Wallenstein: A Dramatic Poem, Том 2

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Страница 63 - Twas broad day, and Octavio stood before me. " My brother," said he, " do not ride to-day The dapple, as you're wont ; but mount the horse Which I have chosen for thee. Do it, brother ! In love to me. A strong dream warned me so.
Страница 225 - Knowing the whole I shall be more collected ; I will not be deceived. My mother wishes Only to spare me. I will not be spared. The worst is said already ; I can hear Nothing of deeper anguish ! Coun.
Страница 225 - My heart betrayed me in the stranger's presence ; 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, perforce, that he, The stranger, may not think ungently of me.
Страница 16 - The cherish'd heirlooms of his ancestors ! There is a consecrating power in time. And what is grey with years to man is godlike. Be in possession, and thou art in right; The crowd will lend their aid to keep it holy.
Страница 277 - GORDON. WALLENSTEIN. All quiet in the town ? GORDON. The town is quiet. WALLENSTEIN. I hear a boisterous music ! and the castle Is lighted up. Who are the revellers ? GORDON. There is a banquet given at the castle To the Count Terzky and Field-Marshal Illo.
Страница 271 - I know I shall forget the blow at last ; What will not man forget ? From things most dear. Even as from things most common, is he wean'd By the omnipotence of circumstance. But well I feel what I have lost in him. The flower is faded from my way of life, And cold and dreary lies the path before me ; For he was like the spirit of my youth, Making reality a lovely dream, And with the magic mists of morning gilding The bare and naked nothingness of...
Страница 300 - Wallenstein's dead body is carried over the back part of the Stage, wrapped in a piece of crimson tapestry. Oct. (entering abruptly.) It must not be ! It is not possible ! Butler! Gordon! I'll not believe it. Say no ! [ Gordon, without answering, points with his hand to the body of Wallenstein as it is carried over the back of the Stage. Octavio looks that way, and stands overpowered with horror.
Страница 235 - If thou hadst ever lov'd. There, there, is all That yet remains of him ; that one small spot Is all the earth to me. Do not detain me...
Страница 163 - Altered my feelings towards thee ? Many thousands Have I made rich, presented them with lands; Rewarded them with dignities and honours ; Thee have I loved: my heart, my self, I gave To thee ! They all were aliens: THOU wert Our child and inmate.* Max.!
Страница 15 - Thou seek'st from its broad base to shake The calm enthroned majesty of power, By ages of possession consecrate — Firm rooted in the rugged soil of custom — And with the people's first and fondest faith, As with a thousand stubborn tendrils twined. That were no strife where strength contends with strength. It is not strength I fear — I fear no foe That with my bodily eye I see and scan, Who, brave himself, inflames my courage too.

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