Tecumseh : a Drama by Charles Mair
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And spectres from the sepulchres of hell
Who dares dispute with me, disputes with death! Dost hear, Tarhay? [TARHAY and braves cower before the PROPHET.] TARHAY. I hear, and will obey. Spare me! Spare me! PROPHET. As for this foolish girl, The hand she offers you on one condition, I give to you upon a better one; And, since she has no mind to give her heart Which, rest assured, is in her body stity There,--take it at my hands! _Flings_ IENA _violently toward_ TARHAY, _into whose arms she falls fainting, and is then borne away by_ MAMATEE. (_To_ TARHAY.) Go bring the braves to view the Mystic Torch And belt of Sacred Beans grown from my flesh One touch of it makes them invulnerable Then creep, like stealthy panthers, on the foe! SCENE SIXTH.--MORNING. THE FIELD OF TIPPECANOE AFTER |
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