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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of S.t. Coleridge 3 Vols
The Poetical and Dramatic Works of St Coleridge 3 Vols Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1847 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: THE PICCOLOMINI. ACT I. Scene I. -- An old gothic chamber in the Council house at Pilsen, decorated with colours and other war insignia. lllo with Butler and Isolani. Illo. Ie have come late -- but ye are come! The distance, Count Isolan, excuses your delay. /so. Add this too, that we come not empty handed. At Donauwert1 it was reported to us, A Swedish caravan was on its way Transporting a rich cargo of provision, Almost six hundred waggons. This my Croats Plunged down upon and seized, this weighty prize! We bring it hither Illo. Just in time to banquet The illustrious company assembled here. 1 A town about twelve German miles N. E. of Ulm. But. 'Tis all alive ! a stirring scene here ! Iso. Ay! The very churches are all full of soldiers. And in the Council-house, too, I observe, You're settled, quite at home ! Well, well! we soldiers Must shift and suit us in what way we can. Illo. We have the Colonels here of thirty regiments. You'll find Count Tertsky here, and Tiefenbach, Kolatto, Goetz, Maradas, Hinnersam, The Piccolomini, both son and father You'll meet with many an unexpected greeting From many an old friend and acquaintance. Only Galas is wanting still, and Altringer. But. Expect not Galas. Illo. How so ? Do you know Iso. Max. Piccolomini here ? -- O bring me to him. I see him yet, ('tis now ten years ago, We were engaged with Mansfeld hard by Dessau) I see the youth, in my mind's eye I see him, Leap his black war-horse from the bridge adown, And toward his father, then in extreme peril, Beat up against the strong tide of the Elbe. The d...« less