 | Huniades ; or the Seige of Belgrade |  |
SCENE FIRST
—A CHURCH.The platform of the high altar raised a step above the floor of the church, and of sufficient breadth for any body to walk upon it, without coming to the edge of the step, which is covered with crimson cloth. A large altar table, covered with crimson velvet, fringed with gold. At the back of the altar, over the table, a luminous Cross; under which hangs a magnificent Sword, suspended from a rich belt. On each side of the altar, upon the raised platform, footstools covered like the altar table. The Princess Agmunda, kneeling upon the footstool on the south side, or left hand, of the altar.
PRINCESS
(alone).
If for its sins, thou visitest this land,
Destroy it not in wrath! O! let the wings
Of mercy shield us from thy dread displeasure;
If we must suffer, be it from thy hand.
Give us not up to our blood-thirsty foes;
But grant us strength, and courage, to withstand them:
Defeat their stratagems, confound their counsels;
And aid thy servant who now fights our cause.
| Huniades ; or the Seige of Belgrade | |