ill A ^^VJT s ftKs ?S 35 55 Book K^L^ Goi^ilglitW^ ^8 i ^ i ifKjr' ^ ^m li IliOlui ^ JMSJDiv'WPIlilinilll ^mUT 4HE1 ^^ l^^a ^Mi ^ ^Vi?^l M- COPY B COPYRIGHT BY STEPHEN WALTER RALEIGH PHILADELPHIA : R.J. CRAWFORD, PRINTER 23 N. 6th ST. PREFACE. JHIS book has been prepared with the object in view of considering the present and future needs of the reader. The work is composed of a few selections extracted from the author's manuscript. In the first edition there will appear a drama, poems, acrostics, also several parts extracted from " Humanity Lost," and a complete glossary for names contained in this volume. The information here presented will increase the fund of knowledge of the reader. The mastery of its contents will leave the reader with a consciousness that he has acquired knowledge that will make him self-helpful. It is a safe and correct guide to good morals and noble aspirations, two things which all humanity should desire to attain. Vlll CONTENTS. HUMANITY I,OST. PAGE Book V 30 37 Book VI 38—49 Book VII,, Drama I., 50—103 POEMS. President McKinley's Memorial Service, Sept. 19, 1901 104 On the Death of President McKinley 105 On the Death of an American Dame 106 The Hurricane 107-108 On Time 139 On the Senatorial and Congressional Members and Orators of the United States N. A 110-114 On the Presidents of the U. S. of N. A 115 ACROSTICS. X. On Fairmount Park, Philadelphia 116 XXYII. On William Shakespeare 116 -117 XXVIII. On John Milton 117-118 XXIX. On Henry W. Longfellow 118-119 XXVI. On the United States 1 19-120 XXXV. On the Life of the Hon. Jay Gould 121 XXXVI. On the Death of the Hon. Jay Gould. . . . 121-122 XXXVII. On the Family of Vanderbilts 122-123 ix CONTENTS. ACKOSTlCS—couimHed. PAGE XXXVIII. On the Central Park of New York City. . . ia3-i24 XLIV. On the Yacht Reliance 125-126 XXXIII. On the City of Camden 126-127 XXI. On the State of New Jersey 127-128 XXX. On the State of Maine, No. i 128 XLI. On the Liberty Bell ^39 XL,II. On the Capital of the United States . . . . 129-130 XVII. On Cambridge City, Md ijo XI. On the City of Philadelphia, Pa 131 XII. On the State of Pennsylvania 131-IJ2 On the Town of Denton. Md ^32 On the State of Maine, No. Ill 132 NOTES, Notes of Drama and Poems. In this edition will appear only the V and VI Book of Humanity Lost. Drama I contains the entire Seventh Book. The I and VI Scene is written on The Beginning of Things and Time ; II, III, IV and V on The Rebellion in Heaven. Scene VI is continued from Scene I, VII, on the Golden Age. VIII, on Paradise. Those eight Scenes are all of the first Act only. Scenes I and II of Act II, are the starting Scenes of Humanity Lost. Those two Scenes of Act named above also start The Beginning and End of All Flesh, thus con- tinued in Drama II. There is in this edition a few collections on some of the greatest writers the world has ever produced, and a few collections on many of our most noted talented and accomplished Americans of great fame, who thus bring into our American and European homes, much satietj', though silent and pensive we survive, when we come to realize that many of them have passed away. Please notice that there are four parts extracted from Book V, Humanity Lost, which are furnished with careful explication, each Number I, II, III, IV, and Part A of Scene VII., Act I. XI NOTES. Extracted from Book V, Humanity Lost. I. " The king of rapid crime, on his Carriage ride, that to thrones Tormented the seat of nations." " The king of rapid crime " is Satan on the carriage of sin thus tormenting thrones of kingdoms. ' ' The seat of nations ' ' means the seat of both kingdoms and repub- lics. What is meant by tormenting the throne of kingdoms and seat of nations is wars, rumors of wars, riots, destruction of life and property, blockading traffic and mail circula- tion which thus result from unlawful people. II. " The maker, the suit, the frame, The mantel of mortal days, visible to Us, attractive, enticeing, allurement. Thus feeding skillfully on the Tender meadows of youth." The maker is Satan, he is the maker of the suit of sin we wear. The frame is the mortal body. The mantel is the ornament of this life, the grandeur of this world. " Visi- ble to us " means sin is before our eyes every day visible. " Attractive, enticeing, allurement " means that Satan is constantly before us, tempting us, offering us all the grandeur and riches if we will obey him. " Thus feeding skillfully on the tender meadows of youth ' ' means that Satan is very sly and skillful at his work in tempting people who are not inclined to sin, who labor hard to crush evil thus very slow to yield to the tempter. Satan is required to be very sly and skillful in order to make them obey him . xii NOTES. ' ' The tender meadows of youth ' ' means the child so ten- der in life, so easy to be tempted and led to evil. " Mead- ows ' ' means comparing thus to the low degraded world of sin, thus leading the tender child to its grave of woe and sorrow. To eternit}'^ it moves most rapid and pensive III. " The seed of Adam, the silky prime of three Hundred and fifty bells, enticeing, productive, The stalk of ten hundred and fifty Bells." The seed of Adam is like unto one grain of corn plant- ed in rich soil which produced a stalk that will produce tbree ears of corn of a medium size; one ear of corn of a medium size will produce on an average three hundred and fifty grains. "The silky prime," the silk of an ear of corn appears before the ear does and remains with the ear of corn until harvest when the corn is gathered and stored away in the barn. ''Prime" means the chief original pro- duct of the stalk which is produced from the one grain of corn planted in the soil- "Three hundred and fifty bells" means the three hundred and fifty grains of corn on one ear of corn. What is meant by " bells " is the grains of corn first before the ear matures, are round and attractive, like the body of little bells. " Enticing " means corn of any age is a valuable produce, greatly admired by every- body, the thousands of people who love corn as food. When marketing, corn is so enticing that they are more likely to purchase more corn than any other produce. " Productive," means the stalk is the product of the one grain of corn planted in the soil, which bears three ears of corn of a medium size, each ear will produce three hundred and fifty grains. "The stalk often hundred and fifty bells," means the stock of the entire product of the one grain of corn, planted in rieh soil, which would be ten hundred and fifty grains. Take ten hundred and fifty Xlll NOTES. grains and plant them in rich soil, each grain will produce a stalk of three ears of corn, ten hundred and fiftj' grains. Calculate what the product will be often hundred and fifty grains planted in rich soil. Each grain will produce a stalk of three ears, each ear will produce three hundred and fifty grains. Ten hundred and fifty stalks will produce three thousand one hundred and fifty ears of corn , each ear will produce three hundred and fifty grains. JErrata, On page 23, the second line of Sonnet should read, *' It is hard " On page 125, the word " chandles " should be " challenge." On page 130, the word "supress" should be "suppress." xiv NOTES. Explication of Part A, extracted from Scene VII, Act I, Drama I, Book VII Cad. One moment, Athamas ; I hear the wretched Songs of Satan ; O how they do remorse The temples bereaved, I must relent, Or I'll thus quoth he on his satiety. ' ' The wretched songs of Satan ' ' denotes his fullness of joy and great satisfaction to realize that he was so successful in leading thousands of spirits in heaven to follow him in a rebellion. "The temples bereaved" were once the royal temples of the rebelled spirits ; when the spirits fell, the temples fell with them. They are be- reaved, because they are lost; they can never be regained. The spirits of those temples are sorry that they ever allowed themselves to be misled by Satan. Therefore, tlie songs of Satan doth greatly remorse those temples. XV NOTES IV. " The power of omuipoteuce, descended, Confused all mankind, confounded Their tongues, thee seed of Shinar, Their products broadcasted, That, over the world Babylonians Fled." The power of omnipotence, God was displeased with the descendants of Noah who settled in the land of Shinar, when they began to build the tower of Babel to reach unto Heaven, he descended with great power and confounded their language. "Confused all mankind," they were greatly confused because they could not understand each other. At that time the world was of one language, so they were compelled to leave off building the tower. " Confounded their tongues, "God confounded their lang- uage. ' ' The seed of Shinar, their products broadcasted. ' The seed of Shinar was scattered all over the world. "Over the world Babylonians fled " The descendants of Noah in the land of Shinar are the first Babylonians be- cause they were the first and only people who settled in the laud of Shinar and built the tower to reach unto Heaven, and gave it the name Bable or Babylon, and where the tower stood the city of Babylon was built, which was the capital ofthe Babylon kingdom. The Babylonian kingdom wasfounded in the land of Shinar, therefore the first settlers in the land of Shinar after the flood are the first and orgi- inal Babylonian people. Most sincerely, I remain, STEPHEN WALTER RALEIGH. XVI GLOSSARY for the Dramatic Names of this Play. Drama I., Book VII. ^^thra. A goddess of the dawn, and daughter of the king of Troezene. Aigeus. One of the gods of the sea. Argus. Belongs to group of myths of the heavens. Artemis. A goddess of the woods. She was recognized above all her nymphs who attended her, to be very tall and most beautiful and much accomplished. Aihamas. Belongs to the group of myths of the sun. Apollo. One of the gods of the sun. Adam. The first man created. Able. The son ot Adam. ^ellerophon. Belongs to group of sun myths. Cronus. The god of time. He belonged to the group of the beautiful Titans. There where six of them, they were all brothers ; also there were six sisters, god- desses, who were called Titanides. Cronus de- throned his father Uranus, slew him. He himself became the ruler over the world. Chimera. Belongs to group of myths of demons of dark- ness. Cadmus. One of the sun gods. xvii GLOSSARY. Cain. A sou of Adam. Danar. Belongs to group of earth myths. Eve. The first woman, the wife of Adam. Eros. The god of love, belongs to the group of sun myths. Gaea. A goddess of the earth. Gabriel. One of the archangles of heaven. Hera. Belongs to group of myths of the heavens. Helios. One of the gods of the sun . Idas. The brave and noble hero, the husband of Marpessa Lucifer. Satan, who was the commander-in-chief of the rebellion in heaven Now the king of hell, the found-. er of all crime. Michael. One of the archangels of heaven . Medusa . Belongs to the myths of the demons of darkness . Mindaur. Belongs the group of myths, of demons of darkness. Marpessa. The most beautiful daughter of Evenus, one of the Grecian Kings Minos. One of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Hell . Nereus. Belongs to myths of the waters, one of the sea gods. Poseidon. Belongs to group of myths of the waters, the sea god. Persepho7ie. Was carried off by Pluto She was the beautiful daughter of Demeter, the goddess of the earth. xviii GtOSSARY. Pluto, Belongs to the myths of the lower world he is the god of the kingdom of darkness Promethens. Belongs to group of fire myths. Phocns. One of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Hell . Khea. Belongs to group of myths of the earth. "RhadamantJms. The President Judge, of the Supreme- Court of hell. Semele. Belongs to group of myths of the earth Sirens. Belongs to myths of the waters. Uranus. Belongs to myths of the heavens. He was the first king, over the other gods, of Mount Olympus. Zeus. Made war with his father Cronus. After ten years' hard fighting he succeeded to dethrone Cronus his father, and became king himself over all the other gods of the heavens, the myths of Mount Olympus. Ten of the Heavenly ranks of War. Is ten archangels, of the rebellion in heaven. The Ten Titans. Five of them are gods and five of them are goddesses, which are called Titanides. Ten Demons of Hell are Satan's ten invisible agents. Ten Terrestrial Spirits are the ten visible spirits of earth. The Hundred- Armed and One-Eyed Brothers, are the ugly children of king Uranus and Gaea They had each of them either a hundred arms or only one eye, they were as big as mountains and very frightful, which made them so hideous. By STEPHEN WALTER RALEIGH. xix S0NNET5. I. Written in i8g8. PAY THY WAY, THEN OBEY THE SABBATH DAY, AND NEVER BETRAY SWEET VIRTUE'S TRUE RAY. EVER FORELAY, I WILL SAY, THY WAY PAY. 20 SONNETS. II. Written at the age of 1 3. Winter is the cold breath, Spring is the life, Summer the strife, And the autumn is death. III. Written at the age of 12. May the grace of our Lord be with us, And all thanks in honor to God. And the love of the blessed Jesus, Saviour, the Holy Ghost we nod. Lead us nearer thy door, Now and forever more. Amen. 21 SONNETS. IV. Written at the age of 1 1 . Now unto thee I cry, Jesus who came to die, For poor sinners like me, Lost on life's frantic sea V. Written at the age of lo. Night last, my dreams contented roll. My drifting thoughts thus bore away ; They did soar beyond my control, On angel wings till break of day. 22 SONNETS. VI. Written at the age of 12. O my lord, It is is hard, Thy ways to forget. Remember us, Our free faith will let, O, thou Jesus. Now let us pay, Our debts to day. And feast on love Through Christ above. VII. Written at the age of 12. O ! just beign, Through faith seen, Now save us, Dear Jesus. as SONNETS. VIII. Written at the age of 13. There's a tireless gull of the sea, Beaming down his tender sigh, Upon the anger roar I see, Till life's lasting date must die. IX. Written at the age of 14. Our good shepherds lead, Our foreign flocks feed, Our domestic herds breed, Our mountain deers speed. Positively, that's not amiss. Though love is lost without a kiss. 24 SONNETS. X. Written at the age of i6. Natural mountain rocks spring not, Canorious birds sing not, The noted deaf ears ring not,' O say my dear, that's all amiss. XI. Written at the age of 1 6 Our groans are deep. Often we weep. Over the heep, We sadly peep. O my dear, that's not amiss. SONNETS. XII. Written November 1902. To the slaughter herds are speeding, In the slaughter ewes are bleeding, Lovers of perjury denying. Truth on stand our courts are defying. Bold lovers of dark deeds there lying, In their brutal shame are dying. Law, be the prince, and lover of justice, Evidence of criminals be not trice. Ye the weight of shame undergo, Dark wretched crime your visage know. 26 SONNETS. XIII. Written at the age of i8. Our inspiring meeting poor swains, Shall greet thee on the merry plains. The pious youth from us is fled, All jealous lovers be not dead. XIV. Written 1903. There is no worth of idle test, The floating characters of thine eyes, Doth bring to knowledge no surprise, Scarce ye prone rehearse wanted rest. I trust ye bathe in liberty, Where noble stars lie still and free. Though on the compass of thine eye, All kind of objects breathe and die. Echoes yet mourn your merry horn, And but leaps, thus of late forlorn. 