The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-01-30

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snd give mo earl Thou King Of Kings
who. with an equal hand, bringest tho fort
innate head to one pillow with the slave, an,
by thy icy breath dost Watt tho bubble o
| our life far from these fields Of Earth
/ draw near and sayel Hide me wher,
winds blow not and waters cease TO roll
Hide me where Cmsar's legions can no
march, Take mo 70 . new dominion anl
crown mo Queen Of Sleep! / am in lsbo,
Of . Soul! See, it stands new born upon til,
edge Of timel Now, now. 70, Brcathi Come
Deathi Come, Antony!' And, with on.
glance 70 heaven, she drank and cast TIL
goblet TO the ground.
Then It last came tho moment Of ny
pentup vengeance, and Of the vengeance
Of Egypt's outraged Gods, and Of the fall
Ing Of the curse Of Menka-ra
"What is thisl' she cried. 81 grow cold
but ] die not. Thou dark physician, thor
hast betrayed mcr
peace, Cleopatrai Presently shalt thor
die and know the fury Of the Godsi IN,
curse Of Aenko-ra hath fa'leM It IL finished
Look upon me, womanl Look upon this
married face, this twisted form, this living
mass Of sorrowl L00k! look Who am r.
She stared upon me wildly.
"Ohl ohT' she shrieked, throwing w
her arms; ''at last l know theei BY the
Gods thou art Harmachisi Harmachis
risen from the deadT'
AYE, Harmachis risen from the dead ia
drag thee down to death and agony eternal
See thou, Cleopatra: / have ruined thee %
thou didst ruin mel ], workingin the dark,
and helped Of the angry Gods. have beer
thy secret spring Of wool filled thy hear,
with fear ct Actium, held the Egyptians
from thy cid, Slapped the strength Of
Antony, showed the portent Of the Gods
unto thy Captainsi BY my hand ct leagth
thou diest, for am the instrument Of
Vengeancei Rum do pay thee back for
ruin, treachsry for treachery, death for
deathi Come hither, Charmion, partner Of
my plots, who betrayed me, but, repeating,
art the sharer Of my triumph, come watch
this fallen wanton der
Cleopatra heard, and sank bacx upon the
golden bed, groaning: "And thou, too.
Charmionr'
A moment 20 she saa, then her Imperial
spirit burnt mp glorious before she died.
She staggered from the bed. and, with
arms outstretched, she cursed me.
'sOh, for one hour Of hfei'' she cried
lone short hour, that therein might make
thee die II such . fashion - thou canst not
dream, thou and that false paramour 81
thine, who betrayed both me and thee And
thou didst love mel Al, ussrs have thee
still Sec, thou subtle, plotting priest!''
and with both hands sho rent back the
royal robes from her bosom; 'sSee, on this
fair breast once, night by night, was thy
head pillowed, and thou didst sleep wrapped
In these same arms. Now, put away their
memory II thou eansy read Il in thine
eyes that mayst thou noti No torture
which ] bear can, In it, sum, draw
nigh 70 the rage Of that deep soul
OF thine, rent with longings, never,
never 70 be reachedl Harmachis,
thou slave of slaves, from thy
triumph depths snatch deeper triumph;
and conquered, yet conquerl spit upon
thee, defy thes, and dying, doom thee TO
the torment Of thy dcathless Lowell o An
tonyi come, my Antonyi come to thinc
own dear armsl Soon / shall ind thee, and
wrapped in love undying aud divine, to-
gether will we hoat through all tho depths
Of space, and lips TO lips and eyes to eyes
drink Of desires grown moro sweet with
every draughti Or il find thee not, then
SHALL sink In peace down the popped ways Of
Sleep; and for me the breast Of Night,
wherein / shall be softly Graded, shah yet
seem thy bosom. Antonyi Oh, die!
Come, Antony, and give mo peacel'
Even in my fury quailed beneath her
scorn, for homo few the arrows Of her
winged words. Alas and alas it was true
The shaft Of my vengeance fell upon my
own head; never had loved her IS loved
her now. NY soul was rent with jealous
torture, and thus l swore she should not
die.
..Peace!'' cried: s.what peace is there
for theei Obi We Holy Three, hear now
my prayer. Osiris, loosen Thou the bonde
Of He'll, and send forth those whom I shall
summoni Come, Ptolemy, poisoned Of thy
sister Cleopatra; come, Arsinoe, MUIR
dered In the sanctuary by thy sister
Cleopatra; come Sepa, tortured to death OF
Cleopatra; come, Divine Menkarra, whose
body Cleopatra tore, and whose curse
for greed she brsved; como one, como IL
who have died ut the hands OF Cleopatra
Rush from tho breast Of Nout, and greet
her who murdered you! BY the link Of T1ys-
.ic union, BY the symbol Of the Life, Spirits,
summon your
Ispoka while Charmion, afRrighted, chung
. my robe, and the dying Cleopatra, rest
ng on her hands, swung slowly TO and fro,
,azing with vacant eyes.
Then the answer came. The easement
,urst asunder, and on dittering wings that
,reat Bat entered which last had seen
snging to the eunuoh's chin in the womb
I tho pyramid Her. Thrice it circled round,
nee It lowered DER dead Iras, then it few
. where thts dying woman stood To her It
ep.. on heT breast It settled, clinging TO
hat srferal6 which was dragged from the
cad heart Of Acnka-ra. Thrice the black
lorror screamed aloud. thrice It beat its
orr winGs, ani lol it was gone. Then
uddealy within that chamber sprang up
he Easl,es Of Death There Was Arsinoc.
be beautaful, evcn a she had shrunk be-
cath tho butchers knifs. There Was young
'tolemv. his features twisted By the pol.
oned cup. There was tho majesty of Men
4. ra. crowned with thes1rssus crown there
vas grave sera, his Ha-h ell torn by the
prturer's hooks there weFs those poisoned
layes; and there ware others without num-
OF. shadowy and dreadful - seholdl who.