Count Julian

_Tarik_. Turn, and behold him! who is now confounded? Ye who awaited him, where are ye? speak— Is some close comet blazing o’er your tents? Muza! Abdalazis! princes, conquerors,...

_Opas_. The royal threat still sounds along these halls; Hardly his foot hath past them, and he flees From his own treachery—all his pride, his hopes, Are scatter’d at a breath;...

_Sis._ Uncle, and is it true, say, can it be, That thou art leader of these faithless Moors? That thou impeachest thy own daughter’s fame Thro’ the whole land, to seize upon the...

_Jul._ To stop perhaps at any wickedness Appears a merit now, and at the time Prudence or policy it often is Which afterward seems magnanimity. The people had deserted thee, and...

_Jul._ What they would They cannot: thee of kingdom and of life ’Tis easy to despoil, thyself the traitor, Thyself the violator of allegiance. O would all-righteous Heaven they...

_Her._ Most joyfully; he scarcely had pronounced Your glorious name, and bidden me urge your speed, Than, with a voice as though it answered heaven, _He shall confound them in t...

_Jul._ Obdurate! I am not as I appear. Weep, my beloved child, Covilla weep Into my bosom; every drop be mine Of this most bitter soul-empoisoning cup: Into no other bosom than...

_Rod._ Impossible! she could not thus resign Me, for a miscreant of Barbary, A mere adventurer—but that citron face Shall bleach and shrivel the whole winter long; There, on yon...

_Egil._ He goes; he is afar; he follows her; He leads her to the altar, to the throne, For, calm in vengeance, wise in wickedness, The traitor hath prevailed, o’er him, o’er me,...

_Muza_. Here, Abdalazis, kings Disguise from other causes; they obtain Beauty by violence, and power by fraud. Treason was his intent: we must admit Whoever come; our numbers ar...

_Osma_. I hear Such acclamation as from victory Arises not, but rather from revolt, Reiterated, interrupted, lost. Favour like this his genius will retrieve By time, or promises...

_Her._ That calm was never his, no other will be! Thou knowest not, and mayst thou never know, How bitter is the tear that firy shame Scourges and tortures from the soldier’s ey...

_Abd._ Julian, to thee, the terror of the faithless, I bring my father’s order, to prepare For the bright day that crowns thy brave exploits: Our enemy is at the very gate! And...

_Opas_. I cannot but commend, O Egilona, Such resignation and such dignity. Indeed he is unworthy; yet a queen Rather to look for peace, and live remote From cities, and from co...

_Jul._ I have avenged me, Opas, More than enough: I sought but to have hurled The brands of war on one detested head, And died upon his ruin. O my country! O lost to honour, to...

_Cov._ I attend Ever most humbly and most gratefully My too kind sovran, cousin now no more; Could I perform but half the services I owe her, I were happy, for a time, Or dared...

_Jul._ I follow. Could my bitterest foes Hear this! ye Spaniards, this! which I foreknew And yet encounter’d; could they see your Julian Receiving orders from and answering Thes...

_Muza_. That Julian, of whose treason I have proofs, That Julian, who rejected my commands Twice, when our mortal foe besieged the camp, And forced my princely presence to his t...

_Jul._ Adieu Earth, and the humblest of all earthly hopes, To hear of comfort, tho’ to find it vain. Thou murderer of the helpless! shame of man! Shame of thy own base nature! ’...

_Egil._ This withering calm consumes me. He marries then Covilla! ’twas for this His people were excited to rebell, His sceptre was thrown by, his vows were scorn’d, And I—and I—

_Jul._ ’Tis Abdalazis, son of Muza, prince Commanding Africa, from Abyla To where Tunisian pilots bend the eye O’er ruin’d temples in the glassy wave. Till quiet times and ancie...