27 SONNETS. XV. Written at the age of 15. A thousand lovers cannot hold, My heart in soft impression mold, For the springs of my veins are cold, And I thus remain uncontrol'd. XVI Written at the age of 1 1 . My heart's history be not strange, Though many wants remote, I range. My chastity, my years unripe, Leaves but suits of a mortal type. 28 SONNETS. XVI. On the State of Maine Written 1884. .^ MAINE, NO STAIN, NOR COMPLAIN, WITH THEE REMAIN. I NOW TRUTHFULLY CAN EXPLAIN I BEAR NO LOVE FOR THEE IN PAIN. WHY THINK IN VAIN, THEE TO TRAIN, THY REIGN, MAINE. 29 HUMANITY LOST. BOOK V. First of all, the Creator's love became So intense for the work of his liands, he saw That it was good, which led to the creation Of Eden, thence to the creation of man. The first parents of all mankind, now ranks of Millions, bearing the honor of Omnipotent love, thus rapidly Marching to us, with a love, stronger Than the love of Alceste, who laid down Her life for Admetus. Disobedience, Directly leads to terrestrial revolts, Constantly breeding wars on us. Visible, and invisible. The beautiful Temple to Acra;a, by Melampus, on the Mountain visible to Argos, cannot Be compared to the temple, Satan In vain strove to win. The covetous Ranks, the host led by I^ucifer, Moved the tribes of Moloch, that In revolt against the Seat of Justice. They screen not the crime of ages, but Feed on lust, where unsuccessful Fountains lie, ranks of terrestrial veins, First, move in revolt against the seat of Omnipotence, at once, the mighty host Of celestial beings rose in arms to defend The bar of justice. All the sullen tribes of Hell, can create no longer ? revolts in heaven, The battlefield of Satan, exist in the sphere "We reside. Thousands of years since, the Unsuccessful wars in heaven, the tempter e're Wreaked on all mankind his loss, since Banished from heaven, his flight to hell, Then, the everlasting declaration of peace. Was declared in heaven, since the creation Of man, Satan in the .shape of a serpent, Tempted the woman, persuaded the man, 30 HUMANITY LOST. To declare war against the Creator, acd All heaven, then, ever since bloody wars With us prevail, visible and invisible. The Knvious chief of hell, his hatred towards the Creator, his wretched crime, breeds on us Terrestrial revolts. Our innocent parents, first Without knowledge, in the happy garden Of Kden, their first disobedience, brought Into the world, the wretched wars which once, Existed in heaven unsuccessful. Satan The sullen chief of hell, whose love for obedience Cannot be compared to the love of Anararete Of Salamis. First, lay down the stroke of Revenge, graze in happy ravines, feed not, Where inhuman fountains lie, brand the Light of success, then over tormented stars Brood, till feeble sinews of passionate knees Bend. They contemplate on storage of Lust, on us, determent, their shadows Break, that to set adrift, the innocent of Tender days, say reverse the king of Rapid crime, on his carriage ride, that to Thrones tormented, the seat of nations. In the sphere we reside, criminals of Hell, are sentenced by the court Of Phocus, before the bar of Minos, the seat of Rhadamanthus. I see multitudes Insurmountable, charging on the brindle Line of battle, that to blend, their Insuperable armies held at bay, demons of War, the wretched tribes of impurity. Thej' Nibble over harmonical bars of innocence. That to blemish, not the lack of Insipidity, seven times, on the cold steel Of night, ancient heroes, at the head of Celestial ranks, the bulk of war, step By step, voluntarily moving into numbers, That slowly, then through the dale, keen On harmonic skill, thus determined The notable tailor, the maker, the suit, The frame, the mantle of mortal days, Visible to us, attractive, enticing, 31 HUMANITY LOST. Allurement, thus feeding skillfully on The tender meadows of youth. The seed Of Adam, the silky prime of three Hundred and fifty bells, enticing, Productive, the stalk of ten hundred And fifty bells, we are summoned before The court of honor, the seat of justice, The bar of redemption. Say the veil Of heaven, the curtain of love, hides Nothing from our view. The level Grades of a thousand seasons, thus Breeding on us. I see silly forts of Brindled ranks, that to blemish, before The plains of Prometheus, the angry Zeus, on bearings of impatient minutes. Soon found himself flashing into war, Then the bulk of arrows, driven by the Bow of Heracles, delivered Prometheus I see a mighty host of archangels, Flashing into golden flames, that. By gorgeous fountains harmonious, for Under heaven there's no beauty to be Compared to the beauty of the Host I see, no, no, nor the beauty of Marpessa, on her royal carriage fly, That, to become the happy bride of Idas. I see discontented ranks of demons, Sadly trailing through the vaulted Doom of woe, that, like the beautiful Persephone, in the dark kingdom of Pluto. They torment our peace, the Sommiloquest dame, prancing on Discontented piers, thus stealing Down the narrow trail, to exacerbation, There pealing the angry current of woe The deep unknown fathoms in Our souls, there breeding discontented Worms in mortal caves, that to feed On our tender nerve, the bulk of Shame, they continue to toil in Rotten furrows of crime, the shallow Ravines of chaos, thus plowing through 32 HUMANITY LOST. Pain, who's agents we cannot esteem The loss of Satan we bear, his wretched Crime we cannot ignore, our first Parents, the first slaves to hell, there Belched up flames of disobedience On us. We cannot voluntarily Harmonize with gentle deeds, softly. Tenderly, feeding where pure fountains lyie. Their woven deeds in robes dark, On us determined, thus scaling the Mortal keel, many fathoms deep in Merry lakes. I see they tamper with Innocent veins of metallic ore, that to feed On plunder^ the stealth of mortal Crime, they exasperate the nerve of Tender breeding, escape tho' we may, Many dangers, speeding on us. We're not The children, first intended, yet in war There's some heroic deeds, branded On the garment of pain where Unsuccessful fires penetrate not. At the head of rebelled ranks, thus Scouting the happy bars of heaven, his Loss thus torments the carriage of mortal Peace, the burden, the yoke of pain we Bear till immortal days on us roll. I see the canorious sphere of love, trailing On harmonic wing of omnipotence. Within the happy sphere, desirous Creatures of mortal love can reside, It's a mortal sphere, voluntarily trailing Through the dark empires of earth. Then through the vaulted kingdom Of Pluto. To all mankind many profess Sincerely, obedience to the seat of omnipotence, All mankind, they deceive, but the King of omnipotence, they cannot Deceive. No temple on earth, can Survive everlasting, nor the famous Town of Greece, the beautiful Athens, Then between Poseidon and Athens Strife arose, war thus began, Malice was bent the bow of desperate 33 HUMANITY I^OST. Revenge, compared to revolts in heaven, O, say. a star on the face of night Visible to immortal spiers, throned Above, the image of power, too Brilliant for iower fircs. Wretched demons Of unsuccessful wars in heaven, must Retreat, from the pure empyrean. The orb which surveys the gulf. Between victory and loss, appealed to Omnipotent arms, then the fall of Satan, banished from heaven, Forever sentenced to hell, his flight To the new created world, there Belched upon all mankind, His wretched curse, thus creating Terrestrial wars, invisible, yet Visible, the victorious host lesound Forever blessed, where happy fountains dream On the bosom of woe, then rose the Gloom, the unpardon shadow of Fate, all rebelled ranks, thus Transported to never return. Destruction determined on us, lost Without grace, we must repent, Time's too short for consideration O, say, look in the lattice, thou tell est The face twisted in crime, correct Mistakes, the weight of vice, bearing On the mortal scales of hope, the Power of Omnipotence, descended, Confused all mankind, confounded Their tongues, the seed of Shinar, Their products broadcasted, that Over the world Babalonian's fled. Existing darkness invisibly roll, thus Feeding on the pillow of superstition. Not sublimity. They are sirs of idle thrones, and Sullen lords of pagan empires. O, say, Exterminate all confederate ranks of Pagan wars. Aboard the bark of woe, On the deck of pain, at the helm Of hope, we weather a thousand seas. 34 HUMANITY I.OST. The hurricane roar, The sooner be o'er. There forever more, Invisible shore, We shall see, In the lea. Liberty Of the free. They breed on us many a fate, unknown, Their desire mound on our facade, They cannot avail ? they unsuccessfully March to battle with the happy bride Of war, the beautiful bell of day. On wretched isles, my sorrow doth gaze, Leaving my heart alone, that to mourn on Parting grief, the crime of merry wars Feast on desire, the lust of ages. O thou Beautiful dial of the sun , measure our Thoughts on the wing of hope, I'm the Guilty child, pressing the bloody sword, Thus in the barrier of my teeth. The Royal princely Odysseus, on the trail Of wisdom, thus bearing not on the yoke Of tender minutes, the annual pest of Revenge, they shape the arrows of war, They drill on contemptible fields, Uncultivated, their dreams, nine Times, torments the bell of night, That, in grief, on the gallows of Cain, Sweeps generations to dust. They at The palace door, there seated on Polished hides, "O, feel not offense," I say, For things to relish thy taste, may Mercifully feed on thy tender thoughts. That around the heavens from west To east, on the immortal face of Zodiac. O, say, can they introduce Their thoughts, to the wise Anchialus, The lord of oar-loving Tahhians, Or the clear-eyed Athene, the bronze, Of the pagan age. Those numbers 35 HUMANITY LOST. Skilled in war, of silly days, on desire, Not peacefully, thus breathed on us, Their loss, the burden of woe, the belt Of pain, the garments of shame, the Sword of blood, the shield of dust, The doom of death, we must bear. Ah ! say, at Mycenae, the hero Amphitryon, there came to ask for The hand of Alcmene in marriage. Then the unintentional murderer, To Thebes fled, thus purged from The stain, he many sacrifices bore, that On the trail of thought, must decline on Grief in vain. Twist the monster, turn The key, then through the door of Heaven march, in haste salute the Heir of memory, thou hast not yet, laid Away the fighting gear, nor laid Down in the rear, the note of retreat, I say, in gentle words, beguile the suitors, For it's all tarnished, the foul scent Of war, in peace, they cannot roll the Merry ball, the orb of ivory hills, for Flames tormented, cease not. The glory of Blameless ranks, reverence the god, Which rules a people numerous And mighty, thus handing down Justice to all mankind. The Marriage of hell, the dame of strife. On meadows superstitious, that, with The weight of ruin. To grieve Incessantly only makes matters Worse, for thou knowest the wrong. Thy parents have taught thee to Rebel, " not the beloved seed of Omnipotence," O say, on my bosom Breathe another tear, or I'll Be lost. The bold shameless Creatures, that of wretched wars, in Their guilty deeds, strove to 'scape The notice of Omnipotence, must Their crime, stagnate the pure 36 HUMANITY LOST. Fountains of immortal ages. The critics of shame have many a Twisted face to hang, on burning Walls, unperpendicular, they cannot Ariiculate, the sentence we Graze, nor feed where fountains lie Conscientiously , They provoke many A peaceful song, thus ringing on The peal of night, much To lose, nothing to gain, on the base, not Redeemed, their roasted ideas on paseionate Fires burn, then rose in revolt, against The mighty host of archangels, and all Celestial arms of heaven. Disobedience Without knowledge, brought into the World, the early shame we must bear Sooner redeemed, sooner the wreched Crime of Satan, shall cease to Wreck on all mankind his loss Not against Mickel only, did they march The chosen seed of Satan, their invention Subtle, prove much revenge, thus against All heaven. Invisiable demons, Mounted on dishonorable steeds of War, stir up revolts, for combustible Fires in them must burn. 37 HUMANITY LOST. BOOK VI. The richly palms in vanity, coats The impious curtains of lust, then Revolving pearls on us beam, Thus voluntarily moving in a beautiful Type, there decorating the walls of Conceit, then the orchestra moves The graceful line of march, of Richly costumes, their silks and Satins gorgeous, the unbalanced Lever of thought, the injustice Of all mankind, have lost in youih, Down to eternity they go, brooding Over the vast abyss, to them the Devil has declared, Omnipotence Powerless, this swaying the rod of Command, overall mankind. From false representation, their Unnumbered gain rose to a Monarchy of strife, their lascivious Eyes, then rolled in vain, To see their