The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-13
INGOM.1R, THE BARBARIAN.

tichelieT' and Tile Lady of Lyons, Will llDecomc
| asstock favVrite-the oftener seen, the more at
irac.iyc.
The parts OF "Ingomar'' and "Parthenia,n the
hero and heroine, are worthy the talent OF For
rest and Cusliman, in whose hands they would
prove an attraction which no true lover OF the
drama could resist. Tie story throughout is
beautifully told, and interesting to the last mo-
mcnt. The nlial piety OF the Greek maiden is
placed before the audience in most striking
manner; even love- the strongest and most irre-
sstible passion Of the human heart, is made to
yield to duty; and when appealed to by her bar
barian lover, whose savage spirit she has at once
tanned and subdued, who, in tone OF mental ag-
ony, cXcainls, "Oh, Parthenia, wilt thou leave
me - her simple, touching answer is, "My pa
rents wait their child p He at once resolves to
he her guide; and, when arrived in sight OF Mas
sa, her home, from whence she straycd to oller
herself sacrifice as the ransom Of an aged
faher,) in the transport Of her Joy, the sudden
thought recurs, that
"Here we part y
But not So lie goes with her to the city; re-
solves 70. her sake to become Greek; abandons
even the dress OF his favorte band OF Allcmania;
yields up his sword for the handle of the plough,
and doubly earns his bride; spurns Indignantly
the offer to betray Ills countrymcn, but makes
them at once the trends and allies Of the Greeks;
redeems ms bride from slavery, by the sacrifice
of his own liberty, and, when finally rewarded by
the Gods for all his suiferings, lie finishes
ITO love owe this bliss"
"Parthcnia" replies
'sTo love and honor"
Then they are forever joined
''Two souls with bnt q single thought
Two hearts that beat as one.h
The language, poetry, and dramatic action OF
this play have not been eXceed, If equalled, In
the history OF the modern DRAMA and will well
repay tile reader for perusal. 1t was produced
simultaneously in New York, on the evening Of
the 1st of December, 1851, OF the Bowery and the
Broadway Theatres and was triumphantly sue
cessfu at BOTH
EXTRACTS FROM THE PLAY.
PARTnESIA. Mother, you sang to me
or Hero and Leander, and their love:
And when asked thee, wond' ring WHAT love was,
Then with uplilted hands and laughing eyes,
Thou told,st me how, into the lonely heart
Love sudden comes unsoughI then grows and
grows,
Feeble at first like dawn before the sun,
TILL bursting every bond, 1t breaks at last
Upon the startled soul with hope and JOY,
While every bounding pulse cries, 'that is he
Who carries in his breast my hcarC, my soul:
With him, oil may live, and Tith him die ~
So, when old Medon and Evalder came
To WOO, laid my hand upon my heart,
And listened, listened, but mo- all was still,
All silent; no response, no voice; and SO
I'm waiting mother, till my heart Shall speak!
ISGoMAR Pal ;hena
4 pretty name! and now, Parthenia, tell me
How that which you call love grows in the soul;
And what love Isl it's strange, but In that woru
There's something seems like yondcr ocean-
fathomlcss
my mother says,
Like flowers in the night-lreacn me tnose VIZ
lcts-
1t is a flame single look will &indle,
But not an ocean quench.
Love is a star from heaven, that points the way
And leads us to Its home-a little spot
In earths dry desert, where the soul may rest
A grain OF gold in the dull sand OF lie
A foretaste OF Elysium; but when,
Weary of this worlds woes, the immortal gods
Flew to the skies, with oil their richest gifts;
Love stayed behind, sell.cXilcd for mans sake
INGoMAR. never yet heard aught SO beauti-
fui But still comprehend 1t not.
PARTuENIA. Nor |:
For lave never felt 1t; yet know
4 song my mother sang, an ancient song,
That plainly speaks OF love, at least TO me-
Slowly, as trying to recollect
What lore Is, irthou ,could'St be taught,
Thg heart must teach dtone,-
Ttco souls ,cith 6m a single thought,
Ttoo hearts that beat as one.
And ,cheace comes lope ? Ike mornings t0ht'
II comes ,cithout thy call;
And holC dies l0re?-a spirit Oright
Love nerer dies at all!
Ind ,rhe,l-and aohen-
[Hesltating as unable to continue, &c.
lSGoMAR. Go on.