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The bridal of Vaumond

A Metrical Romance
Sands, Robert Charles (1799-1832)

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THE BRIDAL OF VAUMOND;
  
PREFACE.
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PART FIRST.
  
INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE.
  
PROEM.
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SCENE I. THE CHARM.
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SCENE II. THE VISION.
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SCENE III. THE TOURNAMENT.
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SCENE IV. THE PAGE.
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PART SECOND.
  
INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE
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SCENE V. THE BANQUET.
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SCENE VI. THE WARNING.
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SCENE VII. THE BOWER.
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SCENE VIII. THE DUNGEON.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
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VII.
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VIII.
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IX.
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X.
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XI.
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XII.
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XIII.
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XIV.
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XV.
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XVI.
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PART THIRD.
  
INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE
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SCENE IX. ÆTNA.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
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VII.
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VIII.
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IX.
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X.
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XI. Song of the Spirits in Aetna.
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XII. SONG CONTINUED.
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XIII. SONG CONTINUED.
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XIV. SONG CONTINUED.
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XV. SONG CONTINUED.
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XVI. SONG CONTINUED.
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XVII.
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XVIII.
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XIX.
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XX.
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XXI.
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XXII.
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XXIII.
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XXIV.
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XXV.
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XXVI.
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SCENE X. THE PEASANT
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
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VII.
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VIII.
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IX.
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X.
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XI.
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XII.
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XIII. The Peasant's Legend.
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XIV.
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XV.
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XVI.
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XVII.
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XVIII.
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XIX.
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XX.
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SCENE XI. THE BRIDAL.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
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VII.
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VIII.
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IX.
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X.
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XI.
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XII.
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XIII.
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XIV.
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XV. Requiescat in Pace.
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XVI.
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XVII.
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XVIII.
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XIX.
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SCENE XII. THE COMBAT.
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I.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
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VII.
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VIII.
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IX.
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X.
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XI.
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XII.
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XIII.
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XIV.
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XV.
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XVI.
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XVII.
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XVIII.
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XIX.
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XX.
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XXI.
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XXII.
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XXIII.
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XXIV.
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XXV.
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XXVI.
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XXVII.
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XXVIII.
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XXIX.
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XXX. L'ENVOY.
  
CONCLUSION.

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IV.

O glorious is that heaven of love
That hangs its glittering arch above!
With joyaunce leaps the raptur'd soul
Communing with its destiny,
And fain would soar to win the goal
Of pure and perfect liberty!
The chasten'd beam that milder play'd
Errant amid the fitful shade,
And lent the foliage hues as bright
As beam from changeful chrysolite—
(Save where a browner hue proclaim'd
Where the lava rush'd, where the æther flam'd)
His eye could bear—and as he trod
Mid wither'd leaves and tangled sod,
Or cross'd the adamant's black streak
Where erst the glowing tide did break,
With bolder ken, the warrior strove
To mark the regions of his love.
On its tall sides a nameless race
Scatter'd, th' eternal mountain grace.
He climb'd a lava pyramid,
Where nought the boundless landscape hid,
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And mark'd with rapture's rising glow
The paradise that stretch'd below.
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