wretched course of shame. Through disgraceful atmosphere. On disgusted wings they drift, Astray they go, their courage lost. On the carriage of vanity. Against the Tide and wind they row, their Pleasures all in vain, the wretched Shame of innocent mankind, they reap In pain, thus bearing the honors of A nation they cannot love. The Heroes of a million spheres, riding on Clouds of courage, then on chariots Of thunder, thus speeding in costly Robes, to victory they fly. I see the Shadow of Omnipotence, bending Over the victorious host of celestial 38 HUMANITY LOST. Arms, which sweep all rebellious Ranks, into the lower pit of hell. Thou star of the heroic wing, the Flash of night, on the billow of repose, Thus bearing our mortal desire, on the Trail of hope and charity. Experienced Faith at large, teach us of Things remote, invisible, in daily Life, the stare of heavenly historians, Lies before us, renders to us things Unpractised, prepared not, to seek The high pitch of sympathy, but Descend a lower flight of undesired Creatures, to cloud our unfortunate Hopes, unexpecting. Are we most Unreasonable critics, I tenderly advise Thee, pursue on, we are remorse, we Are ungraceful uneloquent creatures, To us, terrestrial things caressing, Brings to our dark repose, no satiety. O the dance and song of prayer, While I'm with thee, in heaven I seem, The sweeter thy discourse is to me, The more I thirst for righteousness. To the seat of Omnipotence, the price of Unworthy labor I bring, the solitary Hour of repast, we brood much over Things unjust, matters incompetent, They breed dishonorable worms, thus Feeding on innocent flesh. Those Wretched guards at the gates of hell. Belch up revenge on us, they outsend Spies too contemptible for eternal hell. Continuously the flames of bitter wrath, Burn on the base of our thoughts. Thus flashing o'er disagreeable Latitudes, undisarm'd ranks from Lower kingdoms, falling in line Of battle, their unsuccessful charge, Soon belched up retreat, there was Silence in heaven, fifty times the Space of minutes then all the holy 39 HUMANITY LOST. Ranks of celestial arms, soon rose With great power, showered down Combustion , on all rebellious ranks Of hell. Predjudice and jealousy lie deep, concealed In narrow caves of ignorance. 'Twas Horrible deeds unsuccessful, which Heeped up disaster on all mankind. O say, " the creator of all things. To us, seem full of compassion. The lascivious crime of mankind, the Low current, through dark channels Flow. Not inconsistence," surveys the Valuable age, of honorable spirits. On The universal stage of action, we Plow into dust, the immortal Doom. I see their wretched deeds, i Thus grounded on bold contempt. Say, " What course shall our tears Pursue, on the innocent trail of Grief ?" Ah ! how sweet where the lives Of emperors, which Spartianas wrote. Was Paulus austere in his morals, Or an enemy to Gracchi, the grandfather Of noble blood, whose seed was accursed Before Caesar, and defended by Cicero ? Then the incapacity of Verus, which Was slowly breeding into shame. Forced his way to the rapid swinging Gates of death. The seed of chosen Shepherds, in the happy garden Of grief, on their bosom tender Moments feed, they softly Graze on the lives of gentle words. Those honorable hills of noble deeds, For on our innocent lips, they no doubt Forlorn the kiss, they cannot repay. The dawn of life, must bruise our Character, which to us seem wise. Satan, since banished from heaven, His flight to hell, there chained four, Thousand years, when loosed a short Season, then wrecked on all mankind 40 HUMANITY LOST. His loss. In the new-created world, He established his wretched kingdom. Then since, became the contemptible King of all crime, thus heaping upon Us the burden of dtath and woe, Then on his savage trail of a Thunder roar, seeking whom he May devour. Wretched serpents abide, On the dark ocean tide, Of the unfortunate side. Of our bold mortal guide^ In us the arrows of light. Penetrates the doom of thought. Wars thus begun, angels and Archangels descended, with Unconquerable ranks of arms, ninty Nine times, more powerful than Mamercus, Who conquered the Jidenates, or Regillus, who conquered the commander Of Antiochus at sea, thus obtaiced a naval Triumph. Their successful march, not A flight intended to soar, but arms Array 'd with power, the noble ranks Of gorgeous steps, not the Trojan Prince, the noble blood of Anchises, For his royalty nine times, measures The unequalled day and night. Our parents, their first existence, the Bod contempt of disobedience, Pleasure stems too rapid, to govern or Control the innocent mind, Intended not to yield, obedience Thus intended a noble life, could It be such, as the decendents of Mamercus, not as Lepida, or ^mylius, mounted on his brazen Steed, determined to press the honor of Macer of Verona, in the age of Augustan tells us of wretched 41 HUMANITY LOST. Serpents, whose heads the seed of Adam shall bruise. O, say, shall We 'scape the punishment thus Ordained, yet we mention not Violence against ourselves, but Wilful ignorance darkens our Hope , acts of contumacy provokes The Supreme, makes death in us Live. Germs on silver lakes. Poison not mistakes of Battus, the Shepherd of Pylos . Fowls on a Conspicuous soar, train our Hearts, to breathe on them. Another tone that from The fowler's cage, the innocent Bird on rapid wings, doth to Isles of liberty fly, Macer sang Of the heavenly fowls, and Marcus Scaurus, in the age of Tiberias, Sang of Athens. On mortal pail, the shell of dreams, Those idle moments flash into Thought, for six thousand winters, Beseiged the innocent frame of mortal Mankind. They from us stole away, We gave noble chase. That till the break of day, This unfortunate race. Oh say, on that lovely trail, let the rule Of redemption measure my thoughts, And I shall be free, germs on Silver lakes, poison not mistakes of Battus, the Shepherd of Pylos. O, weigh the loss our honor may sustain, For nature crescent feeds not alone, Virtue in our will must fear, that the Inward seed of the soul, may grow Into active service, thus to govern the Mind, our wisdom must believe, acts 42 HUMANITY LOST. Particular obstructing our view. Virtue 'Scapes not caluminous strokes the Sa3dng deed, the voice of many a Wretched man, wrecks not the flow Of death and woe. Many a song in Grief, on the lascivious dye, sits Brooding in tears. Their haunted Spears penetrate the dark Mournful sheet, of oar- weeping Nations, then through the steel Of hope, 'scape the punishment Thus ordained. Must our posterity, In the morn and liquid dew, Point out to others, the keen Appetite of revenge, our safety lies In fear, for the arrows by day, Measure by night, rods of truth, Shall happiness breed on us, Like that of ^neas and his posterity, Which was destined to reign over the Trojans ? Did he with his fleet, go To the Thraciau Chersonesus, where Polymnestor reigned ? Was he kindly Received by Dido, Queen of Carthage? Did she in marriage give her Heart to him ? Was he driven to a Farewell voyage, then anchored in The lea of Cuanse, from there Conducted to hell ? No doubt the Prodigal soul, sincerely desires to Prolong his stay, for temporal Pleasures, as he can see, cost him Nothing, but down deep, in the Gulf of many a tale, there's no light Of hope, for disastrous tongues, on Gnashing of tt-eth, feed on silly Fires of worthless fuel, the tormented Flames of many a broken vow The unwelcome promise, the shot Of danger, unmask not to Omnipotence , a pleasant morn of Review, nor the tears, the happy 43 HUMANITY LOST. Dew of youth. The heroic host, the Batallion ranks of heaven, their Patriotic march to defend the Seat of justice, the nobility of Arietides was never so just, who was Banished by the influence of Themistocles, within six years recalled By the Athenians, at the battle of Salamis, there appointed commander- in-Chief, then defeated Mardonius. The ranks of night, lit the candle Of war, the shot of danger, Then stars of pain in them Burn, for wretchedness on dreams of Vain thoughts availeth nothing. The burden of shame, on the Carriage of mortal woe, speeding thus. On flames unconsumed of lasting fires. Discontented souls beam not, on the Rage of retreat. They have sealed the Cost of courage, on the barren walls, The thinking frame of all mankind. Did Aristcmencs on the Hellespont, Encourage his countrymen , to shake Off" the Lacedaemonian yoke, whose Burden too great to be borne, did He defend the virtuous dame of Sparta, or refuse the title of King ? Was he contented to bare The yoke of war ? No doubt was Dexterous in eluding the vigilence Of the Lacedsemouians, then taken Captive, thence unfortunately Killed. O, say, flank the sullen Troops, the wretched line of battle. Give space, that the star of courage, May forever on us beam, was it From celestial realms, the dark veil Of death descended to hide from Us the view of heaven, thus Intended not, to breed on the Invisible orb of happiness, not 44 HUMANITY IvOST. Heaven, but disobedience downtrodden, By the radiant host of angels link'd, That to combustion, celestial fires Determined, thus to silence, their Revenge on us, back to the mansion, His happiness they cannot recall, Nor the blissful seat regain. Can I unfold the tale, whose Lightest word, would harrow my Soul ; thus freeze the venturous Blood of youth, that lust may Seat itself in a bed ot celestial Stars, yet they prey on garbage. But soft they scent the dew of Morning air, there weeping Within the orchard, thus brooding Over the record of disobedience. Their poor souls, have within, the Merit, the scent of foul retreat, The fool'd rebel powers, then all Array, thus pine within, and Suffer death, then their outward Walls so costly gay ? with brazen Deceit they paint, and revenge on Us present conceit, for they merit Within themselves much grace. Say, conscience is neither too young Nor old, to know the power of love. Gentle gestures, urge not our mistakes, Lest we be guilty of faults, our sweet Self prove, for they betray supreme Trust, the nobler seat triumph in Love. They urg'd things, our conscience Cannot reprove ; the path of danger Yet lies smooth before us, they recall Not love, for love to heaven is fled, Since disobedience, absorbed the Sweetness once in us, now is dead. The simple semblance blot on us, Much blame, for nefarious things In us breed, soon they will all be 45 HUMANITY LOST. Bereaved, thus making the Tyrant stains in us, an Uncomfortable sunshine in our Souls. Gentle springs may in us Always fresh remain, then winter Forged on earth, his frozen vapor, That round and over us lie, I could Tell his chilly tales, but, I dare not say, For the text is gray and old, and Uncontrolled. In sadness away we Fly, many a soul of nineteen has Embark'd, leaving upon earth much love, Greatly distress'd, homeward through The dark lawn, they glide, thus Folding the object, which feeds their sight, They forlorn not, the peaceful shade Of night, the tuneful peal on his Carriage ride. The stain, the type Of crime on us print, the scent of Danger, the wretched trail of foul Retreat, their faint recollection. Inspires not the web, over the dial Of memory. The peace work of Crime, on the simple stage of old, They esteem incapable creatures. Which rapidly breed on hills Cultivated not, they 'scape the Battle charge, of the radiant host Of angels link 'd which round us Bend. On the dial of our hearts, The map and youth of observation Copied there, the book and Volume of base matters mix'd, thus Bray out the triumph of our Pledge, that may an opportunity be, At the marriage feast, for our Custom is, a happy life Congratulate. Since nature his Origin cannot choose, makes us Traduc'd, and tax'k of lower Kingdoms, the vicious mole. The innocent birth, of a guilty vein, 46 HUMANITY LOST. Must undergo the foul dreadful Cliff, of that summit mourn. Ministers of faith, the noble substance Of grace, defend us, we appeal to The radiant spirits of health, link'd, That to us, bring the air of heaven. That feeds the bellows of our body, That creatures in us may thrive. O, peace; may I grace the merit in thee, Or silence the peace-loving Trygaeus, Riding on the wing of his dung-beetle. That in the style of Bellerophon Clouds of war into riots burst, thus To ridicule the metaphysics Of Sophists, spiritual beings to us, Are seemingly purposeless not, peace Thus begins, the bray of war, wide And wild, the giant of Olympus, That with his comrade riot, for the Porches of his feet grows not, but lyongs for rest, yet sleeping, the Peace of night ; lays quiet and still, While he is purling, did he grow Faint ; to see the shroud of his Bosom turn to dust. Nefarious Creatures, curb not the trail of justice. But leaves the world to the mercy of hell, O, vile mankind, let thy life contribute To justice, that thou mayst, in thee, Grace some merit of respect, if thou Will, then thou shall, the merit In others courteous. Their wretched pipes, Yet sounds the note of crime, the Coming reverse, they within Their sporting hives, dwell contented In the suburbs of temporal Pleasure, if this be not true, I am Deceived, for then ; in vain, I Did rail at opportunity, and Spurn not, at my confirm 'd Attitude. In them abides the Dust of worlds, the helpless smoke of 47 HUMANITY LOST. Strife, for we in shame taste Tbe foul scent of war, their Impious act, the foul dishonor of A shallow grave, yet their shame Will survive, the trial of accidental Things, delay not the bars, which Doth intentionally stop the hourly Dial, which hammers to death, minutes Of life in us thrive. In our hearts, Sweet contented roses, on the nodding Stem, blooms our stay, yet thy Lingering stay, pays the minutes, Its course doth let, and ever pains No modest charge, which cannot Perish, their courage not regained. Sought revenge, for they cherish not, The merry bud, inclined to bloom on The stem of youth, merciful God, How terrible art thou, thy power and Greatness, to thee, enemies of all Mankind, submit themselves, O Shall the earth and dust declare Thy truth in us ; the sea be dry, Happy floods rejoice in thee, God Shall arise, the tempter's agents Then be scatter 'd, Before blazing fires, war melteth, that To drive away the smoke of demons, Thou God of all mankind, let Nations praise Thee, Thine Inheritance, Thou didst confirm, Apace ; kings and armies flee, the bride At home divided the spoil, among The pots, though ye lay. chariots, and Thousands of angels, link'd, Sinai; Thou makest thyself, the mount Of holy things, O, nations sing of God, that in the congregation of Saints, and fountains of Israel, Their strength lay firm on bars Of death, shall the flesh of hearts Which faileth, cease to praise God, 48 HUMANITY LOST. The only strength of nations. O, convicted ranks of wretched wars, Where's the power which degrades our Life, and burdens the carriage of peace. 