Category: Poetry
_Vic._ I will forget thee! All dear recollections Pressed in my heart, like flowers within a book, Shall be torn out and scattered to the winds! I will forget thee! but perhaps hereafter, When thou shalt learn how heartless is the world, A voice within thee will repeat my name...
_Vic._ I will forget thee! All dear recollections Pressed in my heart, like flowers within a book, Shall be torn out and scattered to the winds! I will forget thee! but perhaps...
2. Scene II.—_The public square of El Pardillo. The Ave Maria stilltolling. A crowd of villagers, with their hats in their hands, as if in prayer. In front a group of Gipsies. The bell rings a merrier peel. A Gipsy dance. Enter Pancho, followed...
3. Scene III.—_A room in the Padre Cura’s house. Enter the Padre_P. Cura._ So then, Señor, you come from Alcalá. I’m glad to hear it. It was there I studied. _Hyp._ And left behind an honored name, no doubt. How may I call your grace? _P. Cu...
4. Scene IV.—_A post-house on the road to Segovia, not far from_Chis._ Halloo! the post-house! Let us have horses! and quickly. Alas, poor Chispa! what a dog’s life dost thou lead! I thought when I left my old master Victorian, the student,...
5. Scene V.—_The gipsy camp in the forest. Night. Gipsies workingOn the top of a mountain I stand, With a crown of red gold in my hand, Wild Moors come trooping over the lea, Oh how from their fury shall I flee, flee, flee? O how from their f...
6. CHAPTER V.The thread of affairs had become so intricate—matters that she felt at liberty to explain to her father, and other circumstances, which regard for the page’s safety forbade disc...
7. CHAPTER VI.In the close immurement suffered by the advocate, he had leisure to reflect on his situation, and it was far from cheering. The count’s passion had carried him beyond bounds, mo...
8. CHAPTER I.“No, no, Lowndes,” answered Mr. Gilmer, in reply to some question which the former had made his friend touching the accomplishments of his bride elect. “No, no: you will find Mi...
9. CHAPTER II.“Oh! I hope not,” cried she, looking almost aghast at the idea. “Why they have scarcely more than begun. There would be very little use in being a bride indeed, if it were to en...
10. CHAPTER III.The birth of a daughter at length opened new feelings and hopes to the parents; and the thought “that Mr. Gilmer could no longer treat her as a child, and require her to study a...
11. CHAPTER II.“Oh, it is pleasant for the good to die—to feel Their last mild pulses throbbing, while the seal Of death is placed upon the tranquil brow; The soul in quiet looks within itself...