The New York herald., 1876-12-21

But he aud he II soul be soul, are where
Each stands lu face with all he d,d below.
Tho play opens in the Kings palace in London and
in very striking manner. comet IS seen shining
through the open windows and the court discussing
what the porlent--.the grimy-glaring, trebe-bran-
dished scourgen-i is to England King Edward then
enters thus ntcrprets his vision and the celestial
sign:-
In heaven sgnsl
Signs upon earth signs every where! your priests
Gross worldly, smoniacaI, unlcarnedi
They scarce read Psater; and your churches
Uncouth unhandsome; whio in Normanand
God speaks thro' abler voiccs as He dwells
In stateer shrinos. say not this as being
Half Norman biooded, nor, AS some have hold.
Because love the Norman better-no,
But dreadng Gods revenge upon this realm
For narrowness and coldness And sayit
For the last time perchance, before 20
To find the sweet refreshment at the saints
have lived a life OF utter purity;
have builded the great church Of Holy Potter.
have wrought miracles-to God tho glory
And miracles will In my namo be wrought
Hereafter. have fought the night ana 90
l see the flashing OF the gates OF pearl
And II is we'll with me, tho some "f you
Have scorn'd me-ay-but after am gone
Woe, woe to England have had vision;
The Seven Sleepers in the cave at Ephcsus
Have turn'd from right 10 left
To this Harold charactcristcay rcplics:-
Ny most dear master
What matters? Let them turn from left right
And sleep again.
The first act ends with charming lovo scene be-
tween Edith and Harold aud u plot of Aldwyth, the
Queen OF walcs and the rival OF Edith against both Of
tho lovers In the second act find Harold In Nor
mandy, In the power OF William Rufus, who has claims
to the English throne The DANCER OF opposing his
will is pointed Harold by wulinoth. OF the
MINOR characters, and its consequences thus de-
scribed:-
And deeper still the deep down oubliette,
Down thirty iect below the smiling day
ln blackness-does' food thrown upon thy head.
And thee the and set,
nd fha ark n Ia w reel ture cnua audC
And men are at their markets, 10 their fields,
And WOO their loves and have forgotten thee:
And thou art upright IN thy living grave,
Where there is barely room to SHIFT thy side,
And all thine England hath forgotten thee;
Aud he our lazy-pious Norman King,
With all his Normans round him once again.
Counts his cid beads, and hath forgotten thee.
Harold is finally constrained to swear TO help will-
lam to the crown OF England, but breaks that oath
upon his return TO England. King Edward dies and
Harold becomes king The Saxon priests absolve him
from his oath. Bclore he dies Edward prophesies OF
the field OF Senlac. where the Saxon power
thrown by tho Norman. The dialogue is 100 Gne 70
omit, and we quote il entirc:-
Knowest thou scuac hs
know all Sussex;
good intrenchment for pcriious hour!
ALDRED
Pray God that come not suddenly There Is one
Who passing by that hill three nights ago
He shook so that he scarce could out with IL
HAROLD
The wind in his hair?
ALDRED.
ghostly horn
Blowing continually and faint battle hymns,
And cries, and clashes and the groans OF men,
Aud dreadful shadows strove upon tEe hill,
AMI dreadful lights crept up from out tho marsh
Corpse candies gliding over namelcss graves
HAROLD
ALDkkD.
EDWARD tscakingl
Senlac Sanguelnc,
TINS Ilghtning before death
Plays on the word--and N0rmanlzcs TOO
HAROLD
Hush, father, hush
Thou uncauonicai fool,
Wilt thou play with the thuuderf North aud South
Thunder together showers OF blood are blown
Before u never -ending blast, aud hiss
Aga'ns. tue blaze tney cannot qaonsn-a n,l, axe,
Has nll'd the quvcr, and Death has drawn the bow
Sanguelacl Sanguciaci tho arrow the arrow! [Diea
STIGAxD.
II Is the OF death in his own heart
And our great Council wait to crown thee King.
The fourth act full OF 6nc passages. includes tho
battle OF stamford Bridge in which Harold
torous and the fifth brings TO the fatal neld OF
senao where the prophecy Of the dead Edward is full
filed In v,sion before tho battle tho prediction Is
Son Harold, /, thy King who came before
To tell thee thou shouldst win nj Stamford Bridge,
Come yet once more, from where am at peace,
Because loved thee in my mortal day,
To tell thee thou shalt die Scnlac hill
Sanguelac!
Other spirits rc-ccho the warning, and Harold
starting up with battle hand utters the follow
Ing noble Words
My batIlo axe against your voices Peace
The Kings last word-'the arrow /" shall die
die Tor England then, who lived Tor England
What nobler? men must die.
cannot tall into ialser world
have done no man wrong. Tostig, poor brother,
Art thou apger'dy
Fam had kept thine carldom In thy hanus
Save for thy Wild and violent will that wrench'd
All hearts OF freemen from thee. l could do
No other than this way ADVISE the king
Against the race OF Goodwin Is it possible
That mortal men should bear their earthly heats
Unschool'd OF Death Thus then thou art revenged-
leiI our England naked 10 the south
To meet theo In the North The Norseman's raid
Hath helpt the Norman, and the race OF G0dwin
Hath rum I'D Goodwin. No--our waking thoughts
Suffer a stormlcss shipwreck in the pools
Oi sullcn slumber, and arse again
DisJontcd: only drenins-whero mine own SELF
Takes part against myself Whys Tor spark
OF seli-disoain born In me whom swarc
Falsely TO him, the ialser Norman, over
HIS gdcd ark OF mummy-saints, by whom
knew not that sware--hot Tor myself
For England.
Then follows magnificent passage in which the bat
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