The League of the Alps: The Seige of Valencia, The Vespers of Palermo, and Other PoemsHilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1826 - 480 pages |
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... ELMINA • XIMENA . THERESA A Moorish Prince , Chief of the Army besieging Valencia . A Spanish Knight . Wife to Gonzalez . Her Daughter . An Attendant . Citizens , Soldiers , Attendants , & c . THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA . SCENE I. Room in a.
... ELMINA • XIMENA . THERESA A Moorish Prince , Chief of the Army besieging Valencia . A Spanish Knight . Wife to Gonzalez . Her Daughter . An Attendant . Citizens , Soldiers , Attendants , & c . THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA . SCENE I. Room in a.
Page 248
... citizen goes out . SECOND CITIZEN . This wasting siege , Good Father Lopez , hath gone hard with you ! " Tis sad to hear no voices through the house , Once peopled with fair sons ! THIRD CITIZEN . Why , better thus , Than to be haunted ...
... citizen goes out . SECOND CITIZEN . This wasting siege , Good Father Lopez , hath gone hard with you ! " Tis sad to hear no voices through the house , Once peopled with fair sons ! THIRD CITIZEN . Why , better thus , Than to be haunted ...
Page 249
... CITIZEN . Heard you last night the sound Of Saint Jago's bell ? -How sullenly From the great tower it peal'd ! FIFTH CITIZEN . Aye , and ' tis said No mortal hand was near when so it seem'd To 32 SIEGE OF VALENCIA . 249 32.
... CITIZEN . Heard you last night the sound Of Saint Jago's bell ? -How sullenly From the great tower it peal'd ! FIFTH CITIZEN . Aye , and ' tis said No mortal hand was near when so it seem'd To 32 SIEGE OF VALENCIA . 249 32.
Page 250
... CITIZEN . And will our chief Buy with the price of his fair children's blood A few more days of pining wretchedness For this forsaken city ? OLD CITIZEN . Doubt it not ! -But with that ransom he may purchase still Deliverance for the ...
... CITIZEN . And will our chief Buy with the price of his fair children's blood A few more days of pining wretchedness For this forsaken city ? OLD CITIZEN . Doubt it not ! -But with that ransom he may purchase still Deliverance for the ...
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... CITIZEN . Then woe for us When she is gone ! -Her voice - the very sound Of her soft step was comfort , as she moved Through the still house of mourning ! —Who like her Shall give us hope again ? OLD CITIZEN . Be still ! -she comes ...
... CITIZEN . Then woe for us When she is gone ! -Her voice - the very sound Of her soft step was comfort , as she moved Through the still house of mourning ! —Who like her Shall give us hope again ? OLD CITIZEN . Be still ! -she comes ...
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ABDULLAH agony ALPHONSO ANSELMO arms art thou aught banner bear beneath blood brave breast breath bright brow call'd Castile CITIZEN clouds Conradin CONSTANCE dark dead death deep doth dreams e'en earth ELMINA ERIBERT Ev'n fair father fear flowers GARCIAS glorious glory gone GONZALEZ grave grief hast thou hath hear heard Heaven HERNANDEZ holy hope hour hush'd know'st lance wards land light lone look look'd midst mighty MONTALBA mother Mozambic ne'er night noble o'er pale pass'd peasant pour'd PROCIDA proud Provençal RAIMOND rest Roncesvalles round scene scorn SICILIANS Sicily silent singing bee sleep smile song sons soul sound speak spirit storm strong sweet sword tell thee thine things thou art Thou hast thou shouldst thought thy heart Twas Twill unto Valencia VITTORIA voice warriors wave wild wilt winds wouldst thou XIMENA young youth ΧΙΜΕΝΑ