Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-11-20
DRAMATIC.
From tie Boston Gdsette.
sREMORSE.'

a tragedy VI ucTN iroth t"o TO"
of Coleridge, may we'll DO regarded
~ a thing uncommon. The periodi-
ca, reviewers have told us, and we
have all heard Of. if not read the sim.
Die witcherie- of The Christaber-
Che marvellous exploits Of the An
eient Mariner'--while few there ara
who have not yielded to the stupefy-
ing influence Of rbe pains ut Sleep
nv the same original nuthor--yclep-
Al zone Of the whining and hypo.
ehondriacal poets of thr Lakes 1t
II uat 50 generally known. however.
tina, the beautiful tragedy OF RE.
MORSE represented here on Thurs
day evening last, is from the same
. hand. :.
We must do Mr.. Coleridge the
Justice to say. that this tragedy is in.
6ni,cly superior to any thing which
hear. his name. We discover in It
Nom. of his childish pucrilities-his
angular affection about the beauties
ofnature-his Iutlicrous romance, or
nj. faverish enthusiasm: but We find
him looking deep into his subject.
aud with the eye of a philosopher and
nnct. mourning forth the entire resour
re. # his capacions and Intelligent
mind He has formed around him
oerfect r.lysiu,n "f sunshine. and mu
az. and sweet flawers; and The sp
ri, tbar pre-idrs over the place. is
b,,y and the beautiful harmony that
ner, adss it ia disturbed by no "nha'-
law "a sounds I>idore's direction TO
che DIV cling of the wizard, is IN
.Shakspeare's "wn manner.
x.yo,, cannot err. It's q small green dell
Rn;p all arc nd with high of sloPins hiils.
And from its shape our peasants aPtlv cat
The giants cradle There's a lake IN the MIDST
And round its banks tall wood that branches
- over,
And makes kind Of fairy forest gro"
Dowr IN the water. At the further end
A nunv cataract tails on the lake:
And there, q curious sight you see its shado"
Forever curling. like WREATH OF smoke
Up through the foliage OF those larry trees
His cot stands opposite. ."
Blu, 1t may be said perhaps. that tho
these beauties tell we'll enough in the
nrrusal. of what effect are they in the
20 ,rrsentarion. without incident Z We
answer, but little, and that there are
s.yera, scenes in the play. in which
arr,king incident AID fine poetry aye
Sappily combined. What can bt
m"re thrilling in sentiment or efec-
Give in sit"aiion. than the Cavern
Scene and what conveys a better
moral than the strong picture Of Re
morse finally exhibited in the PEI
son of Ordoino1 Still, we maintain,
The play i, by no means faultiess.
The story i'm the early Scenes, Is In
yolved in some amhigniy; and II
requires a pretty strict attention to
gather i. the why's ard the where
fores,' the secret springs to the ma
chinery, till the thud act Of the piece.
A soliloquy. from the mouth OF Ordo-
n,o. would have served to unb'som
The promptings Of his soal. as welt
as to nave gwen clue to the myste-
Pie. uf his associates. We complain
Also If the supsrbundance of sombre
scerer,. dark Caverns. and their
frn~niag Accomplishments "f sympa-
Shetic h .rror-th ugh the poetry. we
admit never ceases tp be intellectual,
And when necessary. sublime. Re
morse too Guild ha, better content-
OF as, h d il surrendered Ordonio TO
public Justice, Instead of permitting
him To d.. by the hands Of an infu-
ria,r female at a time when the MI
serabie b ing was trembling all over
with ih- consciousness Of guilt. and a
low ely young creature int. ceding for
his safety. But the xcelleocie,, at
ter all. are paramount, and tho de-
fects must yield to their impression.
There is nothiRg very intricate
in the plot at the piece. and We give
the substance of it below. ALuar
fBarret) and Ordonio (Cooper) are
sons Of the Marquis Valdez. { Char
neck 1.-THE latter the younges!--and
his brothers deadliest rival, who was
be,rothed to Tsrese, (Mls. Henry
an orphan heiress under the Mar
auis' projections. To marry the lady
and rid himself of her lover. hr 50 :
borns Isidore, (kinn) a Maresc'
chieftaiu. and the husband Of .ataadaa.
(Mrs. PowrlL tn assassinate hi".--
siu the first pangs OF his awakened
consrienr.' isid ne relented, and the