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The Queen Of France And The Dauphin.
power ! No , —he is consoled even in herloss—living , she was tha blessing of his God ; and , dead , she has proved his lesson . - Fallen from her exalted , seat ; humbled in the dust ? shrinking under impending dangers ;—where is now the glittering vision of a Burke?—Alas ' ¦ how must remembrance rest on hours forever ' past ! — when every , wish was anticipated , and the distant
quarters of the globe explored , to bring home , if possible , subjects ' formed by pampered imagination ; at the time , when servile , adulation bent the knee ; when ready obedience , with it ' s hundred wings , waited , prepared for flight to that point , on which the eye of royalty appeared to glance—even but a partial beam . Nursed in the lap of prejudice ; - —born to expect homage;—allied , to an Emperor;—exalted to a Throne ;—and'till the
commencement of her miseries , a stranger , to controul : —In the flower of her days , insulted , imprisoned ; and bereft of her royal partner by the crimson-stained hand of daring murder ! What must have been the workings of her goaded and distracted mind , when her child was demanded from her ; and when in prophetic fears she yielded to the mandate , issued forth by rebellion , no doubt aware of it ' s enormitiesand fearful for their ?
, consequences In Shakspear ' s , Third Richard , we have frequently shed a tear over the pictured sorrows of a dignified mourner , as she is lamentingtlie departure of her devoted infant , whose days were numbered , and whose fate was fixed by the usurping tyrant . Why is every feeling spectator so interested in the scene ? It is from a sensethatthat scene is founded on truth . —Yetformed
, , , as it is by the nature-guided and animated pen of pur matchless , bard , it still falls far short of the original , which the first powers of human invention could not altogether do justice to . It is . a matter of no small regret to the Writer—that , facts , replete ; with lessons the most important , cannot , for reasons political , real br pretendedbe brought forward on our Loudon stages . If scenes
, illustrative of the fate of the unfortunate Lours were properly arranged , and the pen of genius rewarded and encouraged by thosewhose duty it is to become it ' s patrons , their effect would prove , at once , forceful and interesting : —while audiences , composed of English subjects and English hearts , would depart from their seats still more confirmed in loyalty , to the best of Kings ; and in
attachment to the first " of Lands . —They would execrate the enormities of democratic delusion , which has prompted heart-hardened , prejudiced , and desperate ruffians to deluge their devoted country in blood , and plunge it into destruction . . The armies of justice will , no doubt ,-at . length prevail , for , the Sword of Heaven is drawn . —Butin the mean timewhat is not to
, , be dreaded from blood-hounds driven to desperation ?^ The writer shudders at the question , and trembles for the fate of those , Whose doubtful situation has engaged his attention , BERTRAM j . T
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The Queen Of France And The Dauphin.
power ! No , —he is consoled even in herloss—living , she was tha blessing of his God ; and , dead , she has proved his lesson . - Fallen from her exalted , seat ; humbled in the dust ? shrinking under impending dangers ;—where is now the glittering vision of a Burke?—Alas ' ¦ how must remembrance rest on hours forever ' past ! — when every , wish was anticipated , and the distant
quarters of the globe explored , to bring home , if possible , subjects ' formed by pampered imagination ; at the time , when servile , adulation bent the knee ; when ready obedience , with it ' s hundred wings , waited , prepared for flight to that point , on which the eye of royalty appeared to glance—even but a partial beam . Nursed in the lap of prejudice ; - —born to expect homage;—allied , to an Emperor;—exalted to a Throne ;—and'till the
commencement of her miseries , a stranger , to controul : —In the flower of her days , insulted , imprisoned ; and bereft of her royal partner by the crimson-stained hand of daring murder ! What must have been the workings of her goaded and distracted mind , when her child was demanded from her ; and when in prophetic fears she yielded to the mandate , issued forth by rebellion , no doubt aware of it ' s enormitiesand fearful for their ?
, consequences In Shakspear ' s , Third Richard , we have frequently shed a tear over the pictured sorrows of a dignified mourner , as she is lamentingtlie departure of her devoted infant , whose days were numbered , and whose fate was fixed by the usurping tyrant . Why is every feeling spectator so interested in the scene ? It is from a sensethatthat scene is founded on truth . —Yetformed
, , , as it is by the nature-guided and animated pen of pur matchless , bard , it still falls far short of the original , which the first powers of human invention could not altogether do justice to . It is . a matter of no small regret to the Writer—that , facts , replete ; with lessons the most important , cannot , for reasons political , real br pretendedbe brought forward on our Loudon stages . If scenes
, illustrative of the fate of the unfortunate Lours were properly arranged , and the pen of genius rewarded and encouraged by thosewhose duty it is to become it ' s patrons , their effect would prove , at once , forceful and interesting : —while audiences , composed of English subjects and English hearts , would depart from their seats still more confirmed in loyalty , to the best of Kings ; and in
attachment to the first " of Lands . —They would execrate the enormities of democratic delusion , which has prompted heart-hardened , prejudiced , and desperate ruffians to deluge their devoted country in blood , and plunge it into destruction . . The armies of justice will , no doubt ,-at . length prevail , for , the Sword of Heaven is drawn . —Butin the mean timewhat is not to
, , be dreaded from blood-hounds driven to desperation ?^ The writer shudders at the question , and trembles for the fate of those , Whose doubtful situation has engaged his attention , BERTRAM j . T