The Tragedies of Vittorio Alfieri, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint) by Charles Lloyd
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Author: Charles Lloyd
Page Count: 380 pages
Published Date: 15 Jun 2016
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
Format: Pdf
ISBN: 9781330573204
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Excerpt from The Tragedies of Vittorio Alfieri, Vol. 2 of 3
Rosmunda.
But Clefi, who is now his adversary,
Does not now lie immersed in indolence,
Clasp'd in a guilty consort's arms, as lay
Thy husband Alboino on that night
Of memorable horrors. Round his standard
The noblest heroes Clefi hath collected:
He with his warriors doth at once maintain
The sacred cause of violated faith,
Of outraged heaven, of multitudes oppressed,
And of the infringed laws of Lombardy:
And fervently I pray for his success.
Ros. The dregs of Lombardy alone have flock'd
Round Clefi's mutinous standard; he counts not
One man of noble blood among his followers:
Indeed, he well deserves that thou shouldst be
So strenuous in his cause. For art not thou
The daughter of a king? Oh! fortunate
My fate, in truth, that made me not thy mother!
Sprung; from a monarch, canst thou entertain
The vile desire to see the royal power
Cast with the throne to earth?
Rom. Upon the earth
Rather would I behold the throne, than fill'd
By a contaminating, guilty upstart.
The consort and the daughter of a king,
Say, wert not thou? Thou, who hast dared to give
Thy hand in marriage to a trait'rous subject?
Ros. To any man, that dared avenge my cause
This hand of mine was a due recompense.
I was constrain'd by dire necessity
To luckless nuptials with thy cruel father.
Yet reeking with the life-blood of Comundus,
My wretched father, Alboino gain'd me
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