49 DRAMA I. BOOK VII. The Beginning of Time and Things. Dramatic Names for the Drama of this Book. Book VII., Act I., Scene I. Uranus, Venus, -^thra, Gaea Lucifer, ^geus, Cronus, Rhea, Zeus, Argus, Hera, Gabriel, Michael, ten of the heavenly ranks of war, the ten Titans, Demeter, Semele, Danac, Poseidon, Helios, Sireus, Nereus, Marpessa, Persephone, Idas, Apollo, Chimera, Medusa, Minotaur, Pluto, the hundred-arm and one-eyed Brothers, Artemus, Eros, Athamas, Bellerophon.Endymion, Cadmus, Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Epimethus. Prometheus, Rhadaman- thus, Phocus, Minos, the three Judges of the Supreme Court of Hell, ten Demons of Hell, ten Terrestrial Spirits . Uranus, at his post, enter to him Gaea. Ura. In the beginning God created Heaven and earth, and all things therein. Gae. Yea, very true. Ura. He be the true and the Living God, whose existence always Was. Gae. In the midst of chaos, the spirit Of God divided the light from darkness. The light he called day, and darkness he Called night. Ura. After time and time, the Heavens and the earth where thus Parted asunder, then the sun, moon, 50 THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND THINGS And stars thus appeared in the sky. Gae. Ah ! then; God created every living Thing, which now exists. Ura. True it be; and every living Thing moving in the sea. Gac. Yea, and every living thing in The earth Cro. God said, let the earth Bring forth grass, the herb yielding Seed, and the fruit tree yielding Fruit after his kind, whose seed be In itself, upon the earth. Ven. The dry land, God called earth, The waters called he seas. Rhe. Yea, the gorgeous firmament called He Heaven. Ven. Thus the heavens and earth be Finished, and the creation of all things. In six days the L,ord made heaven and Earth, the sea, and all that in them is. And rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and Hallowed it. Cro. God said, Remember the sabbath Day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor And do all thy work. But the seventh day Is the sabbath of the Lord thy God. In It thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor Thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, Nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor Thy stranger that is within thy gates. Ura. O for a muse of light, which Ascend my thought to the brightest Heaven. Ven. The gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus Inquire of me, who created us. 51 THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND THINGS Ura. When you see the gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus, tell them The true and the living God, the Omnipotent Being, the Creator of all Things, created us. If there be no satisfaction With the above information, then Appeal to the ancient gods of Mount Othrys. Ven. Yea your saying be true, he is the True and the living God, the creator Of all things, he also is the God of true love. ^g. I stole upon time and chaos, the dead of Night, no comfortable stars of ages, Their light did lend. But the crystal Fires, gave light to immortal spheres. Then with earth his weary gait thus Revolved. /^t. When I consider things that Grow, in perfection holds their stay. And secret influence, wonderful stars Comment, with a virtuous wish, to bear Sweet living flowers, that to repair. Immortal lines, on me recoil. Ven. Our incapacities imploring, need Some invention of ability, thus determine Sweet miracles of love, if bold impression Of good comment, doth fill the caves of truth. Gae. Since I left you, the eye which Governs me, surveys some miracles in thee, Ven. Let not my face of love, be call'd Idolatry, nor my image an idol show. For I incline mine ear to good parables; I will open my dark saying upon the barps; Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, the Coming revolt, when the iniquities of Lucifer, Shall compass me about. Ura. Gaea, the bell of my town, I stole 52 THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND THINGS Upon thoughts and the marriage of true love, Will you except my hand held out to thee . Gae. In marriage I will. Ura. Its' true, that love is true. Ven, I've always found it so. Gae. Uranus. When you the tender line of my Thoughts read, remember the hand that Write it, for I love you so Ura. O say I look upon this verse. When I am with clay, perhaps compounded. I so much, your name rehearse, the love I bear for thee, with life cannot decay. '^g. What space can my thoughts occupy. For I be the great lover of children, on My carriage I speed to consult the oracle. At the court of Pittheus. The king of Troezene. His daughter ^thera in marriage he gave to me Ven. on love, I see, you merit respect. ^g. -^thra, my life and hand in marriage I give To protect thee, will you accept ? Ait. I will your life and hand in marriage accept. Aig. Fair friend, to me, you can never be old. For as you were when first your eye I eyed. Such seems your beauty still. Ait. My songs and praises be, since All alike, to one, of one, still such and ever so Kind, be my love to day, and forever. Aig. I hold thee still and gentle to my Heart, your praise be richly complied, With a golden quill, I shall verse your Character, by all muses filed, your praise Be most precious. Hate me if thou Wilt, my deeds to cross. While the world be Bent, in spite of fortune I join thee, in Spite of misfortune I cannot hate thee, to my 53 THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND THINGS Heart, I am the arrow, thon art the bow. ^t. For my possessing thou art too Dear, so fare thee well. y^g. To thee, releasing gives worth to thy Character, in thee, my bonds are all Determined. Only by thy granting, can I Hold thee. All because richly gifts in me, Is wanting, that farewell presents to me, His un welcomed hand. ^t. The God of love, fair one, quoth he, any love you owe Me, all my unripe years, measure with Strangeness. For I cherish no evil state in my heart. Your hand in peace I except, now let me say, good- night. Cro. The even hand subtle, of Lucifer is Painted I see. So beguiled with outward Honesty, but with inward vice, so defiled. Ve7i. Yea, within the bosom of their hell. Such devils steal effects, thus to flatter Fools, and make them bold with contempt, For within the evil heart, love cannot exist. Luc. Thy likeing, thou yoke, to my Will. I'll murder straight, and then I'll slaughter thee. And swear I found Thee, where thee never was, to me, that will Be one act, to my fame. Rhe. Three times be gives no sorrow, But sighs fire, thus discharging a million Words of woe. His incapacities imploring, Need no invention of ability, thus Determined. His ancient birth, thinks Himself an heir to the throne of Supreme. His wretched and bold attitude, hath Measured the length of his days, which Availeth nothing on his stay. Luc. In my soul, I have debated, 54 THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND THINGS What sorrow I shall breed, what shame, What wrong, but affection's course I Cannot control, nor stop the jury of my Speed, my deeds, I know repentant tears Ensue, my deadly enmity, my infamy, I strive to embrace. Cro. The world doth threat such a Black-faced cloud, his aspiring mist. Mountains doth hide, some gentle gust Doth breed. These pitchy vapors, from Their hiding chambers, doth blow away, Thus dividing their unhallow'd haste. And thundering words delay. Lucifer's shame Will be seeded in your age, vice will bud In your spring, outrage and crime will Thus bloom. When once a king, what Darest thou ? What carest thou in your Wretched thoughts, foul and vile ? y^g. Lucifer, why mud the fountain That gave thee drink, or mar the things Which can amend, your labor, your Deed be hasty, thus will end. Rhe To eternity our dates are brief, Character'd with lasting memory. Above the idle rank. Beyond all Date at the least, our faculty do Subsist, by nature, till oblivion yield His part for us. Our record be not Miss'd, our poor retention cannot Hold. We need no tallies of our love To score, to give them to us, we be Bold to trust those tables, which Receive us. I beg the adjunct in His prayers to remember us, nor Our past forgetfulness import. Our expense of spirit, be a waste of Shame. Extreme savage, rude, cruel. Not to trust, sooner enjoyed, thus Despised, our past reason hunted. Our past reason hated, that shallow bait. 55 THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND THINGS Cro. Rhea, thy heart is in an- other place, yet your looks be with Me, I shall live, supposing thou art True, like a deceived husband. To me, lyOve's face may still seem fair, in thine Eye no hatred lives, I cannot know the Rapid change of history's false heart. In strange wrinkles, frowns and moods It writes on ages. Some degree of Your creation, should ever dwell In the face of your heaven. "Rhe. Cronus, O say, wash me in The pool and vapor of your pure Thoughts, and I shall be whiter Than snow, your looks and sweetness Your true heart's workings, thence Shall be. Cro. My love, thou art the Goddess of truth, thou sayest, I Believe thee, though I know you lie. Khe. I know my years be not the best, My tongue speaking false, the smiling Credit, with love I 11 rest outfacing faults. Cro. My love, you say that I am Old, and thou art young. Your Soothing tongue be love's best habit. In love, love I not to have year's told. I will lie at the fountain of dreams. That our faults in love thus smother 'd Be. "Rhe. I have two lovers, one be comfort And the other despair ; two spirits, one to Suggest, be still, the other, bestir, bestir. SCENE II. The RebeivLion in Heaven. Enter Zeus, Uranus, Argus, Hera and Lucifer. Zeu. Down from the couch, omnipotent power, 56 THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN. Rose to bring light to immortals. Ura, Was it caressing ? Zeu. Most undoubtable. Ura. I am told, there will be a Meeting of council soon. Zeu. How soon ? Ura. I presume, on the hour of my watch. Zeu. O, say ! Uranus, this must be the hour of Your watch ; for I see great silence in heaven. Ura. This hour, there is a meeting of The session of council. Zeu. What council ? Ura. The mighty council of Archangels, before the throne of Omnipotence. Zeu. O say, there must be trouble Brooding in heaven. Ura. Most undoubtedly there is. Zeu. On the true face of my heart, I Do wonder what it can be. Enter Hera, Argus and LuciPKR. Arg. Before the throne of Omnipotence I see Lucifer holding in his right Hand the declaration of war. Her. The Judge of Supreme Power I see now inflamed with rage. Declaring to Lucifer, forever cursed thou Shall surely be. Luc. That diabolic engine back recoils On me, thus distract my thoughts With horror, I am troubled at heart, To its very bottom, I still gnash in 57 THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN. Pain, The wretched hell within me, stir, stir, where shall I fly ? Shall It possible be, on the throne of hell, 1 must reign, many fathoms Lower in the deep, flames Tormented, devour me not, but still Threaten the passage, I roam in Pain. Shall I relent ? I suffer but Hell, Ah ! to me. a heaven it seems, For in me, repentance finds no Space to recall my stay, I seduced with Vaunts and promises, that beneath. My shame among spirits. To submit, Boasting, the Omnipotent, I could but Subdue. Inwardly I groan for I'm Thus tormented. Who shall adore me, While on the throne ? Ah ! many Fathoms lower, in misery I fall. Arg. In the barrier of my teeth, Is the note of praise, the works Of God I esteem. Her. Ye be unconverted ? Arg. Right you are. Her. Then how can ye love God ? Arg. We should love the God, Who created us in his own image. Luc. Ah ! say, you pain the bell Of my left ear. Arg. What about the right ? Ltic. There is no right in me. Arg. Truthfully you said it. Zeu. Hera, when you see Lucifer, The wretched commander in chief, of The rebelled host, forwarn him Not, of the danger lying in the Path of his march. 