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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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ACT V.
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HADAD, A DRAMATIC POEM.
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
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ACT II.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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PERCY'S MASQUE, A DRAMA, IN FIVE ACTS.
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
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ACT II.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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VOL. II.
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THE JUDGMENT, A VISION.
  
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XIII.
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XVIII.
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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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XII.

Nearer the mount stood Moses; in his hand
The rod which blasted with strange plagues the realm
Of Misraim, and from its time-worn channels
Upturned the Arabian sea. Fair was his broad
High front, and forth from his soul-piercing eye
Did Legislation look; which full he fixed
Upon the blazing panoply, undazzled.
No terrors had the scene for him who, oft,
Upon the thunder-shaken hill-top, veiled
With smoke and lightnings, with Jehovah talked,
And from his fiery hand received the Law.
Beyond the Jewish Ruler banded close,
A company full glorious, I saw
The twelve Apostles stand. O, with what looks
Of ravishment and joy, what rapturous tears,
What hearts of ecstasy, they gazed again
On their beloved Master! what a tide
Of overwhelming thoughts pressed to their souls
When now, as he so frequent promised, throned,
And circled by the hosts of Heaven, they traced
The well-known lineaments of him who shared
Their wants and sufferings here! Full many a day
Of fasting spent with him, and night of prayer,
Rushed on their swelling hearts. Before the rest,
Close to the Angelic spears, had Peter urged,
Tears in his eye, love throbbing at his breast,
As if to touch his vesture, or to catch
The murmur of his voice. On him and them
Jesus beamed down benignant looks of love.
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