Dramatic Tales, Volume 1James Ballantyne and Company, 1817 - Scottish literature |
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ANTHONY MOORE art thou aught Benendine brave breath burning Can'st thou Caroline Cecil child Collier CUBBIN curse dame dear death Dost thou dread dream e'er earth Enter Esther Exeunt Exit face fair FATHER LAWRENCE Faucet fear feel frame Gelon Gemel give gone Grim Grimald had'st hand hast thou hath hear heart heaven hell Hind hold honour husband HUTCHON James Ballantyne JASPER Kate kiss laugh Liddesdale look look'd Lord Hindlee maid maiden MALDIE may'st mind Moules mumps ne'er never night Nora nought o'er poor Pray SCENE SCENE II Sir Anthony Sister sleep sleeve soul speak spirit sword tell thee thine thing Think'st thou thou art thou did'st thou hast thou know'st thou shalt truth turn'd Twas ween ween'd witching word wretch
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Page 13 - Alone on the mountains poor Mona reclined, Her locks hung neglected, and waved in the wind; On her face was a smile, though her reason had fled, And a tear on the wild-rose that hung o'er her head. " The dew of the mountains, the wind and the rain, Will ne'er cool the fever that burns in her brain ; The Spring may the beauties of nature restore, But will beam on the mind of poor Mona no more. "JAMES HOGG.
Page 5 - And the cold sweat falls like drops of dew, Toil him and moil him again and again, Sicken his heart and madden his brain; Till strength, and sense, and life depart, As I tear the last pulse from the white man's heart. William Wordsworth (1770-1850), 'To Toussaint L'Ouverture', 'September 1, 1802...
Page 5 - Prick and pierce him in nerve and spleen, By the arrows felt, but never seen ; Then by flame unbodied burn him; Then on racking windlass turn him, Till his temples quiver and ache anew, And the cold sweat bell like drops of dew.
Page 28 - I have got ! Confound her !— -witch ! — who can this be ? Ben. Mine has neither root nor branch -r A dry, bare, barren wilderness mine is ! Look at it, beauteous Maldie — this is you.