58 THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN. Her. Ah ! I think I hear him. Ura. That's all imagination. Her. No, no, no, there he is rushing Into battle. Ura. Right you are. Her, Come, come, come, Uranus, let us Go see the battle. Ura. Hold up for a moment. Her. What's the trouble. Ura. I think I see the Omnipotent King, at the head of that Powerful and beautiful host of Archangels. Zeu. I see thousands of archangels. Standing before the Omnipotent Throne. To them is given authority And power, to command the Heavenly ranks of war. In their Hearts is power, to fulfil the will of God. Ura. True, they must be powerful, For I see the royal banners, of their Victory floating aloof. Zeu. Yea, too powerful for Lucifer. Ura. Crushed forever he will be. Embattled squadrons, flaming Arms, fiery steeds, reflecting Blaze on blaze, now face his Wretched line of battle. Zeu. Oh ! I see the venturous beast. And his wretched line of battle. Skillfully mowed down. O how he Eyes me, watching his defeat. Ura. Keep cool. 59 THE REBEIvUON IN HEAVEN. Zeu. Yea in my heart 'tis Bitter cold, and I am frightened sick. To isles invisible I fly, I dare not return, Out of danger, I see him still prowling About, I hear a roaring voice on the Flash of lightning, thundering down On him, be oJ0F, be off, vile thing, Forever cursed thou shall be, Pursued through heaven's circumference Wide, unbarred the gates of peace, Ventured in vain, to enter the Palace of venial. Enter Gabriel, Michaei. and Heaveni^y Ranks OF War. Gab. To order; put on the Fighting gear. Hea. Ran. Yea, yea, good master. Gab. Bestir, bestir, take up Arms, to the battle front, march in Haste. Mic. My wandering eyes I Turned and gazed awhile, till Raised by quick instinctive motion, Up, I sprung, on my feet I stood, to see Which way I could march, to flank the Wretched host of demons. Gab. Form a line of battle, take aim. Heed not repeat, one stroke might determine His fall, for thou art the host of arms. Fit to decide the empires of heaven, and Spirits vital, which shall live throughout eternity. Ltic. Back to my chariot, I shall Retire from off the files of war, I lay Gnashing in shame and disappointment, at The foolish confidence in myself, that I could equal God in power, there Seems in me content; which lies deep in 60 THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN. The vaults of depredation, sorry to say, That mighty murrain , mowed down my Flock, on their flying retreat, thus to Repine. SCENE III. Enter DIMETER, Rhea and SemelE. Sem. The beloved son of God, on his Expedition appears, with radiance of Majesty; love and sapience immense, to the World of ages, infinite, winged spirits and Chariots of old myriads, that between Brazen mountains lodged, rose again, Stood between the fires of raging battles, then Celestial equipage forth came spontaneous, On heavenly grounds they stand, thus Viewing the vast immeasurable abyss. Omnivorious winds, upturned from The bottom, surging billows mountainous, Threatened to devour heaven's height I Heard the omnific word, thunder down Your discord end, nor be stayed, but on Wings uplifted, rapidly trailing into Chaos, then followed in bright Procession the host of demons. Sem. Everlasting gates harmonious, On golden hinges sway in glory, the Powerful word of God , his silent thunder In my ears recalls obedience, thus to Brace the columns of my critical Stage, wholesome, cool and mild I back Recoil, in love, how gladly I lay my trials At his feet, in me instinctive motion God inspired, that I, he the author of Creation, I might honor and respect. Dem. The lord, be the governor, of the country I survey. Sent. Is it a beautiful country ? 6i THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN. Dem. Yea, most gorgeous. Rhe. Demeter, I view the dim light of Your coast, in pleasure I boast marvellously, The sea in me, be stirred. I long to visit the Happy piers of your welcome, but Sail on, till another course may heave in View; unexpected I esteem unintentionally, Those thoughts in me; most pleasing, rather Not to mourn, I only beg a gentle dove, to Waft my thoughts to thee. Dem. Well my good companion, glad I Am to hear from thee, come let us mend our pace. "Rhe. Well ? what way shall we turn To breath the gladdenings of heaven. Dem. To the right, key the flower Of your heart, thus to the throne of God flee. "Rhe. Tell me the latest news of war. Now exists in heaven. Dem. The old deprecator and his Wretched host of demons, in roaring Chariots fly, as if in battle they would Be, but their faults guiltness thus be Condemned, they proceed not to corrupt Present peace, till time brings forth Evil fruit of courage, then conviction Raging inwardly, first and last, Shall spring into motion, their envious Steps, thus moving their march into another Battle. Sem. Harken unto me, till I give thee news. Dem. If it be good, I will; for I stand In need, of a newsy bud, to scent the heart Of my youth. Sem. To Lucifer, both crime and doom, What an abyss of fears and horrors, Drive him from the presence of God, for 62 THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN. Pardon, he finds no way to turn, deep to Deeper into the vault of depredation He plunged, to his foul conscience There's no vent, with double terror, In the lower vault outstretched he lay, There oft cursed his creation, since His execution thus denounced. Rhe. I see a host of angels of high Degree, greatly admired, they be valor Heroic virtue called, in battle they Overcome, and subdue the nation Of rebels, bring spoils to their king With infinite slaughter, held to the Highest pitch in celestial glory, there Triumph in love and esteem, styled as Great conquerors, their fame be Achieved, and forever renown, O What merits fame in silence hid ? Behold not righteousness in a World perverse, thus prepared for Those who oppose omnipotent rule, Much hated and beset with foes, Daring single be first for they utter Odious truth, that God will come to Judge them with his saints. Dem. I see the Most High in his royal Chariot, floating on a balmy cloud With winged steeds, high in salvation And the summits of bliss, to show to Us what reward awaits the good , to The fallen host oft frequented their Assemblies, to them preached Conversion and repentence, as to Those in prison, under Judgments imminent; all be in Vain, converted, they will not be. ^he. Solicit not thy thoughts with Matters hid, leave them to God, Him serve and fear, of other Creatures, as pleases him best. 63 THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN. Let him dispose, joy in what he Gives to thee, dream not of other worlds, What creatures there live, in what State, condition, or degree, contented That thus far hath been revealed. Dent. At thy feet, lies sweet roses, Of dells harmonious, those virtuous Leaves of summer's queen. Enter Danah and Gaea. Gae. How glorious was Lucifer once Above his sphere, till wretched pride And ambition threw him down, His brazen march stirs revolts in Heaven, against heaven's matchless king. From him God deserved no such return. Whom he created in that bright Eminence, with good upbraided None; nor was his service hard, to Afford him praise, what could be less ? The recompense most easy, and pay him Thanks; how due, God's good work proved 111 in him. His malice and envy lifted Up so high, one step higher, he thought Would set him highest. The immense Gratitude still to owe, burdensome He still received. What powerful Destiny ordained him an angel Inferior ? Why not other powers aspired. As great as he, other powers as great Fell not, unshaken, without, Within, well armed against all Temptations. Dan. His dark presumptuous March, back recoils on him. On iron flapping wings, that brazen, Procacity thus trailing o'er Gae. In silence bright legions of Instrumental harmony, to Adventurous deeds, breathe heroic 64 THE REBELLION IN:HEAVEN. Ardor, under great leaders godlike. Those celestial chg-mpions held Their way, unbarred the doors of Peace within the mount of God, Fast by his throne, gatling Guns in golden chariots thus Speeding into battle, there down Mowing with a thunder charge, All battle lines. SCENE IV. Enter Poseidon, Helios, Sirens. Pos. Of many celestial Myriads, not one be lost, O sweet Messiah, thy right of merit Reigns, I hear the guns of Mighty wars under the sea, wars Yet be not over, under royal banners Of heaven, what multitudes Sway, on their mighty heroic March, against revolted multitudes. I hear the shout of battle, that Rushing sound onset, and the cry Of war, thus riding on the sea Of impenetrable realms, the Impelient sons of light, riding On the flash of lightning and Clouds of darkness and of Thunder. Shooting with orient Beams, those embattled squadrons, Bright of flaming arms. ^em. The mighty quadrate Irresistible, moved in silence Their bright legions, with upright Beams of rigid spears, helmets Thronged, shields various Portrayed the power of Lucifer, With furious expedition, the Numbered legion seems a Numerous host, each warrior 65 THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN. An expert when to advance, nor The sway of battle be turn'd, Michael and Gabriel before the Supreme, their consultation with The Omnipotent, thus determined Another move, the strategy of War, the map of skill, thus Conspicuous in the mental fraim Of light. Pos. The path of truth be remote The God of nature, ordains and Rules whom he governs. Dem. My true God of all eternity, O, thou sweet virtue, I adore thee. Pos. God of heaven, O, how I adore Thy sweet oral of omnipresent ! Dem. O God of heaven, with faith, Hope and love, embellish the walls Of my heart ! Pos. O say, Demeter, your home Loving stay on the earth, needs no Repentence. "Dem. Nay, but I am sick at heart, For the walls of my sympathy be not Impenetrable, the loss of my child, My only daughter, Persephone, brings But darkness and woe to my stay on The earth. I cannot avail ; I am But dust. Zeu. Demeter, be content, the true and The living God overrules all things. You may rest assured that your Child, which was the most loving And beautiful daughter on the earth, Will safely be returned to you. Hel. Demeter, under thy feet, I Shall ever lay the golden sunbeams 66 THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN. Of my sympathy. Your daughter is In the lower world, but I see her Coming home to you ; now soon she Will be within the range of your Visible eye. Zeu. Demeter, at this passed minute I Saw your child enter the door of Your home. True, as I told you That the God of all creation, doth Overrule all things; he is all power, love And sympathy. Abie to return to 5'ou Again your heart's desire. Dem. O thou, the true and the Living God, much thanks to thee. For the return of my child, my only Daughter, which was so near to me, Was dead, is alive again, was lost, is Found. I will extol thee, O God; for ihou Hast lifted me above all the myihs, And hast not made my foes to rejoice Over me. O God, my God, I cried Unto thee, and thou hast healed Me. O God, thou hast brought up My soul from the grave ; thou hast Kept me alive, that I may no Longer patrol in grief, the Painful vaults of exasperation. Thus to pine away. Sir. Direct my course, I bring good Recompense to your behoof, expel Thence all usurpation, reduce the Sway of original darkness, the night Of ancient standard erect, that in Me advantage may grow. Revenge be Mine ; thus Lucifer ; the anarch old, Nine times the oral of his speech, And visage incomposed. Pos. I see the victorious bands. Which poured out by millions through Heaven's gates, thus pursuing, on my 67 THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN. Frontiers all I have will serve, yet Such little left in me, to defend The guard of my watch, encroached on Still weakening, the night of old sceptre. Hell be the first; the lower dungeon of a Million vaults, that beneath another World, thus stretching far. Hel. Nearer danger Satan be flying On the havoc wing of spoil and ruin. His rapid speed ceased not, nor be Stayed to reply. Pos. He be very glad, should his Sea find a shore. Hel. His alacrity renewed, Upward springs, into wild expanse, Strove thus to shock unequalled Fighting elements. ^os. O'er the sea he winds his Way, harder beset, endangered the More. He would his march Omnivorous be, if could he, omnipotent Power overthrow, and to rule, his Impenitence thus determined, Backward he falls, driven by a Pyramid of fires, his spacious Empire be full of pain, the desert Most darksome, tons of onus on him Be never removed, lost forever and Ever, for there be left no space of Repentence in him. Hel. Let thy thunders be magnified. What power can impair thee, O, Mighty King of Heaven. Pos. On the hyaline clear, The starry sea of amplitude immense, I view stars numerous, a world; Perhaps every star may be. O sweet Jehovah ! thy works be great, what 68 THK REBELIylON IN HEAVEN. Mental thought can measure or tongue Relate thee, in thy return, greater Thou art. SCENE V. Enter .^Egkus and Nereus. Ner. O thou surpassing glory. Of thy sole dominion, at whose Sight all stars, their diminished Heads hide. ^g. O thou sweet glory of the son, To thee I call, with a friendly voice, To thy name I add, to tell thee, How I love thy beams. Ner. O celestial light, inward Shine, that through all powers Irradiate. To immortal sight, may I tell of precious things, from thence They grow, which in me blooms. j^g. Thou King of Omnipotence, To the silly host, bring rememberance, From what state they fell. Ner. With contented wings and Rapid feet, the bare outside of Immortal things I coast. /^g. Nay, your coasting be expensive. Ner. I give thee the right of merit. Most virtuous, not the right of a critic. /^g. Well, possible doth it be, that I exasperate thee. Ner. Not a hair of my head be Sing'd by angry flames, for heaven, From my view, hides nothing. The Multitude of angels, with blest Voices, uttering joy harmonious, And hosannas, filled the eternal 69 THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN, Regions : with adoration they cast Crowns enwove with immortal Amarant, for the curtain of Pain be not aloft. ^g. Deep thunders round me roar On the sea, their rage mustering, Those vaults, and fighting ravines Resembles hell, elements of darkness, Torments the length of ages, fires Piercing, now severe, thus changed the Temper of dreaded steel. Scarce had Finished, when filled with murmur, The session of council which held The sway of silence. Blustering winds Against hollow rocks , retain the Dreadful roar, over and under The sea, there anchors in a Horrific gulf, till the tempest be No more. When mammon ended His sentence, was heard such Applause, pleased the Council advising peace. Re-enter Venus. Ven. Things weighty and serious, be Full of state and woe, such scenes be hid In the rear porches of my brow, which Doth draw mine eyes to flow, that With tender love, yet in grief, O, may I think it well, for I'm but a tear, Trust other persons may find truth and Believe, for many spirits sadly rose To see, another degree of impenitence. Thus brooding over targets of revenge. That ostentatious veil, lower and Lower, thus trailing within the Circumference I roam. O how I Love those celestial hearers, which Rose to meet the host of chosen truth, Thus appalling not, their fighting Courage, for the stay of opinion ever 70 THE RBBELI.ION IN HEAVEN. In them, intend to bring on them the stage Love and virtue, thus to prove a fair One's just. Ner. O may we keep our brains Dry and cool, that victorious