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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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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. 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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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. 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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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. 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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XII.

Fiercely his haughty lip was curl'd
As he grasp'd the cross, so rude,
And on the earth the sign he hurl'd,
And trampled on the wood!
Wild gaz'd in horror that abbot gray,
As in dust the awful symbol lay;—
Upstarted all that conclave quick—
His faulchion broad bar'd Lodowick—
Every sword from its scabbard swung—
—When the Baron's brazen bugle rung;
The impending steel forgot its stroke
When rending earth in sunder broke!
The warriors mark'd with wild surprise
Black plumes and glittering helmets rise—
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On that fell day, with shuddering awe,
A second iron birth earth saw!
From beneath their charger's tread
Rose full many an armed head,—
Forth they leapt, the shock to meet,
Mail'd in panoply complete!
—Burst one wild yell from all the plain,
The flying crowd prolong'd the strain—
Frequent their footing fail'd beneath
At the sound of the clanging clarion's breath,—
And swords and spears among them flash'd,
And host to host succeeding dash'd—
To gain the lists was their course held on,
Where now the conflict had begun.
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