John of Procida, Or The Bridals of Messina: A Tragedy, in Five Acts |
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AMBROSE Angelo Martini Art thou Behoves blood breast breath bride caitiff cast castle Charles of Anjou child Clerc Conradine corse dance danger dare daughter dead dear love death Didst Dost doth dream e'en entering hastily Etna eyes fear FRAN France give Governor GUIS GUISCARDO hadst HARVARD COLLEGE Hast thou hath hear a shriek heart Heaven hold holy honor hour husband Isoline JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES John of Procida keep King of Sicily knowest leave limb look lord lost loved thee mark Massacre murder ne'er never night nuptials o'er oath once Palermo pray PROC PROCIDA and FERNANDO rushing SCENE shame Sicilian soul spurn Stop streets suffer sweet tell thine thing THOMASO thou a father Thou art thou stand'st thou wast thy hand thyself to-day trust Vengeance wed thee what's woman Wouldst
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Page 35 - To make her rich again ! Am I ashamed To tell thee this ?— No !— Save the love we pay To Heaven, none purer, holier, than that A virtuous woman feels for him she'd cleave Through life to. Sisters part from sisters — brothers From brothers — children from their parents— but Such woman from the husband of her choice Never ! — Give me the troth you promised me.
Page 35 - Who finds that she has nothing garner' d up Where she believed she had a heart in store For one she gave away — is desperate, You marvel at her ! Marvel ! — when the mines Of all the earth are poor as beggary To make her rich again ! Am I ashamed To tell thee this ? — No !— Save the love we pay To Heaven...
Page 25 - ... use my heart As if its strings were thine to strain or rend ! Thou mak'st my veins hot with my boiling blood, And not content, thou followest it up, Mine eyes inflaming with my scalding tears, Thou kindless, ruthless man ! Hast thou a father ? I never knew one ! Pro.