saints, Triumph in love, can cherish the Fowl of our powerless immortal deeds. Ven. Saints of love, be forever Stay'd, within the impenetrable Steel chambers, of metallic ore, there To leave never, their most competent Friends. Ner. Revolted spiers fallen, in The vale of darkness, moves chariots Of unequalled power, thus starts The mighty host, flashing through The heavens, with a lightning speed. Suddenly they dash through a Million fires and flames extinguished Blaze after blaze diffused, inflames The air, unmoved with fear, all Amazed, Lucifer his foolish victory Determined, stood not at his post, Back to the rear, lower and lower he Fell, then other ranks greater, Advanced, rapid and sure. /^g. Lucifer stole upon the dead of night, Thus pawning his honor, to obtain Impenitence. For himself, himself he Cannot forsake, for love and truth, be The guide to immortal eyes. No heavy Sleep doth close their heroic wink. Satan and his wretched host, their Death boding cries, serves the season That will surprise. Ven. What season of surprise ? y^g. The season between his Wretched desire and dread, will be 71 THK REBELLION IN HEAVEN. Toss'd horrific, unexpected, his foul Charm bewitch 'd many spirits, his Advice thus leads thousands to follow. Oft he wished to retire, but his Devilish ambitious foul infirmity, Leaves in him no space of repentence. Ven. Before the throne of Omnipotent love, there be sweet Innocent lambs, of pure thoughts, Silent and still. Ner. Bateless virtue there be, the Edge of keen appetite happily be. Ven. Virtue itself doth of itself Persuade, triumph within, the Gorgeous carriage of love. Ner. Satan suggested the proud issue Of a king, he himself perchance that Envy of such a rich throne. Ven. His brave ostentate disdainfully Did sting, some lascivious thought, Did instigate his timeless speed. Re-enter Poseidon, Gaea, Zeus, Semei^E, Danae and Lucifer. Enter Apoi^lo and Idas. Gae. He be pale with fear, he doth Premeditate the dangers, of his Loathsome enterprise. Sent. His inward mind doth debate, What sorrow may on him breed. Ven. His digression be so vile, That it will forever live engraved on The map of his face. Luc. Yea, though I shall forever die, That devilish scandal will survive, With shame, I shall curse the body of 72 THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN. My image, and hold it in memory, Of the crime which I have done. Locks between the celestial chamber, and My will, no key of crime can turn Night wandering, I see me there, Demons of murder, they frighten me, Yet I still pursue my fear. Sem. Say Lucifer, as you rush from Forth, a cloud bereavts your sight. Soon as the curtain be drawn You begin to wink with wretched courage, Thus blinded with a greater ray. Luc. What excuse can my invention Make, as I am charged with such a Black deed? Shall my tongue be mute. My frail joints decline, mine eyes Forgo their sight ? My guilt being Great and deep, the fear in me Doth still grow darker and darker Dan. In a desperate rage, this Vile purpose to prevent, post hither, This siege that hath engirt his Union. His dying virtue the Surviving shame. Luc. Conceal 'd malice deep in Me, couched with revenge. Is come unto the chamber door, Which shuts me out of heaven, the Yielding latch, hath forever barr'd me From the blessed throne I sought. Gae. Yea, your omphacine, be bitter to Immortal taste. Luc. O how happy I would be, if I could, but gain the throne I seek For then my dreams, my breath, would Be a froth of fleeting joy, but all Be bitter to my taste. 73 THE REBEIvIvION IN HEAVEN. Enter Marpessa and Pkrskphone. Mar. Thy disputation ye hold Graceless, thy conscience be the Fuel of your burning will. Per. The ascent of yonder Savage hill, slow and pensive, Lucifer hah journeyed on, entwined Thick, the undergrowth he brake, So perplexed and confused, he strove Speeding, that without success, to Unlock one gate there only was, be Disdained the arch felon, when he Saw due entrance, one sight in Contempt, bound high over leaped All, and cheer within, he lights on His feet, to seek new haunt for Prey, watching the innocent flocks At eve, amid the fields secure. Mar. I muse in manners, hold Still I beg of thee, till some richly Praise be compilable, O thou Reserve 'd character of most noble Blood. Ida. O say, may thy thoughts feed on Happy dreams, whilst I write good Words concerning thee, do thy best, To steal a way, for a term of life. Give thyself, to become the bride of Love, for then, I need not to fear, 'mid All unjust wrongs o'er me brood and Rage. Apo. Very well ; thou knowest, that Marpassa, be the ever blooming flower Of my love, nor shall I surrender to Thee. Zett. Both ye sun god, and' hero, Hold your peace ; the maiden shall Decide. 74 THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN. Mar. Idas, mine eyes downward Cast, for a moment to think, now I shall raise Them, with my heart and hand, held Out to thee in marriage, that when I Am old, gray and old, you will also be. For I know, from the fountains of My heart, that you will ever honor And care for me. Per. Marpessa, your selection Be good, to the highest degree, your Pure inteligence, I do esteem, most Uudoubtable but apt my fancy is to Rove, unchecked on the Roving carriage of my mind. Through Experence, I learn of things pure and Remote, which before us, is the prime Of wisdom, lying in trenches, Deep and dark. Ida. Persephone, thankful am I to thee, For the true heart of my bride, be Greatly encouraged. Apo. The sun, his beams shall. Forever heat uncomfortable, and Burn the face of your honymoon. In every latitude you roam. Zeu. Apollo, dry up; you more Then exasperate the fountain of Ignorance. Per. To the very bottom of My feet, I am undoubtable disgusted At Apollo's remarks. Gae. O say Zeus, what's, the latest In reference to war ? Zeu. Well Gaea, this moment, the latest News I've received, O may I reveal to thee. Gae. Would it asperate the happy Course my thoughts pursue, if not, 75 THE REBELLION IN HEAVEN. At once proceed. Zeti. Lucifer, satan the Devil, is forever Banished out of heaven, on the throne of Hell, he must forever reign, the true And the living God, the creator of All things, visible and invisible, the Omnipotent being, he thus Declared peace in heaven, that Love shall forever reign therein. 76 The Beginning of Time and Things. Continued from Scene I. Book VII., Act I., Scene VI. Enter Chimera, Medusa, Minotaur and Pluto. "Re-enter Uranus, Gaea and Apollo . Ura. My dear comrades, in the Begining of time, chaos was the Huge mass of darkness, in chaos All things which now exist, where Hid, one from the other severed not, Of its own, nothing had a separate Form. After a longtime, asunder Chaos parted, the heavens and the Earth were thus divided. Above In the sky, the sun, moon, and Stars mounted, but with the earth Below, remained water stones and Trees. Gae. Uranus, I am proud of our Family. Ura. Yea, I be also, but not of the Hundred- Armed and One-Eyed Children, Which are as big as mountains, into The dark pit Tartarus, below the Earth, I will banish them forever. Gae. Why temper your stay, in this Golden age, to impenitence ? Why Turn your back to your ugly children ? Ura. Because they be so hideous. Gae. In grief, you sow into my heart, The dark seed of exasperation. O, Cronus, my dear son, the youngest 77 THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND THINGS, Of the beautiful Titans, will j^ou Promise me, to fetch up your hundred- Armed and one eyed brothers out of Tartarus ? If you will, I will help you To dethrone your father, Uranus, that You yourself may become kinsr of the Gods. E7ifer Cronus and the Six Titans. 'Re-enter Rhea. Cro. Mother, I will, Gae The cutting steel bright as Silver, I will create and a sharp Sickle, I will give to you, to kill your Father, Uranus, while asleep. Cro. Mother, your desire shall Be granted. I will slay my father That I may rule over the world In his stead, that the other gods May obey me. The Five Titans. Cronus, thou art Declared king, over the world. Cro. Rhea, here is my right hand, held Out to thee in marriage, will you except ? Rhe. I will. Cro. O my hundred-armed and one- Eyed brothers, arise. Come forth out of Tartarus. Khc. Cronus the door bell is ringing. Cro. I will answer. Rhc. Well, make haste. Cor. Who's there ? Enter The Hdndred-Armed and One-Eyed Brothers. H.-A. ayid O.-E. B. Your hundred-armed and one 78 THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND THINGS. Eyed brothers from Tartarus. Cor. Welcome. H.-A. and O.-E. B. O brother Cronus how Thankful we are to be delivered From the shackles of bondage and Misery. Cor. I trust your stay on earth, Be contented. H. A and O. E. B. Yea, we be most Contented. Cor. Brothers since you came Up out of Tartarus. I have changed My mind, you will kindly return to Tartarus again, I am afraid of you. H.-A. and O.-E. B. What silly imagination Be thus springing up in your heart ? Cro. There be no imagination Whatever. Be off, be off, away, Away, into Tartarus again. Gae. Nothing my treachery has gained. 'Rhea. True, you said it. Cro. Rhea, I thus declare thee Queen over the world "Rhea. Happy am I to become The Queen of the summit of Mount Olympus. Chi. Gaea, I see that you have Gained but little by your treachery Against your husband. Cronus has Drove back again into Tartarus His hundred-armed and one-eyed Brothers, the hope, planted into Your heart be most wretched that Cronus should loose his kingly Power. 79 THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND THINGS Min. What excuse, if any, can She make of her most horrible invention ? Perhaps her thoufjhts were dreams, Her will thus back'd with resolution, Her blackest crime be cleared with Determination, into the wicked Chamber she stalks, and gazeth on That bloody sickle, till her frail joints Doth shake. Med. Gaea, your wrong, call Me not to justify, your wickedness lays Cold upon my heart, with thy Tongue and eye, wound me not. By art, Slay me not. Out of my sight, O tell me Thy love be elsewhere, for I know It's true, aside, thine eye forbear To glance, your cunning and might. All my inward feelings doth wound, For it be more than all my o'er press'd Defence can hide. On my face, you Turn your foes, that your injuries. Elsewhere might dart. With too much Disdain, do not press my patience. Only be as cruel, as the greater, art wise. Lest my words express, the sorrow of my pity Wanting pain. Plu. Her woe seldom sleeps, she Looks for night, when night, not long Hath pass'd. Chi. She hath found, no doubt. Forlorn, for she doth lament. Plu. I Cannot doubt your words to Be true. Chi. I see that Uranus and Cronus, First kindled the painful fire, thus Burning in her heart. Med. Her eye perhaps interprets To the ear, the dark motions it doth Behold. Her woe doth bear, a part, 80 THE GOLDEN AGE Of every part, of crime and sorrow we see. Apo. Her pale blooming light, breeds But sorrow in my burning heart, to see Her dignity, march with pride to her Noble stand, within the noble ranks Of blue veins, her eyes did scale, thus Left those orbs of pale sullen turrets, Destitute. Plu. Apollo, my disputation, his Merits I esteem, with a hot burning will, And frozen couscieuce, still Morose trail of thoughts, thus urging Worse sense of pure effects, which Doth proceed not, though virtuous Deeds intended not, shows vile, What is in me dark, those moments In me disrepute, my peace, they do Confound and kill. The Golden Age. SCENE VII. E)iter Athamas, Bellerophon, Cadmus, Kndymion and Eros "Re-enter Cronus, Artemis and Rhka. Rhe. O say, Cronus, what age is this ? Cro. Why my dear; this is the Golden age- Rhe. O chief of throned powers, Sweet heaven's perpetual king. Upheld by the great strength of Omnipotence. Much thanks for The great blessing, which from the Windows of heaven, thou did'st Shower down on the garden of Earth, O how delightful this Golden age doth seem. 8i THE GOLDEN AGE Ayt. Yea always springtime, Beautiful flowers bloom thus, in the Woods and meadows round me gorgeous, O how delij^htful it is, to inhale the Scent of their sweet perfume. Cro. It's necessary not, that mankind Should labor ; no tilling of the Ground, no plowing of the earth Required, delicious fruits grow wild Everywhere, no houses needed, the Sky his gorgeous ceiling, beneath the Roof and garret of ages, the earth Thus shelters, and the foundation Of richly carpets of velvet green. Rich and poor friendly united, Life and goodness, hand in hand. Thus promenade. Mankind never Grows old, but remains young and Happy always. Rhe. Oh ! tell me Cronus, what will Happen after the golden age ? Cro. My dear, the world will go Right on for thousands of years. Then summer and winter will appear. Bad and good weather will exist. There will be in the harvest of peace, A bright sunshine, then mankind Will live happy and contented, at times. Under the shadow of a god-like spirit. Ero. Yea, instinctive love most Beautiful, the capacity of refinement, Fair it seems, yet, it be neither true nor trusty. Aih. In this golden age, no horror On my brain, be stir : must 1 relent? where 's The call I bend in grief, O relish and Character those mountains I wind. No Cause have, yet I weep for thee ; in My will, nothing I leave, more then I Do crave. O Paradise, dear friend, 82 THE GOLDEN AGE I pardon no crave of thee, no discontent Doth thou bequeath to me that Golden bud faded not, in the spring of Youth, those bright pearls of silver Bloom, fair creatuies thou art skill'd. Bel. Sweet Poetry and Music agree, From beautiful notes of liberty. I need no defense, for I cannot Remorse, sweet sound melodious My ear lovest. Immortal sense I Cannot ravish, though my conceit Be such as passing all conceit. The queen of music, in deep delight In me be chiefly crown'd. Endy. O thou art my share, good Rest, lower night kept my rest away, in A cabin, hang'd with care, my descent On doubts of decay. The night doth Post too soon. Tlaose hours added to Minutes, now to spite me, both moon and Stars seem but motes. Ath. I can reprove what you Have urged, the path which leadetli Not to danger, be smooth. Love of this