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Dramas, Discourses, and other Pieces

Hillhouse, James Abraham (1789-1841)

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VOLUME I.
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DEMETRIA, A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS.
  
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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SCENE IV.
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ACT V.
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HADAD, A DRAMATIC POEM.
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
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ACT II.
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SCENE IV.
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ACT III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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SCENE VI.
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ACT IV.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE VI.
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ACT V.
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SCENE IV.
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PERCY'S MASQUE, A DRAMA, IN FIVE ACTS.
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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SCENE II.
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VOL. II.
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THE JUDGMENT, A VISION.
  
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XXI.
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XXIII.
  
SACHEM'S-WOOD; A SHORT POEM, WITH NOTES.
  
THE HERMIT OF WARKWORTH, A NORTHUMBERLAND BALLAD.
  
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I.

The rites were past of that auspicious day
When white-robed altars wreathed with living green
Adorn the temples;—when unnumbered tongues
Repeat the glorious anthem sung to harps
Of Angels while the star o'er Bethlehem stood;—
When grateful hearts bow low, and deeper joy
Breathes in the Christian than the Angel song,
On the great birthday of our Priest and King.
That night, while musing on his wondrous life,
Precepts, and promises to be fulfilled,
A trance-like sleep fell on me, and a dream
Of dreadful character appalled my soul.
Wild was the pageant:—face to face with Kings,
Heroes, and Sages of old note, I stood;
Patriarchs, and Prophets, and Apostles saw,
And venerable forms, ere round the globe
Shoreless and waste a weltering flood was rolled,
With Angels, compassing the radiant throne
Of Mary's Son, anew descended, crowned
With glory terrible, to judge the world.
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