Excerpt: ...him, and still bear. RAM. Come, from thy solitary eiry come, And share the prey, so plenteous and profuse, Which a less valorous brood will else consume. Much fruit is shaken down in civil storms: And shall not orderly and loyal hands Gather it up? (Loud shouts.) Again! and still refuse? How different are those citizens without From thee! from thy serenity! thy arch, Thy firmament, of intrepidity! For their new lord, whom they have never served, Afraid were they to shout, and only struck The pavement with their ...
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Excerpt: ...him, and still bear. RAM. Come, from thy solitary eiry come, And share the prey, so plenteous and profuse, Which a less valorous brood will else consume. Much fruit is shaken down in civil storms: And shall not orderly and loyal hands Gather it up? (Loud shouts.) Again! and still refuse? How different are those citizens without From thee! from thy serenity! thy arch, Thy firmament, of intrepidity! For their new lord, whom they have never served, Afraid were they to shout, and only struck The pavement with their ferrules and their feet: Now they are certain of the great event Voices and hands they raise, and all contend Who shall be bravest in applauding most. Knowest thou these? OSMA. Their voices I know well - And can they shout for him they would have slain? A prince untried they welcome; soon their doubts Are blown afar. RAM. Yes, brighter scenes arise. The disunited he alone unites, The weak with hope he strengthens, and the strong With justice. OSMA. Wait: praise him when time hath given A soundness and consistency to praise: He shares it amply who bestows it right. RAM. Doubtest thou? OSMA. Be it so: let us away; New courtiers come - RAM. And why not join the new? Let us attend him, and congratulate; Come on: they enter. OSMA. This is now my post No longer: I could face them in the field, I cannot here. RAM. To-morrow all may change; Be comforted. OSMA. I want nor change nor comfort. RAM. The prisoner's voice! OSMA. The metropolitan's? Triumph he may-not over me forgiven. This way, and through the chapel-none are there. Goes out. THIRD ACT: THIRD SCENE. OPAS and SISABERT. OPAS. The royal threat still sounds along these halls: Hardly his foot hath passed them, and he flees From his own treachery; all his pride, his hopes, Are scattered at a breath; even courage fails Now falsehood sinks from under him. Behold, Again art thou where reigned thy ancestors; Behold the chapel of thy earliest prayers, Where I, whose chains are sundered at thy...
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