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Another Chamber. | |
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MANFRED and HERMAN. | |
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| Her. My lord, you bade me wait on you at sunset: | |
| He sinks beyond the mountain. | |
| Man. Doth he so? | 5 |
| I will look on him. [MANFRED advances to the Window of the Hall. | |
| Glorious Orb! the idol | |
| Of early nature, and the vigorous race | |
| Of undiseased mankind, the giant sons | |
| Of the embrace of angels with a sex | 10 |
| More beautiful than they, which did draw down | |
| The erring spirits who can ne’er return;— | |
| Most glorious orb! that wert a worship, ere | |
| The mystery of thy making was reveal’d! | |
| Thou earliest minister of the Almighty, | 15 |
| Which gladden’d, on their mountain tops, the hearts | |
| Of the Chaldean shepherds, till they pour’d | |
| Themselves in orisons! Thou material God! | |
| And representative of the Unknown, | |
| Who chose thee for his shadow! Thou chief star! | 20 |
| Centre of many stars! which mak’st our earth | |
| Endurable, and temperest the hues | |
| And hearts of all who walk within thy rays! | |
| Sire of the seasons! Monarch of the climes, | |
| And those who dwell in them! for near or far, | 25 |
| Our inborn spirits have a tint of thee, | |
| Even as our outward aspects;—thou dost rise | |
| And shine, and set in glory. Fare thee well! | |
| I ne’er shall see thee more. As my first glance | |
| Of love and wonder was for thee, then take | 30 |
| My latest look: thou wilt not beam on one | |
| To whom the gifts of life and warmth have been | |
| Of a more fatal nature. He is gone; | |
| I follow. [Exit MANFRED. | |
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