice innocent little influence"for yourself. Eh? An influence that has already earned you three city houses, five estates, and a carriage-and-four. Have a care that the Crown Prince does not auct
- 543 THE QUEEN, _his wife._ PRINCESS WILHELMINE, _their daughter_.THE PRINCE HEREDITARY OF BAIREUTH GENERAL VON GRUMBKOW } COUNT SCHWERIN } _Councilors and Confidants of the King._ COUNT WARTENSLEBEN } COUNT SECKENDORF, _Imperial Amba.s.sador_ BARONET HOTHAM,
- 542 Thus united they continued for some time to kneel in the church, and neither made a sound. Suddenly they felt their hands lightly touched and looked up. The Pastor was standing between them with a s.h.i.+ning face, and holding his hands on their heads in
- 541 And, as a matter of fact, he was not up there in his nook much of the time, but down with Lisbeth. He begged her forgiveness for his act so often that she grew impatient, and told him, with a frown of annoyance which became her very well, to just stop it.
- 540 Behind him was the forest, before him the low ground of the "Freemen's Tribunal," with its large stones and trees, and over opposite the solitary spot was shut in by yellow corn fields. In the tree-tops above him the turtle-doves were cooin
- 539 Thereupon thirteen eggs and a single cheese were put into the basket in front of his wife, who tested the freshness of each egg by shaking and smelling it, and rejected two. After this proceeding the s.e.xton stood up and said to the Justice: "How is
- 538 "What? I a poacher? I a game thief?" cried the man, and he laughed so loudly and heartily that the Justice could not help joining in. Still laughing, the latter ran his hand over the fine cloth of which his guest's clothing was made."T
- 537 This pa.s.sage from Kindlinger's _Contributions to the History of the Diocese of Munster_ conducts us to the scene of our story. It throws a light on our hero, the Justice. He was the owner of one of the largest and wealthiest of the Main Estates, or
- 536 "As far as the others are concerned, they do not live with us and I have no authority over them. If they are base enough to refuse to do their duty and to meet their obligations, then simply strike out the names of the scamps, for you can never get a
- 535 "He is a fool who gives to the blacksmith what he can earn himself!"He picked up the anvil as if it were a feather, and carried it, along with the hammer and tongs, under a little shed which stood between the house and the barn, and in which the
- 534 The most important of his works are _Das Trauerspiel in Tirol_, 1826, treating of the tragic story of Andreas Hofer; _Kaiser Friedrich II_., 1827, a drama of the Hohenstaufen; the comic heroic epic, _Tulifaentchen_, 1830, a satiric version of an heroic To
- 533 Forgive me also for sending thee my diary. I wrote it on the Rhine and have spread out before thee my childhood years and shown thee how our mutual affinity drove me on like a rivulet hastening on over crags and rocks, through thorns and mosses, till thou
- 532 October, 1808.* * * I hadn't yet seen him at that time when you used to while away for me those hours of ardent longing by picturing to me in a thousand different ways our first meeting and his joyous astonishment. Now I know him and I know how he sm
- 531 SUMMARY Such, then, is the organic totality of the several arts the external art of architecture, the objective art of sculpture, and the subjective arts of painting, music, and poetry. The higher principle from which these are derived we have found in th
- 530 The requirement of the conformity of spiritual idea and sensuous form might at first be interpreted as meaning that any idea whatever would suffice, so long as the concrete form represented this idea and no other. Such a view, however, would confound the
- 529 "Vox populi, vox dei"; and on the other (in Ariosto, for instance)--[2]"Che'l Volgare ignorante ogn' un riprenda E parli piu di quel che meno intenda."Both sides co-exist in public opinion. Since truth and endless error are s
- 528 The State knows thus what it wills, and it knows it under the form of thought.The essential difference between the State and religion consists in that the commands of the State have the form of legal duty, irrespective of the feelings accompanying their p
- 527 I will endeavor to make what has been said more vivid and clear by examples. The building of a house is, in the first instance, a subjective aim and design. On the other hand we have, as means, the several substances required for the work--iron, wood, sto
- 526 The German Cla.s.sics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.Vol. VII.by Various.THE LIFE OF GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL BY J. LOEWENBERG, PH.D. a.s.sistant in Philosophy, Harvard University Among students of philosophy the mention of Hegel's na
