Salome: A Dramatic PoemHurd and Houghton, 1867 - 222 pages |
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Page 21
... wall ! CHORUS . So might a demon call To earth and sky , To tell the last doom nigh And worlds appall . - They saw it while so crying , - In form an old man horribly elate . Like some huge pine on whose bent boughs the weight Of snows ...
... wall ! CHORUS . So might a demon call To earth and sky , To tell the last doom nigh And worlds appall . - They saw it while so crying , - In form an old man horribly elate . Like some huge pine on whose bent boughs the weight Of snows ...
Page 58
... he is some plotting knave . I'll tell her of her peril , find a- ah ! KALIPHILUS . God's curse upon thee , woman , if thou help her . A leprosy consume thy false outside , And turn thy walls to chalk ; gaunt Famine gnaw 58 SALOME .
... he is some plotting knave . I'll tell her of her peril , find a- ah ! KALIPHILUS . God's curse upon thee , woman , if thou help her . A leprosy consume thy false outside , And turn thy walls to chalk ; gaunt Famine gnaw 58 SALOME .
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A Dramatic Poem Joseph Converse Heywood. And turn thy walls to chalk ; gaunt Famine gnaw Forever on with unrelenting teeth , And suck the marrow from thy shrunken bones ; Thirst build its fires upon thy swollen tongue , And keep them ...
A Dramatic Poem Joseph Converse Heywood. And turn thy walls to chalk ; gaunt Famine gnaw Forever on with unrelenting teeth , And suck the marrow from thy shrunken bones ; Thirst build its fires upon thy swollen tongue , And keep them ...
Page 109
... soul ; whose dreadful front No mortal eye can look upon , for rays Which burn with brightness equal to the sun's ; Within whose walls the Almighty deigned to place His covenant , to meet His chosen people , Shall SALOME . 109.
... soul ; whose dreadful front No mortal eye can look upon , for rays Which burn with brightness equal to the sun's ; Within whose walls the Almighty deigned to place His covenant , to meet His chosen people , Shall SALOME . 109.
Page 120
... , drew me from the wall , Until , assailed upon the bloody pavement By the returning Jews under his guidance , I slipped and fell . Thus overthrown , their blows Fell like a shower of stones upon me while Defending 120 SALOME .
... , drew me from the wall , Until , assailed upon the bloody pavement By the returning Jews under his guidance , I slipped and fell . Thus overthrown , their blows Fell like a shower of stones upon me while Defending 120 SALOME .
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accursed arms art thou beautiful Behold BERNICE bliss brave breast breath burning Cæsar's canst castle CHORUS Christian clouds crime curse dare dark daughter of Herodias dear death dost thou dread dungeon e'en earth Eloi escape Exeunt Exit eyes fair farewell fear flames friends FRIGIUS gaze Gehenna gentle Go faster gods guard Hades hast thou hath hear heard heart heaven hence holy hope hosts Israel Jerusalem Jews JOSEPHUS KALIPHILUS kiss leave thee LEPIDUS Lord MARAH mercy mocking naught ne'er never o'er Oh woe perchance Pestilence pray thee priests prisoner returning Jews Roman Rome SALOME scourge SEXTUS sigh SOLDIERS soul speak stay storms sweet tears tell thee Temple thence thine thing THONA thou art thou didst thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thou would'st thy love thyself TITUS torture tower UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN unto Vespasian Voice of VENGEANCE Wail walls words wrath
Popular passages
Page 208 - I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there ye may be also.
Page 208 - Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, yet will I fear no evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Page 113 - Repay the sorrows of a weary life Of waiting, fading hopes. Thou lovest me, Hast ever loved me — Always, always, Sextus.