Count Alarcos; a Tragedy by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli
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[In the distance enter a lady veiled.] Is this their priest? Burgos unchanged I see. [Advancing towards her.] A needless veil To one prophetic of thy charms, fair lady. And yet they fall on an ungracious eye. [Withdraws the veil.] Solisa! I:3:3 SOL. Yes! Solisa; once again O say Solisa! let that long lost voice Breathe with a name too faithful! I:3:4 ALAR. Oh! what tones, What mazing sight is this! The spellbound forms Of my first youth rise up from the abyss Of opening time. I listen to a voice That bursts the sepulchre of buried hope Like an immortal trumpet. I:3:5 SOL. |
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