Category: Poetry
_1st Cit._ Enough, enough! I see we all agree Upon this common cause of our grievance; Our ranks, our unmixed blood, our differences, Are all forgotten--nay, methinks they shall In time together mingle when our blood Shall be poured forth in this most righteous cause.
_1st Cit._ Enough, enough! I see we all agree Upon this common cause of our grievance; Our ranks, our unmixed blood, our differences, Are all forgotten--nay, methinks they shall...
3. SCENE II--A STREET IN ROME._Marius._ A worm of pride that gnawed into his heart, A blast of fiery desert wind that dried, Withered and seared his noble disposition. To-day he is a monster, where he was Bu...
4. SCENE I--THE HOUSE OF APPIUS._The curtain, rising, discovers a bondmaid in the center of a spacious court, filling her pitcher at the fountain. It is midday, and the light streams down from above, flooding...
5. SCENE II--WOMEN'S APARTMENTS IN THE HOUSE OF VIRGINIUS._Virg._ Nay, now, let be! 'Tis most becoming so. What! would'st thou call't presumptious to assume The style of headdress worn by noble ladies? Foolish Camilla! Thou art nobler...
6. SCENE III--A GARDEN OVERGROWN WITH ROSES._Virg._ A time when all our best ideals Are perfected. Reality is dead, Deep-buried in her grave, and Heaven and Earth, Swayed by the wand of sweet Imagination, Languish beneath...
7. SCENE IV--HOME OF CORNELIA._Apartment spacious and luxurious, with hangings of various kinds. Cornelia, who is reclining in an arm chair, occupies the center of the room; a female stands behind her in the...
8. SCENE I--A CLOUDY MORNING IN THE FORUM._Cor._ Gods! How the people stare upon me, brother! Alas! They reek not of a woman's heart, But judge me bold and courting their attention, I who am hungry for one gaze alone, Y...
9. SCENE II--A CHAMBER IN THE HOME OF VIRGINIUS._Midnight and darkness, save where the moonlight shimmers through the columns on the left. Virginia is discovered kneeling in the sea of radiance as though in prayer. A silence...
10. SCENE III--THE FORUM._A multitude has gathered. Appius is in the judgment seat, with Marcus Claudius stationed beside him. Many women are weeping and the men appear silent and angry. Appius is surro...