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Cora ; or, The Virgin of the Sun

Cross, J. C.
  
CORA;
  
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CHARACTERS.

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PART I.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
  
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SCENE VI.
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SCENE VII.
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SCENE VIII.
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SCENE IX.
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PART II.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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SCENE VI. AND LAST.

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SCENE V.

Romantic View.
Rolla ENTERS gloomily—the sound of the trumpet heard—his bow-bearer (Zorimbo) follows hastily—Rolla asks him the cause—he replies
RECITATIVE—ZORIMBO.
You ask me why Exertion's on the wing?
The answer's brief, to serve heav'n and our king!

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Rolla receives this intelligence with the utmost satisfaction, strikes the bow he gives him on the ground, and his Troops ENTER—Rolla thanks heaven he can use that life in the cause of his country which would otherwise be a burthen to him, and commands his bow-bearer to cheer the troops, (who does so) with the following
SONG—ZORIMBO.

[1.]

When our country calls to arms,
Native zeal enflames each breast;
Fame displays her dauntless charms,
In every martial splendor drest.
Yet in pity's steps we tread,
Nor cruelly war's weapon lave;
When a prostrate foe shall plead,
Our greatest glory be to save!

2.

Invasion's threat can ne're affright,
Our country's wrongs will lead us on;
Justice shall guide us in the fight,
And mercy when the battle's won.
Then, if gasping on the field
Some hero draws his latest breath,
To soft humanity we'll yield,
And weep for a brave soldier's death.
At the close of the song, Rolla marches off his troops.
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