Age I cannot hate, to every pilgrim, It lends embracements, excuse be Strange, but in me it's common. Why reason with abuse ? Reason with Sense, that sense may reason with Love, call it pure love, for love in Heaven is not fled. Then blotting with No blame, fresh beauty, no tyrant Stains, which bereaves not. Cad. One moment, Athamas; I hear the wretched Songs of Satan; O how they do remorse The temples bereaved, I must relent, Or I'll thus quoth he on his satiety. Ero. This sweet rising morn, my Watch, doth charge the heart of my 83 THE GOLDEN AGE Teeth. From idle rest, each moving Sense, doth trust the office of mine Eyes, which doth welcome, beautiful Sunshine and daylight, thus drives Awa}'^ the night so packed, and My dismal dreaming errors. Cad. For pleasent shades, the Herds have gone, all but in love, not Forlorn, at the cool motber-queen Brook, their nostrils temper 'd be, Thus throwing in the ivy mantle Spray, where golden fountains lie. There with a glorious eye, the sun, The world survey 'd, yet not so rich And royal, as the trail of The beautiful Artemis Bel. Fair roses, sweet flowers; The scent of love, timely bloom, not Faded, O sweet immortal creatures. Most virtuous, most fair. Endy. Most true, on their Beauty I look, in me, affections Not new, on my thoughts, in my Heart, Uiey cannot blench, my Appetite doth grind, to serve the sweet Character of this age. Bel. Then with fortune. You do not chide, the happy rose of Harmful deeds. Endy. The sweet chronicle of Time, characters in them, the Beauty of this age, thus sowing in Nature, a beautiful rhyme. Ero. Yea, of this age all our lovers be True, we know they're made of truth. No good-by they say, no parting Tender'd is. In me, doth incorporate, A sweet embrace, which grows as it Seems, like a heavenly moisture, on 84 PARADISE The coral of my youth. Endy. That sweet rhetoric of the Heavenly eye, his argument in my Heart doth hold, my vows be of this Age, but all my love be heavenly. No Punishment, for there's no vows broken, Of this age, though the end be near, Yea, at the very door. Paradise Book VII., Act I., Scene VIII. Re-enter Cronus, Zeus, Uranus, Venus, Gaea and Rhea. Cro. Pure air and all things, be Thus sincere and heavenly, the pure strain Of wonder, all eternity through. Zeu. God well knows righteousness. Scarce we stop, thus to ponder on the Beauty of thoughts. Unchanged, his Hand forever be that through all Eternity and Immortality Gae. Silent and pure, happiness most Tender be, where golden fountains lie. Sweet life goes on, and on, unforgot. My soul, the ties of earth doth bind. The horizon grows most brilliant, deep And wide, that the other side seems Uudoubtable near. 'Rhe. O God of heaven, of this age, what Vestures shall we wear ? Shall they be Princely gowns, white or purple ? Thus Believing in God, the creator of All things, immortal peace shall Abide in us, Uru. Yea, let us live in hope, too. Gae. The fairest garments, of 85 PARADISE Seamless robes we must wear. Ze7i. Then; be it most well with us. Ven. They be sweet fadeless vestures Of unchangeing love Cor. Most sincere, I believe. Zeu. On the shining threads of this Age, in youth, my years doth ripen Ven. Thou golden gates, O fling Wide, weigh our thoughts on the Golden hinge, the future grace. Most purely deep in delicious wells, for Those smooth and happy rivers in us, Be but lakes of love. Rhe. The weight of time, lies Smooth and delightful, on the Golden lever of this age. Cro. Our non- weary gait thus Characters in us, sweet desire Ve7i. It seems to be the race we Run, undoubtable most esteem'd, Cro, From the marrow of youth. On strength we feed, the sweet Comb of content. Ura. The true and the living God, Said, let us make man in our image. After our likeness : let them have Dominion over the fish of the sea, Over the fowl of the air, over the cattle, Over every creeping thing, and over all The earth . Gae. Uranus, God of heaven, Created man in our image, and Gave him dominion over all the earth. Ura. Good it be ; O, what a 86 PARADISE Wonderful and mighty God, be he ! Gae. Yea ; out of the dust of earth Man was wonderfully made. Cro. In Eden, the beautiful garden Of Paradise, man was thus put, to Dress and keep it. Rhe, O, say, Cronus, in yonder cave, Man be dead asleep, him I Cannot waken. Cro, Yea ; while man be yonder Asleep, god taken 'd from his side, A rib, and thus made him a woman. Help mate ; and brought her unto him. Zeu. God of heaven, named man Adam And Adam, named the woman Eve. Cro. Adam said, this is now Bone of my bones and flesh of my Flesh, she must be called woman, Because she was taken out of man. Zeu. Man shall leave his father And mother and shall cleave to His wife, they shall both be one Flesh. Enter Adam and Eve. Ada. Eve, my dear; on the watery Carriage of desire, mine eyes doth roll With pleasure, as I gaze upon the Beautiful roses of your cheeks. To see Thee so happy, so loving and true. Eve. My dear, this age, be most Delightful. I will praise thee, O Lord, The Creator of this age. Ada. Exalted be thou, above the Heavens O God, above all the earth, I^t thy glory be. 87 PARADISE Eve. In both the heavens and the Earth, thy mercy be great, O Lord, God of heaven. Ada. Those shadows downward cast, They cannot, our golden temples bereave. Eve. The happy tide of thoughts, have purchased Our content. Ada. O, let us rejoice, and praise the great God Of heaven, for he hath strengthen'd the bars of Our gates, within our borders, he maketh peace, He filleth them with the finest of fruit. Eve. O, let us forever worship the God of heaven, For in this garden of Eden it be so delightful. 88 HUMANITY LOST. BEGINNING AND END OF ALL FLESH Scene I., Act II. Enter Prometheus, Epimktheus. He-enter Adam, Eve, Cronus, Zeus and Lucifer (Bro. As the serpent was more Subtle than any beast of the field. Aspiring as he thought, much determent, To wreck his loss, on innocent mankind, His wretchedness, thus belched up poison, Which doomed their happy fountains Of peace. Luc. Eve, thou art the fairest, and The most beautiful creature on earth, God hath said, ye shall not eat of Every tree of the garden. Eve. We may eat of the fruit, of tiie Trees of the garden, but of the fruit Of the tree, which is in the midst Of the garden, God hath said, ye shall Not eat of it, lest ye die. Ltic. Ye, shall not die, eat of it. Pro. The day ye eat thereof. Your eyes will be opened, then ye Will know good from evil. Eve I saw that the tree was good For food, which was so pleasing to me, A tree to be desired to make one wise, I took of the fruit thereof, and did Eat and gave unto my husband, And he did eat also. 89 HUMANITY LOST Pro. Eve, tell me the result of your Disobedieuce to god. Eve. Our eyes were opened both, My husband and I, then we knew good. From evil. That beautiful Omphacine, on yonder forbidden Tree, my wretched taste, brought Into the world, mortality and all Our woe. Ada. Eve; my dear, O say, You know I think I hear the voice of God; walking in the garden. Eve. My dear, true it be. Ada. Come let us steal away. Amongst the trees out of his sight. Eve. Adam, my dear, God is calling thee. Ada. What said he ? Eve. Adam, where art thou? Ada. O my God, I heard thy voice in The garden, I hid myself, because I Was afraid Cro. I heard the voice of God, say unto You, Adam, hast thou eaten of the Tree, whereof I commanded thee not to eat? Ada. O my God, my wife did eat, She gave to me, and I did eat. Cro. Eve, I hear the voice of God Saying unto thee, what is this, that thou Hast done ? Eve. O my God, the serpent beguiled Me, and I did eat. Zeu. Lucifer, I hear the voice of God, Saying unto thee, because thou hast done This, ever, thou art cursed, all thy 90 HUMANITY LOST Life, dust shall thou eat. Between thee, And the seed of the woman, enmity Shall ever exist. Cro. Eve, God hath said, unto Thee, thy sorrow, I will greatly multiply. Zeu. Adam, God hath said, unto thee, Because, unto your wife, her voice, thou Hast hearkened, cursed is the ground. For thy sake, ever, in sorrow shall thou Eat. Ada. On the rolling carriage of desire. In pleasure, did mine eyes revolve, to see my Beautiful bride, so happy, so loving, and True, as to share with me, part of that Omphacine. Zeu. Adam, God hath said, bread, shall thou eat, from The sweat of thy face, unto the ground shall Thou return, for dust thou art, unto Dust, shall thou return. Ura. Lucifer, thou art the forerunner Of all crime, thou cannot, the zealous Host flank, O God of heaven, save this Fallen world. O God of heaven, save the Coming generations. O God of heaven, Judge them, by thy power and wisdom. Ada. Uranus, there is an echo, Which torments the rear porches of My ears, it pains me, I cannot answer; I am sick at heart. Yet I thrive; but Woe lies deep in the marrow of my Bones, I steal away in the quiet of Youth, I but exist in vanity, O do Cherish the pipes of my heart, thou Omnipotent hand held out to Me, in thy wrath rebuke me Not, in thy displeasure, chastise Me, in me, thine arrows stick fast, 91 HUMANITY LOST I am sore at heart, no soundness In me, through disobedience, Thou art angry, in dust, my Bones decay, iniquities swallow Me, the burden lays heavy, Too heavy for me, in this yoke, I Cannot avail, from my wounds, The fowl scent of corruption flows, Because of my sin. O, how feeble and sore Broken, through disquietness of my Heart, I roar the length of night. Eve O God, my desire is before thee. My groaning is not hid, my heart Panteth, my strength faileth, the Light of my eyes is gone, all my lovers Have fled, I stand not aloof, I am Dumb, deaf and blind. I cannot see the merciful hand. Nor hear the holy word of command. I am ready to halt, I'll soon be no more God forsake me not, I will declare My sin, my loss, I hope to regain. I will heed my ways, while the tempter Is before me. Let me know mine end, And the measure of my days. How frail may I be, my age be nothing Before thee, I am but vanity, I Heapeth up riches, who shall Gather them, I cannot tell thee, O God My hope is in thee, what wait I for ? By the blow of thine hand, I am Consumed. Ada. The ploughers make long Their furrows, let the cords of the Wicked be cut asunder, out of the Depths I cried, my voice be faint. Good rather to be chosen than Riches. God be the maker of all, Rich and poor shall meet together. Strife and reproach will cease. 92 HUMANITY LOST Whatever we sow we shall reap. The transgressor, outgrowth of Knowledge, shall exasperate me. They cannot debar their short pleasures Speeding thus, nor confu-e the Tide of happy deeds. Tender thoughts Occasionally drift in the narrow Straits of their mind. The flowers of Silent war shall unlock the treasure Of Tarquin's tent, shall be clear Unmatched, in triumph of delight. I brave only the duty, which doth Of itself persuade, and touch not The bait of knowledge, which lie in Fathoms deep. Epi. The rod of anger will Fail. The secret gift of mankind, Pacifieth no strife. The end of inheritance Gotton hastily, cannot be blessed. The scorner's punishment on us graze. Sacrifice, be not more acceptable. Than justice, feeding on truth. Desired treasures, the oil of danger. In criminal burning lamps. Those Who find life, are the true planters Of righteousness, thus they be Reward reapers. Sowers of iniquity, Be vanity reapers. Let truth be Upheld. Justice determined, Mt-rcy throned in all, the heavens Then rejoice, to see the righteous Triumph in love. Pro. Lucifer, your courage breeds but Sorrow on the mantle of guilty thoughts. Luc. When in heaven I involuntarily withdrew From off the files of war. I must bear and forbear. Guilty pains, thus tormenting me, On my bosom they lay cold in death, Which voluntarily rebound in me, I Shall ever and ever burn, mid the sap, Within the heart of flames. 93 HUMANITY LOST SCENE II. Enter Cain, Able and Demons of Hell. Re-Enfer Poseidon, Pluto, Lucifer and Promotheus. Plu. Poseidon. King Lucifer will hold Amassmeeting at the capital of hell, In the palace loyal to his kingdom, He will be the orator before the assemblage. Pos. Tell me the nature of the Meeting and oration. Plu. King Lucifer desires to address His governors, princes, lords, dukes, judges, And all his great spirits. He desires Greatly to tell them of his glorious Visit to the new-created world, and Of his wonderful success. Pos. What success ? Plu. In tempting the woman, thus Influenced her, to eat the fruit of the Tree, of which she was commanded Not to eat. Pos. After king Lucifer's oration, Then what will take place ? Plu. There will be given by his Govenors, Lordh, Dukes and Judges, A grand luncheon, in honor of His return at home. His successful Visit to the new-created world, Called earth. Pos. It be most delightful toast, No doubt. Plu. True it be. 94 HUMANITY LOST Enter Rhadamanthus, Phocus and Minos The mass meeting at Lucifer's Palace opened by Phocus. Judge Rhadamanthus was elected Chairman of the meeting. Pho. To order ; dear hearers, I am Pleased greatly, to have the honor, to Name as chairman of this meeting Our most. Honorable Judge Rhadamanthus. All in favor of him for such, will Please give their consent by saying " aye," Or else remain silent. The Assemblage. "Aye, aye, aye." Pho. My dear Honorable Judge I am Delighted undoubtedly, to have the Pleasure to inform you, that you are Elected chairman of this meeting. My dear hearers, through the channels Of my veins, flows the tide of pleasure To know that I'm blessed with the Opportunity this moment, to introduce To you our elect chairman Of this meeting, the most Honorable Judge Rhadamanthus, the President Judge of the Supreme Court of Hell. Rha. My dear hearers Your attention for one moment, I Kindly beg of you. Remember when In heaven, on yonder plain and hill, In dale those vaulted shades under Pendent gloom, fed on the dead Of night, that beneath clouds of Darkness, on the flying carriage Of pain; then the Sun of Orient Pearl, smote warmly, first, the morn of Open field, where guilty roses fled, now Appears on floods and lakes, their 95 HUMANITY LOST Weary passage darksome. Balm And gums odorous, which for us Wept, round that sapphire fount, Successful, the boon of nature, did Once iu us bend. The rind of golden Fruit, was forever banished, still In us, our loss breeds no repentance, But lower we fall. No flowery lap, Her store do- h spread. To ordain the Passage of death, which in us burn. 