The Earl of Westmorland A Tragedy |
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SCENE II.
The Inside of the Abbey.Rowena, and Nuns ranged on each side, with Tapers.
Anthem.
Here, in every sacred aisle,
Solemn walk, and silent cell,
Truth and Peace serenely smile,
Hope and warm Devotion dwell.
Solemn walk, and silent cell,
Truth and Peace serenely smile,
Hope and warm Devotion dwell.
Safely landed, here we mourn
Foundering mortals, left behind;
Wretches, on the deep forlorn,
Tost and wreck'd with every wind.
Foundering mortals, left behind;
Wretches, on the deep forlorn,
Tost and wreck'd with every wind.
What has Grandeur to supply,
What has Pleasure to impart?—
Mere illusion to the eye,
Real anguish to the heart!
What has Pleasure to impart?—
Mere illusion to the eye,
Real anguish to the heart!
Here, from time and transience won,
Beauty has her charms resign'd;
Heaven already is begun,
Opening in an humble mind.
Beauty has her charms resign'd;
Heaven already is begun,
Opening in an humble mind.
Fount of Truth, Seraphic bowl,
Pour the nectar from above!
O, descend into the soul,
Thirsting after life and love!
Pour the nectar from above!
O, descend into the soul,
Thirsting after life and love!
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Death is conquer'd, time is past,
Heaven is present to our view—
Welcome, welcome, joys that last!
Short seducing world, adieu!
Heaven is present to our view—
Welcome, welcome, joys that last!
Short seducing world, adieu!
[The Nuns retire.
Rowena
advances slowly, and speaks.
All hail Devotion, hail thou wing'd for Heaven,
Divine ambassadress! Here let me dwell
With Solitude, thy sister, and the train
That wait on thy uprising—Patience, Peace,
And Resignation calm, and Charity
Whose love enfolds a world.
A Nun enters.
Nun.
Madam, an antient man,
His look importing haste and earnest suit,
Entreats admittance.
Row.
Whence?
Nun.
From Osric, as he says, late Earl of Manchester.
Row.
Say'st thou, from Manchester? Quick, give him entrance.
[Exit Nun.
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