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Poems, dramatic and miscellaneous

Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814)

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THE SACK of ROME.
  
TO THE PUBLIC.
  
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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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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EPILOGUE.
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THE LADIES of CASTILE.
  
To a Young Gentleman in Europe, at whose Request a regular Dramatick Work was first attempted.
  
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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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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
To Mrs. MONTAGUE, Author of “Observations on the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare.”
  
To TORRISMOND.
  
A POLITICAL REVERIE.
  
To Mr. ---.
  
On a Survey of the Heavens.
  
On the Death of Mrs. S. ---, who died within a few Days after her Marriage.
  
The SQUABBLE of the SEA NYMPHS;
  
To a Young Lady,
  
To the Hon. J. WINTHROP, Esq.
  
To FIDELIO,
  
To Honoria, on her Journey to Dover, 1777.
  
LINES,
  
To a Young Gentleman, residing in France.
  
To a patriotic Gentleman, who presented a small Book of Bark, requesting a POEM might be written therein, on PRIMITIVE SIMPLICITY.
  
SIMPLICITY.
  
On the Death of the Hon. JOHN WINTHROP, Esq. L. L. D. Hollisian Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy, at Harvard College, Cambridge.
  
LINES,
  
To an amiable Friend,
  
The Genius of America weeping the absurd Follies of the Day.—October 10, 1778.

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SCENE III.

CONDE HARO, solus.
De Haro.
Velasco's will, back'd by the king's command,
I must obey, or blast my rising fame,
And hazard all in the precarious cause,
Of freedom, stak'd against the power of kings:
Yet warring passions tear my tortur'd soul;
Discordant hopes make me a wretch indeed.
I love Maria—I revere her lord—
And almost wish the vict'ry may be his;
Yet if he falls—he falls as Brutus fell,
In the last struggle for his country's weal;
While my success will rivet fast her chains,
Erase each vestige of her ancient rights,
And make me odious in Maria's eye.
And shall I foster this inglorious flame?
A hopeless passion gnawing on my peace,
And cankering my soul against the man
I once esteem'd my friend—though now a foe,
He's virtue's friend where'er he meets her name.
The moral sense, that checks the wayward will,
Now witness bear—I'm master of myself:—
I'll meet him in the field on equal terms;
No base desire, or any lawless wish,
Shall more obtrude to interrupt my peace:—
But honour, justice, duty to my king,
Shall wield my sword, and lead to spotless fame.

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