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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... ERIBERT , Viceroy . DE COUCI . MONTALBA . GUIDO . ALBERTI . ANSELMO , a Monk . VITTORIA . CONSTANCE , Sister to Eribert . Nobles , Soldiers , Messengers , Vassals , Peasants , & c . & c . Scene - Palermo . THE VESPERS OF PALERMO . A ...
... ERIBERT , Viceroy . DE COUCI . MONTALBA . GUIDO . ALBERTI . ANSELMO , a Monk . VITTORIA . CONSTANCE , Sister to Eribert . Nobles , Soldiers , Messengers , Vassals , Peasants , & c . & c . Scene - Palermo . THE VESPERS OF PALERMO . A ...
Page 320
... ERIBERT . VITTORIA . VITTORIA . Have I not told thee , that I bear a heart Blighted and cold ? -Th ' affections of my youth Lie slumbering in the grave ; their fount is closed , And all the soft and playful tenderness Which hath its ...
... ERIBERT . VITTORIA . VITTORIA . Have I not told thee , that I bear a heart Blighted and cold ? -Th ' affections of my youth Lie slumbering in the grave ; their fount is closed , And all the soft and playful tenderness Which hath its ...
Page 321
... ERIBERT . Haughty dame ! If thy proud heart to tenderness be closed , Know , danger is around thee : thou hast foes That seek thy ruin , and my power alone Can shield thee from their arts . VITTORIA . Provençal , tell Thy tale of danger ...
... ERIBERT . Haughty dame ! If thy proud heart to tenderness be closed , Know , danger is around thee : thou hast foes That seek thy ruin , and my power alone Can shield thee from their arts . VITTORIA . Provençal , tell Thy tale of danger ...
Page 322
... ERIBERT . Is there not one Who ne'er commands in vain ? -proud lady , bend Thy spirit to thy fate ; for know that he , Whose car of triumph in its earthquake path O'er the bow'd neck of prostrate Sicily , Hath borne him to dominion ; he ...
... ERIBERT . Is there not one Who ne'er commands in vain ? -proud lady , bend Thy spirit to thy fate ; for know that he , Whose car of triumph in its earthquake path O'er the bow'd neck of prostrate Sicily , Hath borne him to dominion ; he ...
Page 323
... ERIBERT . ' Tis well . Then nerve that lofty heart to bear The wrath which is not powerless . Yet again Bethink thee , lady ! -Love may change - hath chang'd To vigilant hatred oft , whose sleepless eye Still finds what most it seeks ...
... ERIBERT . ' Tis well . Then nerve that lofty heart to bear The wrath which is not powerless . Yet again Bethink thee , lady ! -Love may change - hath chang'd To vigilant hatred oft , whose sleepless eye Still finds what most it seeks ...
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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