The Poetical Works of S T Coleridge Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: His arm, and, where they can, to clip his pinions. Then these new dainty requisitions! these, Which this same Questenberg brings hither !— But. Ay, These ... more »requisitions of the Emperor,— I too have heard about them; but I hope The Duke will not draw back a single inch ! Illo. Not from his right most surely, unless first —From office! But. Know you ought then ? You alarm me. Iso. We should be ruined, every one of us ! Illo. No more ! Yonder I see our worthy friend approaching With the Lieutenant-General, Piccolomini. But. I fear we shall not go hence as we came. Scene II. Enter Octavio Piccolomini and Questenberg. Oct. Ay, ay! more still! Still more new visitors ! Acknowledge, friend ! that never was a camp, Which held at once so many heads of heroes. Welcome, Count Isolani! Iso. My noble brother, Even now am I arrived; it had been else my duty— Oct. And Colonel Butler—trust me, I rejoice Thus to renew acquaintance with a man Whose worth and services I know and honour. See, see, my friend ! There might we place at once before our eyes The sum of war's whole trade and mystery— [To Questenberg, presenting Butler and . Isolani at the same time to him. These two the total sum—Strength and Dispatch. Ques. (to Octavio.) And lo! betwixt them both experienced Prudence ! Oct. (presenting Questenberg to Butler and Isolani.) The Chamberlain and War-commissioner Questenberg, The bearer of the Emperor's behests, The long-tried friend and patron of all soldiers, We honour in this noble visitor. Illo. 'Tis not the first time, noble Minister, You have shown our camp this honour. Ques. Once before I stood before these colours. Illo. Perchance, too, you remember where that It was at Zn'aim1 in Moravia, where You did presen...« less