Items related to Jephtha's daughter, a dramatic poem
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 edition. Excerpt: ... JEPHTHA'S DAUGHTER. Miriam, Nurse, Chorus. The lingering night! how slowly did it pass! And now the glorious day! how beautiful! The morn is merry, and the valleys laugh; Joy stands a-tiptoe on the dew-dropt trees; The lily and the rose, sweet rivals! shew Their blooming braveries; the cedar-top Rustling trills with a living harmony. See! how the innocent kids go frisking by, And with what joy sedate and measured pace That woolly counsellor leads forth his people. And yonder goes my hart--(remember, Nurse! How I did find him, when he was so high, A tiny pining fawn, and how we thought Some lion had despoiled him of his dam, And how I fed him and did garland him Till he grew tall and proud, and fled away, Unkind one! why I never yet could guess)--See! how he bounds and clears the water-brook! My own! my beautiful! my gallant hart! Yonder into the thick of sheltering green He glancing glides, and like a dream is gone! The very grass enjoys the morwening, And each particular blade is diamonded With day-spring dew. The blue arch over us Looks inexpressible love; and that bright orb Seems a benevolence instinct with life--How like a king he looks upon the world! I feel a voice within me, and must needs (Most exquisite impulse!) interpret it:--Break into joy, ye daughters of the land! For, lo! the winter it is past, and gone The weltering rain; the flowers are on the earth; The happy birds enjoy their singing-time, And in our land the turtle's voice is heard; Already from the vine-leaf peeps the grape, And her green figs the fig-tree putteth forth. Break into joy, ye virgins, and proclaim The Giver of all good--the vital Spring Of his creation, who upon this day Weighs in bis scales the Ammonites and us; And will this day defeat the Ammonite, (The...
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