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My Daughter does not know how weak I have, or wish for, upon earth--and mo And higher far than lies within earth

I am;

And, as thou see'st, under the arch of

heaven

Here do I stand, alone, to helplessness,

bounds:

Therefore I bless her: when I think Man,

By the good God, our common Father, I bless her with sad spirit,-when

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Led by its murmur, to the ancient oak I came; and when I felt its cooling shade, I sate me down, and cannot but believeWhile in my lap I held my little Babe And clasped her to my heart, my heart that ached 1361 More with delight than grief-I heard a voice

Such as by Cherith on Elijah called; It said, "I will be with thee." A little boy,

A shepherd-lad, ere yet my trance was gone, 1355 Hailed us as if he had been sent from heaven,

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And said, with tears, that he would be Of what he says, and looks, and does

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That Woman will come o'er this Waste Yes, you are right, we need not hunt for to save thee.

He pauses and looks at HERBERT's staff. Ha! what is here? and carved by her own hand! [Reads upon the stay. I am eyes to the blind, saith the Lord. He that puts his trust in me shall not fail!"

e, be it so ;-repent and be forgivenGod and that staff are now thy only guides. 1416 [He leaves HERBERT on the Moor. SCESE, An eminence, a Beacon on the summit.

LACY, WALLACE, LENNOX, &c. &c. eral of the Band (confusedly). But patience!

motives:

1435 There is no crime from which this man would shrink;

He recks not human law; and I have noticed

That often, when the name of God is uttered,

A sudden blankness overspreads his face.
Len. Yet, reasoner as he is, his pride

has built
Some uncouth superstition of its own.
Wal. I have seen traces of it.
Len.

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Once he headed

A band of Pirates in the Norway seas;

And when the King of Denmark summoned him

To the oath of fealty, I well remember,

One of the Band. Curses on that Traitor, 'Twas a strange answer that he made; he Oswald !

said,

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r Captain made a prey to foul device! "I hold of Spirits, and the Sun in heaa (to WALLACE). His tool, the wandering Beggar, made last night

Aplain confession, such as leaves no

doubt,

1420 Knowing what otherwise we know too well,

That she revealed the truth. Stand by

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ven."

Lacy. He is no madman.
Wal.

A most subtle doctor Were that man, who could draw the line that parts

Pride and her daughter, Cruelty, from

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Lacy. Stay you behind; and, when Of the world's masters, with the mus

the sun is down,

Light up this beacon.

One of the Band. You shall be obeyed. [They go out together.

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You have obeyed the only law that sen Submits to recognise; the immediate la SCENE, The Wood on the edge of the Moor. From the clear light of circumstance

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Mar. Deep, deep and vast, vast be- Upon an independent Intellect.

yond human thought,

Yet calm.-I could believe that there

was here

The only quiet heart on earth. In terror,

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Henceforth new prospects open on you

path;

Your faculties should grow with t demand;

Remembered terror, there is peace and I still will be your friend, will cleave

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! and you will walk in solitude among We wonder at ourselves like men beE them.

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He is a puny soul who, feeling pain, 1555
Finds ease because another feels it too.
If e'er I open out this heart of mine
It shall be for a nobler end-to teach
And not to purchase puling sympathy.
1526-Nay, you are pale.
Mar.
Osw.

bstitutes, turn our faces where we may, Are still forthcoming; some which, though they bear

names, can render no ill services, recompense for what themselves required.

meet extremes in this mysterious world,

And opposites thus melt into each other. Mar. Time, since Man first drew breath, has never moved

1531 ch such a weight upon his wings as

DOW;

But they will soon be lightened. One.

It may be so. Remorse

It cannot live with thought; think on, think on,

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1561 And it will die. What! in this universe, Where the least things control the great

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Ay, look up- A leaf had fallen, the thing had never

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That make the fields their dwelling. If a Had given me breath, and was I not His daughter, once his daughter? cou withstand

snake

Crawl from beneath our feet we do not ask

A license to destroy him: our good gover- His pleading face, and feel his clas

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Delivered to the Judge of all things.
Osw.
Mar. I have borne my burthen to its
destined end.

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To womankind with duty to my Fathe Osw. This instant we'll return to our I yielded up those precious hopes, wh

Companions

Oh how I long to see their faces again!

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On earth could else have wrested fr me ;-if erring,

Enter IDONEA with Pilgrims who continue Oh let me be forgiven!

their journey.

Idon. (after some time). What, Marma

duke! now thou art mine for ever.

Mar.
I do forgive the
Idon. But take me to your arms-t
breast, alas!

And Oswald, too! (To MARMADUKE.) On It throbs, and you have a heart that d

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With the glad tidings which this day
hath brought;

We'll go together, and, such proof received
Of his own rights restored, his gratitude
To God above will make him feel for ours.
Osw. I interrupt you?

Idon.

Mar.

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I should make wondrous revolution her
It were a quaint experiment to show
The beauty of truth- [Addressing the
Think not so.
I see I interrupt ye
Idonea, I shall have business with you, Mar
duke;

That I should ever live to see this mo

ment!

Idon. Forgive me.-Oswald knows it
all-he knows,
Each word of that unhappy letter fell 1600
As a blood-drop from my heart.

Osw.
'Twas even so.
Mar. I have much to say, but for
whose ear?-not thine.

Follow me to the Hostel. [Exit Oswa
Idon.
Marmadu
This is a happy day. My Father soon
Shall sun himself before his native do
The lame, the hungry, will be welco
there.

No more shall he complain of was
strength,

Idon. Ill can I bear that look-Plead Of thoughts that fail, and a decay

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