Morning herald., 1839-12-11

Countess cannot, madam.
Emp BY whom?
Countess BY you!
Emp Letevery ono
Repair to the tournament. Let il proceed,
As We ourself were there. And you my lord,
Preside for us II is our will the lists
| Be opend straight. The Countess stays with me.
[All 90 out except the Empress and CountesGJ
We are alone! Now, how am a let
To such espousals your choice would maket
Emp Girl, be direct with me.
Nor in the headlong passion Of your soul,
That seems to joy in strife and wrack, forget
Tis your liegc lady that vouchsafe you audience.
Countess-That forget and every thing beside,
Except one thing, in still revolving which
The earth hath shrunk in estimation
Into grain-the sun into spark!
Nought hath kept substance but my desolation,
Which seems to me to fill up space itself
Till nothing else hath room.
Emp Thy desolation!
who made il for thee9
Coun sss- Thou!
Emp In what regard!
Countess ss-In thy attractive favor shown to Huon
Emp-I made thy desoation Thou thysen
Didst make It with thy pride, the greater, but
Countess BY my pride'
Emp - lhy prioe,
Which evil couns ellor to thy lore, advised it
To blush With shame at homage from the which
Ii could not yet refrain, because ( was due
Tribute to such desert as far behind
Left all desert beside, and might have worn
The subjects hearf-WnOse - Woh
Thy story-evcry thing are known to me-
Countess-Then thou conlessest It!
Emp- What!
Countess Wnats
Emp De"sres
Countess The heart
Will speak, despite the checks OF shows and
Shadows compared 10 its realities [ferms,
Is il not so with thee l-e'er hast thou felt
A pang land if thou hast, whose, then, thy
paace'
Thy retinue-thy guards THY empire !-Gons
With all their proud app partenances, and
No habi'ation left thee, but thy breist'
The only house Of happiness or wo!
How shall il be with me, then with heart
Madden'd with torture? Shall ! cast about
To furnish looks, and words, and tones for
things,
Ihave no interest in, and thou that hast,
In equal case wouldst give 10 disregard
Emp-Remc nber thou rt subject! :,
Coun,ess- So will
While thou 1T the Empress but when thoa
woman-a mere woman like myself [me-
Stepp'st from the eminence that lifts thee 'bovs
Leverst thee to me in one common nature
deal with thee a woman deals with woman
Town thy power. must and do Thy breath
Can doom ne exile. bondage, what II will
There submit Thou art the Empress there,
But when thou thwart'st me in the interests
Which are the right net more of one than all
Trenchest upon my private peace-my love-
Thou dost me wrong, tor which, challenge thee
Emp. Come Thy challenged
Countess Thou dost love him
FINN Az by nav troth, as much thou didst scorn
Coun,ess--He did accuse me to the. thim !
FINN wayward woman,
He never spoke of thee, except with love.
Countess Hew eouldst thou love him then ! How
could thy greatness
Forget itself to try and steal heart,
Thou knewest TO be anothers
Emp se" ..,,
Countess aye, seM
Must we coin terms for those that are above Us,
Tomake offences gracious TO their ears,
When they commit them--whch, by US enacted
wouldst blast with damnng names .
Fan Thou hast spirit
Countess-Thou knewesthe loved me, and d'dst co
Covet a heart al second hand-an Empress
Hear that am a subject
His heart was mine till thou didst rob ms ofni
Not cf itafl, but Of a part-thoughh
A part be gone, 20 all Well as SAID,
Ills heart was mine at first 'Tis gone-my
peace, -,
Hopes, every thing, along with i What then :
Would have u back Mol would sooner
Its worth was It's fidelty-that lost ld's
AIrs lost Thou oovetedst a faithful heart
Emp Didst thou deserve that heart
Cou.tess-!wsspsinsI ,a., ao ''' = '''@' ~
rmr s'' -" faith. thou ri brave
Thy love Of him was persecution.
Countess-Tweepingl fe
Emn Loved him 1t was tyranny,
| Enforced without the mercy Of pause.
\ Countcss-(weepiug still, and more ohte'yl. -
/ more loved him ,,,S.
Emp Loved him .-andI dIconstraind d him
To nnptials he abhorrd. sf
(In m agony Of tears.1
Ilovcd him most
Emp How had u 'ares WV" "'s
Hadst thou been IL
Countess Far diHersnuy.
Emp nvw
Countes,-I then had been above rebuke or blame
\ I would have given his merits their iasr neo'
| Encouraged them TO challenge their deserts
Rewarded them till they had lifted him
| So near equality 10 me the seat
Ifll'd he might have shared along win me-,
| Emp That field he found himsell v without my -. ~
'Isaw him here, and challenged simple sreA'u'~
| In spite OF its disguise /; desired ~ den
| Its Iowl " suit aac show the ihirg u was;,
Nor stopp'dtill, step by step saw ,nnr. Im,r.
| To where II stands; nor mean 70 s'oP '"s
| Countess-fIowf ,..... ~r..>
Emp Idesign Tor MIN Tue
Countess The highest
Emp les
His hopes, until today--untl To-Day,
Never divuged to him. - ......t
Countess lie eknows ,s,,d
Emr--He does; and till my promise y in'h'ieu,
\ w ith fears that shake him spite ot certainly
Ofhis unreasonable happiness .,,.s.
For such he thinks it-wears adoubtisi ~"
Emu The hand of her, more pro,s 70 -