'Mid no comfortable stars, which on Time, we stole npon the dead of night, Through the burning flames, how Far shall we be driven. The season We serve. Celestial spirits may surprise, For pure thoughts lie deep, dead and still. Between desire and dread, no longer ; Should we be madly toss'd. Now I am much pleased to have the Honor, to introduce to you oar Most honorable and worthy king, King Lucifer. King. Luc. My dear hearers, my Heart is embellished with much Pleasure, undoubtable, to have The opportunity to address this Meeting, the noble assemblage. Of wonderful patriotic spirits, Tho most brilliant stars of my Kingdom. In this capital, we Adore the chaste blood of this nation, On us justly stain 'd. The rights of This kingdom. Let us brave our Hearts to maintain. The future Proved better, had I lived ignorant, alone I've enough to bear, each day's lot, my Part of evil only, for on me lights the Burden of many ages, abortive birth Gaining, by my fore-knowledge, ere Their being with thought, to torment Me, they must be. What shall befall 96 HUMANITY LOST The natives of my kingdom, I trust no evil; More then have we. Must I bear grievous, To feel in substance, in apprehension. The future evil, I trust my fore-knowledge Can prevent. The cease of violence. Hope had I, of war in the new created World, but violence yet, be not ceased, With me, all so well, would have gone. On earth, peace, would have crowned The happy length of golden days, Deceived; I am, most undoubtable, for I see waste in war, corruption to peace, Those celestial guides, the truth unfold, They in wealth are luxurious, thus Triumph in hope. Eminent, powerless. Yet in ihem perish not, self-substantial Flames, that of great exploits, and no Virtue void, which did, on celestial Plains, and in dale, tender moments Breed. Now ever, from off the target of woe, Hangs the impenetrable art of mankind, For within the locks of death, no Lascivious key, can turn the mortal Springs to life. My dear loyal Citzens, I now desire to make you Acquainted with my visit to the New-created world called earth, And my wonderful success. The First I did, I selected the most Subtle beast of the field, to Serve as my visible agent. First Approach'd he the womau, As the most weak sex, she proved to Be, which to success, gave vent. To her. Said he, eat of the tree, thou art Commanded not to eat, surely die, thou Shall not. He; the woman did obey. Then all things which were Immortal, became mortal, I am thus Greatly pleased with the result. I have Decided, to set up, both a visible, And invisible kingdom, in the 97 HUMANITY LOST New-created world, called earth, in That world, I shall establish a standing Army invisible, to protect my rights There. My loss, and everlasting curse, I am determined, to continue to wreck On all mankind. Of the invisible Standing army, I myself will be the Commander-in-chief. All riots. Visible and mortal depredation, Among mankind, of those prove Most competent, I shall select, As leaders of bloody riots, and all Depredation, which thus shall exist. I 11 select only those, who, my rights to The last degree, will defend. Cain, of mankind, ye be the most Thirsty spirit of blood, ye I do Appoint, as commander of all Bloody work in this new-created world, Your post of duty, at once command. Cain. Yea, most worthy king, I will. Ada. Cain, my son, ye be selected By God, as tiller of the ground, I Trust your produce, will be Pleasing to the lord. Abl. Father, what kind of work, did God select for me ? Ada. Son, God hath said, ye shall Be keeper of the sheep Cain. Father, in yonder rotten pile Of rubbage, li-s buried, my fruit Of the ground, before the lord. Abl. Father, at yonder gorgeous Fountain-spriijgs, the firstling, And fat of my flock, there feed Before the Lord. Ada. Able, the Lord be greatly Pleased with your offering. 98 HUMANITY LOST Cain. What about my offering ? Ada. Son, the Lord be not Pleased with your offering. Cain. Ah ! you don't tell me so Abl. Brother, be patient, try again. For endless power of omnipotence, be thus triumph Jn love, much success, his stay waut'd, need no advise Cain. Able, come let us go to the Field. Abl. Brother, very well. Cain. Able, your offering before The Lord, I most bitterly hate, To the very bottom of my heart. Abl. Dear brother, many dark Fathoms of sorrow, down deep Into my heart, lay silent and Tender, for thee. There feeding on Grief alone be patient, your success, The future worm, will yet breed Cain. Able, no talk of that kind I want To hear, I shall give you but Five minutes to live, if or not, you wish You can make your peace with God. Min. your honor, most worthy king. Pleased undoubtable; atn I; with The heroic courage of Cain, all Forms, moods of grief denote he, The downcast^ depreciation before Omnipotence esteem 'd not, though Involved blood shed, yet I lie, the Brand of blood , seem but Trappings and suits of woe, 3'et from That impous act, all seem brandish. Pho. Judge, true it be; all appear Brandish . 'L.rfC. 99 HUMANITY LOST Min I see descriptions of fairest Realms, songs heroic, late beginning, Thus ring canorious, choosing subjects, Of the unpremeditat'd verse. Pos. That wretched image, whose Blood, thus be branded in all mankind In sorrow, time be short, but long It seems, heavy be his woe seldom he Sleeps, this I know. Mi7i. Exaggeration, lies many Fathoms deep in you. Pos. Though we may lie. yet let us Siirvey mountains of truth Pro. Truth be the virtue, many Notes deep in love, yet cold and late, On his wintry wing, thus intended to Soar, but much depressed, nightly to my Ear brings no satiety , after stars have Fled. O say, what office, to us, shall Bring the light of Hesperus, 'twixt day And night. In twilight I muse, down This bright calade, I must patrol, though slow and pensive I move. Pos. O say, Prometheus, what devilish bridge is that Which spans the natural ravines of Human love ? Pro. Why, that's the honorable Bridge of Cain, built of criminal metalic Ore, thus on wretched piers of bloody steel. Pos. Will it long there stay ? Pro. Until eternity. Phi. On innocent plains and in Dale, tender moments, did once, on us Breed. loo HUMANITY LOST Pro. True it be. Plu. That meditated fraud, bent On mankind's destruction, which Before the threats of archangels fled, Heavier on himself, which might hap Returned fearless, then fled from off" the Files of war. Fro. Pronounced he most Sternly, grief, sorrow and woe, to His dreaded ear, yet resound echos Lost, from o'er the nodding beach. Pos. O say, under the veil of thought Eager to grasp am I , those dark Bubbles of pain, thus drifting on The mental seas of woe, what Carriage have I to bear, thus Speeding on wheels of crime, art Thou the pale-faced hornet, Within the archet, where my Possessions lie, for in natural Gheer, his single -sighted orb, Reverse in me, the innocent Bell of desire. Pro. His soul inward, vexation Deep, on his tongue, hath served a Mute arrest. The sting of poison Flames, through narrow gates, his Courage storm' d in me the fountains Of peace. Rha. Whatever, I've no Repentance to recall, for that develish Ram, back rebounds on me, O how His echos do, remorse the human Dells, and mortal fountains in dale. In me, silly groans lie dark and Still, that most tender and stale, Yet my wretched courage doth survive. Pro. Into revolts, your range Of character where thus involved, lOI HUMANITY LOST Evil-influenced misled, though Warlike, voluntarily inclined. No doubt, Discontentea dreams lie in dark Chambers of tormented thoughts, with Thee, seem objects lamentable, Though pioneer laboring, with Sweat, thou art much begrimed, Yet from mute towers, thou art old. Pos, Minos, from thee, the speed and length of days. Have past, as scarlet, though your Sins may be, like crimson, yet they Be red, but they; not as wool, nor whiter Than snow, can ever be. In your Heart, the passage of moral fountains, Be forever corroded, what space, have Expired in thee, for there's not a Blooming hair I can measure. Back To the storage of truth, shall I Recall, for your character booms in me Disguise, by a chief incompetent, thou art Deceived, when in heaven, his influence, Much strength, proved successful, to Thousands of spirits lost. 3Iin. My forebearauce, under the guilty Roof of desire, yet lies pitched with dark Remembrance, that silly roll of war, Spawned in me, many dark deeds of Crime, which in pain, I must forever Bear. The burden in me, lies hideous. Impatient, hysterical, ah! in me, what A task, must I bear, or fall away, this I Can't, for the hell I suffer, torments The space of no retreat. The task worth Worn, in me finds no surrender. Yet the sweet appetite of doubt. Tells many fables, which makes me Wise. My subjects prone thus breeding In me, thoughts I cannot reveal, on Curiosity, I drift, who's sails of Spreading canvas, thus boom over Anger billows of other seas, for wonders 102 humAlNity lost Withiu my wretched frame, tells me fables of King Lucifer. Rha. Say; King Lucifer tells me, his heart is made of truth' Undoubtably ; I believe him, though I know he lies, 'Twas he who spawned into my heart the pain of youth, I'm sorry, but still in me his wretched knot he ties. My success, link'd to fortune. Recorded thus in journals void. No advice would I heed, persuaded By spirits, not involved. But mooring in peace, their Foreknowledge thus ordain 'd, aside They laid the rolls of war, true to Omnipotence proved they. The Moorage of my stay, I've courage enough To break, but I can find no space of Repentance. Ah ! Tell me where shall I fly ? Beyond the boundaries of Knowledge, I'm tormented, Innocent, though I was led, voluntarily, For my signature, space I sought, on The devilish files of war. 103 POEMS. To the Orators of the Evening of The Hon. President M*KinIey*s Memorial Service at the Academy of Music, Phila., Penn., 5ept. 19, 1901. Before types of eloquence, Most patiently we stood, To see the consequence, So determined we should. The eloquent gestures With powerful tones from thee. Broke our grief into gestures, Esteem silents on thee. Truthfully we believe That you meant what you said. It did our heart's releive Some grief of beloved dead. We saw thy precious thoughts, Thus trailing into truth, Yet deep into our thoughts, And the contented booth . The arch -bishopric grief For our lost President, On esteemed spars we reef, Our base of resident. On grief of architrave I hear the mourning knell Pounding on our hearts' grave, Thus through the living dell. 104 POEMS. A Poem on the Death of our President Hon. William McKinley. Within the boundaries of this brilliant Nation, Far back some fifty-eight years ago, To us, sprang from roots of its relation A noble bud, now in grief lays low Down with the stem of its national memory. In the vault 'd tomb it must decay Down to silence and cold tears of liberty Thus premeditates no tears its way No more, on that noble stem of life shall bloom Nor on this dark wicked calade So soon was planted into our hearts its doom. Will never on our memory fade. Those pure thoughts of sweet contented bowers Breathed farewell to the bride of memory. " It is God's way. His will be done, not ours ! " " Nearer my God to thee, nearer to thee." We gently sing. " My God, silent to thee, Thou cold sepulchre's worm, silent to thee," Many a sad flower has withered and passed away Of which we can never remember, But the palm on the stem of it's brilliant ray. Was doomed on the sixth of September 'Twas then it withered slowly and passed away From the bellibone of our Nation, To meet its Creator in realms far away, Left to us the doom of creation. In the noble palace of our national reign. Thus blooming in the caves of our hearts. There on the world's base forever will remain. Blooming at the fountain of all hearts. Those pure thoughts of sweet contented bowers Breathed far well to the bride that to learn. OAN'T you little model sail. Yea, too much for us Sir. ^^ ' IJOIST sails, break-anchor boys, let us be ofl, we're whipp'd. /v. TTRUE it be, Sir Thomas, sorry am I for us. ^•^- DOUND I turn, to accompany the fame I tripp'd, gVER sorry am I for thee, Shamrock the third. I^ET me quoth he, who at the helm, thee betray 'd, ///. I know my loss is through he, and many races delay 'd //. AH! I'm sorry for thee, my dear Shamrock the "^ Third, j^OT in my rigging 1*11 sway your noble courage, fJENTER'D thus in my heart, much grace of your steerage, pVER I'll love your noble heroic courage. On the City of Camden N. J. XXXIII. QAN I, on thoughts of a traitorous gift, A ND no wit, set a side that to drift. ^Y will is thine, thou most virtuous queen, 1^ AUGHTERS of thee, they in marriage seem. I2i ACROSTICS. pNVY not, sweet belles of other towns. jU ATURA.L, I hear the low ring of hounds. jjLlEEDLING inhem'd nerves, in yon valley, lUSTICE, thus through their veins doth rally. On the State of New Jersey. XXI. j^ BARER the sea, our pleasure take delight. pRRATIC heroic natural, long thy coast, UllARBLE thus, before the stage of delight. I ASPER the visage of dreams I love the most, P ASTERN wives and beautiful dames by the sea. DADICALLY, locks and crook'd curies know thee. ClNGIyE content 'd damsels claim no earless pride, pXONORATlON, crystal thus their amber guide. Y^UTH in noble caves of his sweet summer's birth. eCARCE they sight not, the beautiful American coast •TTHEN and there they bathe in that delightful surf. 127 ACROSTICS. ASK me of the inos, and of their mighty host. THIS I tell, no foreign shore can equal ours. pMPIRES, kingdoms, tell of thy noted towers. On the State of Maine XXX. OINCE knowledge of thee, thus speeding on desire, I'm determined TO pain thee not, nor strangers of thee with a haunt d ■ serment, AS I gaze on stars over the sea, involuntarily move, THAT to speed with the current, thus ebbing on esteem to soothe. EVERY dove of thy golden age, have many a tale to tell.