- 525 [Footnote 47: Translator: Margaret Armour. Permission William Heinemann, London.] [Footnote 48: Translator: Charles Wharton Stork.] [Footnote 49: Permission William Heinemann, London.] [Footnote 50: Names of Students Corps.] [Footnote 51: Name of the Univ
- 524 Your devoted BEETHOVEN.FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: Translator: Sir Theodore Martin. Permission William Blackwood & Sons, London.][Footnote 2: Translator: Sir Theodore Mart Permission William Blackwood & Sons, London.][Footnote 3: Translator: Charles Wharton S
- 523 Your pocket-book shall be preserved among other tokens of the esteem of many men, which I do not deserve.Continue, do not only practise art, but get at the very heart of it; this it deserves, for only art and science raise men to the G.o.dhead. If, my dea
- 522 Heiligenstadt, October 6, 1802.NO. 136 TO THERESE VON MALFATTI (1807) You receive herewith, honored Therese, what I promised, and had it not been for serious hindrances you would have received more, in order to show you that I always _offer more to my fri
- 521 TO THE COMPOSER J.N. HUMMEL (Vienna, circa 1799) Do not come any more to me. You are a false fellow, and the hangman take all such!BEETHOVEN.NO. 28 TO THE SAME (The next day) Good Friend Nazerl: You are an honorable fellow, and I see you were right. So c
- 520 I dined at the hotel. My name had become known through my card and the report of my presence spread through the town, so that I made many acquaintances.Toward evening I called on Goethe. In the reception-room I found quite a large a.s.semblage waiting for
- 519 "For several days I kept my room and scarcely touched any food. At last I went out, but came home again immediately after dinner. Only in the evening I wandered about the dark streets like Cain, the murderer of his brother. My father's house app
- 518 I do not know how long this may have lasted and how frightful the performance had become, when suddenly the door of the house was opened, and a man, clad only in a s.h.i.+rt and partly b.u.t.toned trousers stepped from the threshold into the middle of the
- 517 ISAAC (_as though waking from sleep_).But first I'll seek my gold!ESTHER. Think'st still of that In sight of all this misery and woe!Then I unsay the curse which I have spoke, Then thou art guilty, too, and I--and she!We stand like them within t
- 516 What thoughtst thou of her while she still did live?GARCERAN. O Sire, I thought her fair.KING. What more was she?GARCERAN. But wanton, too, and light, with evil wiles.KING. And that thou hidst from me while still was time? GARCERAN. I said it, Sire!KING.
- 515 QUEEN. Here are those others, here.MANRIQUE. Nay, let them be!What mayhap threatens us, struck them ere now.I beg you, stand you here, in rank and file.QUEEN. Let me come first, I am the guiltiest! MANRIQUE. Not so. O Queen. Thou spak'st the word, &#
- 514 But no, thou weepst, and tears no lies can tell.Behold, I also weep, I weep for rage, From hot and unslaked pa.s.sion for revenge!Come, here's a ring to set your torch within.Go to the town, a.s.semble all the folk, And bid them straight unto this ca
- 513 KING. Back to Toledo then?PAGE. I know not, Sire.The lords, howe'er-- KING. What lords?PAGE. Sire, the estates, Who all upon their horses swung themselves; They did not to Toledo take their way-- Rather the way which you yourself did come. KING. What
- 512 For do but see these eyes-- Yes, see the eyes, the body, neck, and form!G.o.d made them verily with master hand; 'Twas she _herself_ the image did distort.Let us revere in her, then, G.o.d's own work, And not destroy what he so wisely built.QUEE
- 511 Like water for the gross and earthly stain There is a cleanser for our sullied souls.Thou art, as Christian, strong enough in faith To know repentance hath a such-like might.We others, wont to live a life of deeds, Are not inclined to modest means like th
- 510 MANRIQUE. That is enough!So in the royal name I now dissolve This parliament. Ye are dismissed. But list Ye to my wish and my advice: Return Ye not at once unto your homes, but wait Ye rather, round about, till it appears Whether the King will take the ta
- 509 _A large room with a throne in the foreground to the right. Next to the throne, and running in a straight row to the left, several chairs upon which eight or ten Castilian grandees are sitting. Close to the throne_, MANRIQUE DE LARA, _who has arisen._ MAN
- 508 ESTHER. I bring them and more weighty things besides-- Unwelcome news, a bitter ornament.Most mighty Sire and Prince! The Queen has from Toledo's walls withdrawn, and now remains In yonder castle where ill-fortune first Decreed that you and we should
- 507 Now let me sleep until she comes, for I Myself am but the dreaming of a night.[_She lays her head on her arm and her arm on her pillows._]GARCERAN (_steps to the_ KING _who stands watching the reclining RACHEL_).Most n.o.ble Sire-- KING (_still gazing_).
