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.
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
2. Scene I--The Forum._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...
1. ACT II--Scene I--The House of Appius. Scene II--Women's