New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-10

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S'reo spe Uson nv word no: II
| ~,o -rrpn an, I sropse ed ss never vonAo ~,
"a ..cb a ain cries out 10 Heaven for vengeance
In further conversation vita Lo<hau, she 10
s,ive, fun evidence Of his hesruess vUsny. Bio
avail ers to the grim ccnsc BUSINESS has soe n1S no.
only bern the victim Of bis wIes, ba. the daPe o.
his BY pocrlsy:
Lonora - bear II oil a. voices 10 dream;
Bat A. for ceiling I've DO feeling eft
| Tins vss il best-why this gas mercirul!
| Ans over o-I sas about to go.
| n st,sc,jon sa,s upon the threshold yoBder,
| To mock NE ss psss The stones ! ns n 49,
| That bore ny bas.y htberwac Eeps, VII stand
| and laugh a. go hence. The bridal ho~ers--
| WHY 81 ouId Keep them at ny besom c,ereI
| lie there forever-ye the s~ee, OF earth!
| Rnt O this riDg-in whose eolem ny ,,
| Nv lies whole thought lay oenered how sosu MS
| E,ap3 in rtneu brepc- as thing profane
Madam, I Icy it soboiDg a. yOor ieet,
Happier than l, who have no refuge there. =.
From that moment, the sweet fenderne" OF
wonsDhood is driven from Der oeing-ooe desdy
purpose fills Der souEesrsh holds nothing dear 81
her but the n cans of yeDgeance-sn heaven has no
vision Of delight so rspturous as the triumph over
her destroyer.
Leonora Let no one ray I've wept. From these
scared eyes
Poisons msy Drop but never bunsh esrs.
SIue o.a d, power IL in IN. Wsre ne here,
NV breath should witoe, bin. One sudde, look
Should bdsbe life blood curdle 1t nis heart.
Never 10 leave II more. Let me lot tniuk
Averaging Coz! was woman o0ce-
A thing 10 nuurieh children AZ my bre,st
and hear their sDyels whi. per rhroU. uy dreams,
As e.. does nightly, piilo we'd on bis breast
Wi b sorer travail DOS shall deeds y wftn
Ard gbastly honor caiul their birth hon me.
The Development Of the plot nov becomes lurld
with il fernal fires. LeOnora devOtes the perverted
energies o. feminine constsncy to the accomplish
meut of her el purpose. Her success is in proper.
ton to her perseverance. Through her wicked
arts Lotbair has become involved in conspiracy
against the 8 ate, his life is forfeit be is beggsred
in fortune, Leonora has stolen his child from its
mo- her. the cup Of revenge was sweet.
SCENE-Leonoro's Bedchamber. On The bed cha
Leauora II was greswtw as godlike! have drunk
to the iuDl
The costly wine of gFance; snd feel
I's mighty madness coursiDg through my veins
Wha, papg was left forgotten! Whst disgrace!
O, man, 80 gallant and 30 reckless once,
Crushing The poor girls heart in your white hands
Where are you now Your glozing tongue Is dumb;
The fssbIg taseboods of yonr eyes are spent
Ar death and you, of all DISCUSSES strpt,
Glare gfiIny Oh each other.
Here's his boy;-
! sball be msd-nol / mast zee his face.
(She goes TO the bed, and draDs the cnrtdtn./
These are The features of my erlhoods dream;
Thus looked Ii y idol, ere 1t iell-to seam
The upiurIt ed forehead with the cash VI shame.
o. what god he seemed He Stood ON clouds;
StaIs ,hot their Plences through biz aznre eyes
That were my Sun, my Heaven my Universe
It. If the folly of my heart to think
That something bears his form i'll yonder skies
Some hs aveny delight must look as he did,
Fer things divine have twin anrpodes,
And Lucifei hath left his shining peer
Where he hath no hereafter
Night wears on,
And brings no pause. The hours drop oil like pearls
Ito the silver silence.
At This crisis, masked figure appears in her
presence who addresses her IN tone of terrible
rebuke. This is Edward whose early love for the
upspo,ted child of the mountains has turned into
manly indigo alton az her crimes. He contronts her
with portrait of herself as seen in her days OF In
nucepce.
Leon9ra-"ris my young fsce-my fair and Innocent
What wretch art thou, to torture me with this
Mask.- She was wild ana arroeaut 10 her love
As in The hate TO which the scorci ca bud fipened.
Too proud TO bear the fortune OF her sax;
WroIged ever more then wronging save this one,
She grew fiend in malice. Help was near
In faithful hearts, and in the priceless power
Tt shame misfortune with true nooieness.
From loving bands held out she turned away,
Ard plunged from passion into lniamy;
Not fur the We akDe,s of a second 1--we,
Or sordid need, OF lust of lerrous splendor,
But for the ruin of one wretched soul,
She gave what GOD tn then beld innocent,
The glores of her youth The princes Mistress
There lie her portrait; you behold her now.
The passion Of LeOnOra 10 now changed into the.
agony of remorse. A CLEAN of returning woman
hood lights up the path to death, and, whitening
under the stern dspleasure of zone who loved her
as brother should" she stabs herself to the heart.
The mask now falls and Edward is discUvered:
Ed,oard II nDaskingJ -LeonOra!
Leonora.- Edward, we are haply met
Edwnd-O, rash heroic deed
Leonora.- Why should you grleve2
See how this life. blood let's tue madness out,
That pressed 90 closely packed, upon my heart;
And grow calm at last; and, as in dreams,
Behold the peaceful visions Of my youth.
Deep in the moubtan's heart the chalet lies,
And in the sum- the rustling waterfall
Leaps gladly eyermore. A maiden band
Dance rustic measures to its cool refrain;
And one IN white moves, taller than the rest.
Dye zee II, Edward?
Eduard- am there with you.
LtOnord.-Who's he that passes wits tue naughty
eyesi
The tall girl stopped her dancing when be came,
That he might speak, and cheat her Of her soul.
Then there vengeance what became oft
Pie gone l see you-knOw myself again
| And what cone from. We must save Lothian,
Whose treason was the fruit vi my deceit.
| Tell him spol forgiveness ere died.
Helpl-I grow faint $50, let me lie at rest Diet.
Edrara-See! she lie dying my beloved Is dying,
| All, God the parting struggle s at end
Let the white shadow lie upon my heart,
| The wreck Of ali that g fair and excellent;
A thing of tears anu tenderness forever!
The outline We have now given Of this drama,
with the passages quoted to make the connection
complete, shows that it possesses power Of inyen.
ton and of execution, which could be attained only
| by rare poetic genius. 1t has the faults from
| which few plays of high intellectual merit are
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