- 506 GARCERAN (_to himself_).Dizzy are you? Humph!KING (_who has conducted her to the sh.o.r.e_).It is accomplished now--this mighty task!RACHEL. No, never will I enter more a s.h.i.+p. (_Taking the_ KING's _arm._) Permit me, n.o.ble Sire, I am so weak!Pr
- 505 2D PEt.i.t. But I know you! Here is the purse of gold You lost, which I herewith restore to you.ISAAC. The purse I lost? I recognize it! Yea, 'Twas greenish silk--with ten piasters in't!2D PEt.i.t. Nay, twenty.ISAAC. Twenty? Well, my eye is good
- 504 KING. That is, for never!RACHEL. I know better.(_To_ ESTHER.) Come.[_They go, accompanied by_ GARCERAN, ISAAC _bowing deeply._]KING. And high time was it that she went; in sooth, The boredom of a royal court at times Makes recreation a necessity. Although
- 503 ESTHER. Nay, we are not so poor That we should stretch our hands for others' goods!MANRIQUE (_going toward the side door_).And, too, in yonder chamber let us look, If nothing missing, or perhaps if greed With impudence itself as here, has joined.GARC
- 502 (_Approaching her._ RACHEL, _shakes her head violently._) Well then, my dearest child, I pray be calm!Yes, I repeat it, thou hast pleased me well; When from this Holy War I home return To which my honor and my duty call, Then in Toledo I may ask for thee-
- 501 Alas!KING (_standing on the steps, quietly_).That game is worth a nearer look.What's more, 'twill soon be time for you to go; You should not miss the favorable hour.But you, old man, must come. For not alone, Nor un.o.bserved would I approach yo
- 500 GARCERAN. It sometimes seems she does, and then does not.A shallow mind ne'er worries for the morrow.KING. Of course thou didst not hesitate to throw To her the bait of words, as is thy wont?How did she take it, pray?GARCERAN. Not badly, Sire. KING.
- 499 RACHEL (_still exhausted, turning to the _KING).My thanks, O Sire, for all thy mighty care!O were I not a poor and wretched thing-- (_with a motion of her hand across her neck_) That this my neck, made short by hangman's hand, That this my breast, a
- 498 See, my ransom. Here will I Remain a while and take a little sleep. (_Laying her cheek against the_ KINGs _knee._) Here safety is; and here tis good to rest. QUEEN. Will you not go? KING. You see that I am caught. QUEEN. If you are caught, I still am fr
- 497 KING. 'Tis bad!GARCERAN. We think So too, and that he plans a mightier blow.And rumor hath it that his s.h.i.+ps convey From Africa to Cadiz men and food, Where secretly a mighty army forms, Which Jussuf, ruler of Morocco, soon Will join with forces
- 496 The brave Castilians me from place to place, Like shelterers of villainy did lead, And hid me from my uncle of Leon, Since death did threaten host as well as guest.But everywhere they tracked me up and down.Then Estevan Illan, a don who long Hath slept be
- 495 RACHEL. Then I'll beg until they free me!ISAAC. Yes, just like thy mother, eh?She, too, looked at handsome Christians, Sighed, too, for Egyptian flesh-pots; Had I not so closely watched her I should deem-well, G.o.d forgive me!-- That thy madness cam
- 494 What is the happiness the world can give?-- A shadow! What the fame it can bestow?-- An empty dream! Poor man! Thy dreams were all Of shadows! And the dreams are ended now, But not the long, black Night!--Farewell to thee, My husband, for I go! That was a
- 493 JASON. Wouldst thou thrust me forth?KING. I banish thee my sight.JASON. What shall I do?KING. Some G.o.d will answer that!JASON. Who, then, will guide My wandering steps, who lend a helping hand? For, see! my head is bleeding, wounded sore By falling fire
- 492 KING. Knew'st not. Never think To 'scape my wrath on this wise!GORA. Dost thou think I shudder at thy wrath? Mine eyes have seen-- Woe's me!--the children weltering in their blood, Slain by the hand of her that bore them, ay, Medea's v
- 491 Good? Ha, good?'Tis a false lie! For know, thou old, gray man, She will betray thee, _hath_ betrayed thee, thee, Ay, and herself! But thou didst curse her sore "Know thou shalt be thrust forth Like a beast of the wilderness," thou saidst; &