 | Cora ; or, The Virgin of the Sun |  |
SCENE I.
A Romantic View.BANK and arbour—moonlight—a monument consecrated to Zulma, Cora's mother, adorned with palm branches, flowers, &c.—Alonzo and Cora discovered asleep on the bank—Enter Juan, he looks at them and sighs.
AIR—JUAN.
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Thus balmy sleep distrust beguiles,Reflection, terror would impart;
The face now deck'd in roseate smiles,
Conceals, alas! an aching heart!
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2.
Religion vainly did essay,Fair nature's dictates to reprove;
Too weak, alas! its strongest plea,
Oppos'd to gratitude and love.
He goes off pitying the lovers—Cora awakes— she gazes on Alonzo with the strongest marks of affection, kissing him, &c.—A supernatural noise is heard, and the following words sung,
Cora!—Cora!—Cora!
Cora appears all agitation—the tomb opens, and the spectre of her mother, Zulma, ascends looking mournfully at her daughter, and singing the following sentence:
False, false to thy vows, Cora heave the deep sigh,
Prepare! for the guilty, the guiltless must die!
PATHETIC AIR.
From the silence of death and the grave,
Pallid Zulma again views the light;
To pity alas! but not save,
The victim of lawless delight!
Pallid Zulma again views the light;
To pity alas! but not save,
The victim of lawless delight!
“View the funeral pile of thy sire!
“Thy lover condemn'd to the flame!
“Thy long honor'd race all expire,
“Death's pangs made more poignant by shame.”
False, false to thy vows, Cora heave the deep sigh,
For the guilty, the guiltless unpitied must die!
“Thy lover condemn'd to the flame!
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“Death's pangs made more poignant by shame.”
False, false to thy vows, Cora heave the deep sigh,
For the guilty, the guiltless unpitied must die!
Zulma ascends during the air—Cora endeavours to awaken Alonzo, who, as Zulma goes out of sight, starts up and receives the fainting Cora in his arms, and bears her off.
| Cora ; or, The Virgin of the Sun | |