This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 Excerpt: ...no records in this mien, of things Whose traces on man's aspect are not such As the breeze leaves on water? Lofty birth, War, peril, power!--affliction's hand is strong, If it erase the haughty characters They grave so deep. I have not always been That which I am. The name I bore is not Of those which perish. I was ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 Excerpt: ...no records in this mien, of things Whose traces on man's aspect are not such As the breeze leaves on water? Lofty birth, War, peril, power!--affliction's hand is strong, If it erase the haughty characters They grave so deep. I have not always been That which I am. The name I bore is not Of those which perish. I was once a chief--A warrior--nor, as now, a lonely man. I was a father! Elmina.--Then thy heart can feel! Thou wilt have pity. Hernandez.--Should I pity thee? Thy sons will perish gloriously: their blood--El.--Their blood, my children's blood! Thou speak'st as 'twere Of casting down a wine-cup, in the mirth And wantonness of feasting. My fair boys! Man! hast thou been a father 1 Hernandez.--Let them die! Let them die now, thy children! so thy heart Shall wear their beautiful image all undimmed Within it, to the last. Nor shalt thou learn The bitter lesson, of what worthless dust Are framed the idols whose false glory binds Earth's fetter on our souls. Thou think'st it much To mourn the early dead; but there are tears Heavy with deeper anguish. We endow Those whom we love, in our fond passionate blindness, With power upon our souls, too absolute To be a mortal's trust. Within their hands We lay the flaming sword, whose stroke alone Can reach our hearts; and they are merciful, As they are strong, that wield it not to pierce us. Ay, fear them--fear the loved! Had I but wept O'er my son's grave as o'er a babe's, where tears Are as spring dew-drops, glittering in the sun, And brightening the young verdure, I might still Have loved and trusted. Elmina (disdainfully.)--But he fell in war! And hath not glory medicine in her cup For the brief pangs of nature 1 Hernandez.--Glory!--Peace, And listen! By my side the stripling grew, Last of my line. I reared him ...
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Add this copy of Dramatic Works to cart. $22.85, good condition, Sold by Cornell Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tewkesbury, UNITED KINGDOM, published by Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and sons, 1855.
Edition:
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and sons, 1855
Publisher:
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and sons, 1855
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18053817063
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Early edition (hardback). 16mo (16cm by 11cm), [viii], 270pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titling and elaborate gilt design to the spine, all edges gilt. Light rubbing of the boards, bookplate to the front free endpaper, light foxing of the preliminary pages, binding bright. Overall, this copy is in near-VG condition. Contains the following dramatic works: The Vespers of Palermo, The Siege of Valencia, Sebastian of Portugal, De Chatillon.
Add this copy of Dramatic Works to cart. $59.74, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Wentworth Press.
