The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 2 (of 2) — John Shaqi
The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 2 (of 2)Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
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The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 2 (of 2)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
English poetry -- 19th century
[275-6] om. Remorse.
[277] Stage-direction _They advance . . . followed by Alvar_ Corr. in
MS. III: om. Remorse.
[277] _Alhadra (with bitter scorn)._ Corr. in MS. III.
[278-80] om. Remorse.
[Prefixed to 279.] _Alhadra walks away to the back of the stage, to the
part where Alvar had first placed himself, stoops in the act of taking
up a small Picture, looks at it and in dumb show appears as talking to
herself._ Corr. in MS. III.
[279-80]
_Maria._ This cannot be the Moor the Peasant spoke of
Nor face, nor stature squares with his description.
_Alhadra._ A painted tablet which he held and por'd on
Caught my eye strangely, and as I disturb'd him
He hid it hastily within his sash,
Yet when he started up (if my sight err'd not)
It slipt unnotic'd by him on the Sand.
Corr. in MS. III.
[281] She deems me dead yet wears no mourning garments Remorse.
[283] om. Remorse.
[284] gentle maid] noble dame Remorse.
[286-7] om. Remorse.
[Between 285 and 288]
_Ter._ Dreams tell but of the past, and yet, 'tis said
They prophesy--
_Alv._ The Past lives o'er again
In its effects, and to the guilty spirit,
The ever frowning [guilty _MS. III_] Present is its image.
_Ter._ Traitress! [guilty _MS. III_] (_then aside_)
What sudden spell o'er-masters me?
Why seeks he me, shunning the Moorish woman.
Corr. in MS. III: Remorse.
[293] Polluted] Dishonour'd MS. III, Remorse. [In MS. III S. T. C.
substituted 'Polluted' for 'Dishonoured.']
[294-5]
Fear, following guilt, tempted to blacker guilt,
And murderers were suborned against my life
Remorse.
[Affixed to 296] _During this speech Alhadra returns, and unobserved by
Alvar and Teresa scans the picture, and in dumb show compares it with
the countenance of Alvar. Then conceals it in her robe._ MS. III.
[300] Stage-direction om. Remorse.
[305] threaddy] thready Remorse.
[322] him] them Remorse.
[323] Stage-direction om. Remorse.
[324] sins] guilt Remorse.
[330] all is] all as MS. III, Remorse.
[332] MS. III erased.
[332 foll.]
ALHADRA (_aside_).
I must reserve all knowledge of this Table
Till I can pierce the mystery of the slander--
Form, Look, Features,--the scar below the Temple
All, all are Isidore's--and the whole Picture-- (_then to ALVAR._)
On matter of concerning Import . .
. . . I would discourse with you:
Thou hast ta'en up thy sojourn in the Dell,
Where Zagri liv'd--who dar'd avow the Prophet,
And died like one of the Faithful--there expect me.
Addition on margin of MS. III.
[332] om. Remorse.
[340] While] Whilst Remorse.
[359] Interpolated by S. T. C. MS. III.
[363] Could she walk here, if she had been a traitress Remorse.
ACT THE SECOND
SCENE THE FIRST.--_A wild and mountainous country. OSORIO and FERDINAND
are discovered at a little distance from a house, which stands under the
brow of a slate rock, the rock covered with vines._
_FERDINAND and OSORIO._
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