MANFRED. АСТ І. SCENE I. MANFRED alone-Scene, a Gothic gallery-Time, Midnight. MAN. THE lamp must be replenish'd, but even then Of wonder, and the wisdom of the world, I have essay'd, and in my mind there is A power to make these subject to itself— Nor fluttering throb, that beats with hopes or wishes, Now to my task.— Mysterious Agency! Ye spirits of the unbounded Universe! Whom I have sought in darkness and in light Ye, who do compass earth about, and dwell In subtler essence-ye, to whom the tops Of mountains inaccessible are haunts, And earth's and ocean's caves familiar things— -Rise! appear! They come not yet.-Now by the voice of him Who is the first among you-by this sign, Which makes you tremble-by the claims of him If it be so. Spirits of earth and air, [A pause. Ye shall not thus elude me: by a power, [A star is seen at the darker end of the gallery; it is FIRST SPIRIT. Mortal! to thy bidding bow'd, |