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
_Isidore._ Of himself he speaks. [_Aside._
Alas! poor wretch!
Mad men, &c.
Remorse.
[93] phantasies] phantom thoughts Remorse.
[104] go on] proceed Remorse.
[105] his] this Remorse.
[106] being] substance Remorse.
[108] Stage-direction om. Remorse.
[120] some] same Remorse.
[121-2]
He proved a traitor,
Betrayed the mystery to a brother traitor
Remorse.
[125-7] om. Remorse.
[131] Stage-direction om. Remorse.
[Between 143 and 145.]
With weak and womanish scruples. Now my vengeance
Beckons me onwards with a warrior's mien,
And claims that life, my pity robb'd her of--
Now will I kill thee, thankless slave, and count it
Remorse.
[Affixed to 147.] _Ferdinand on hearing the threat of Osorio feels a
momentary horror at the consequences of his being killed, and in tones
of mingled fear and sorrow_--
And all my little ones fatherless!
_then bursting into indignation_ 'Die thou first',
MS. III.
[After 147]
[_They fight. ORDONIO disarms ISIDORE, and in disarming
him throws his sword up that recess opposite to
which they were standing. ISIDORE hurries into the
recess with his torch, ORDONIO follows him; a loud
cry of 'Traitor! Monster!' is heard from the
cavern, and in a moment ORDONIO returns alone._
_Ordonio._ I have hurl'd him down the chasm! treason for treason.
He dreamt of it, henceforward let him sleep,
A dreamless sleep, from which no wife can wake him.
His dream too is made out--Now for his friend. [_Exit. ORDONIO._
Remorse.
[148-51] om. Remorse.
[150] Now] So MS. III.
[Affixed to 150.] 'Ferdinand's death is not sufficiently explained to
the Audience. There should be a struggling behind the scene, as if
Osorio had taken him unawares, and was hurrying him down the Precipice.
An exclamation or even groans would add still more to the interest of
the scene.' MS. III erased.
[152-234] om. Remorse. vide _ante_ The Foster-Mother's Tale: a Dramatic
Fragment, pp. 182-4.
[Between 152 and 246:]
SCENE II
_The interior Court of a Saracenic or Gothic Castle with the iron gate
of a dungeon visible._
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