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Identifier: goldenleavesfrom01hows (find matches)
Title: Golden leaves from the British and American dramatic poets
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Hows, John William Stanhope, 1797-1871, (from old catalog) comp
Subjects: English drama American drama
Publisher: New York, G. R. Routledge and sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ned down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation, and filled up. As twere anew, the gaps of centuries; Leaving that beautiful which still was so. And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran oer With silent worship of the great of old !— The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns. . . . MARINO FALIERO, DOGE OF VENICE. The Executicn o/~ Marino Faliero. The Court of the Ducal Palace.— The Doge enters in hisducal robes, in procession with the Council of Ten andother Patricians, attended by the Guards, till they ar-rive at the top of the Giants Staircase (where theDoges took the oaths); the Executioner is stationed therewith his sword.—On arriving, a Chief of the Ten takesoff the ducal cap from the Doges head. Doge. So, now the Doge is nothing, and at lastI am again Marino Faliero :Tis well to be so, though but for a moment.Here was I crowned, and here, bear witness. Heaven!With how much more contentment I resign
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THE STARS ARE FORTH. BYRON. 335 That shining mockery, the ducal bawble.Than 1 received the fatal ornament. One of the Ten. Thou tremblest, Faliero ! Doge. Tis with age, then. Benintende. Faliero! hast thou aught further to commend.Compatible with justice, to the senate ? Doge. I would commend my nephew to their mercy.My consort to their justice ; for methinksMy death, and such a death, might settle allBetween the State and me. Ben. They shall be cared for;Even notwithstanding thine unheard-of crime. Doge. Unheard of! ay, theres not a historyBut shows a thousand crowned conspiratorsAgainst the people; but to set them free.One sovereign only died, and one is dying. Ben. And who were they who fell in such a cause ? Doge. The King of Sparta, and the Doge of Venice—Agis and Faliero ! Ben. Hast thou moreTo utter or to do ? Doge. May I speak .? Ben. Thou mayst;But recollect the people are without.Beyond the compass of the kuman voice. Doge. I speak to Time and to Eternity,Of which I grow a

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  • booksubject:English_drama
  • booksubject:American_drama
  • bookpublisher:New_York__G__R__Routledge_and_sons
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