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honour�察�instilled early and cultivated with such care�察�as to inspire him in
his rudest state with a heroic magnanimity�察 �to which philosophy hath
endeavoured in vain to form him�察 �when more highly improved and
polished。 This invincible constancy he has been taught to consider as the
chief distinction of a man�察 �and the highest attainment of a warrior。 The
ideas which influence his conduct�察�and the passions which take possession
of his heart�察 �are few。 They operate of course with more decisive effect�察�
than when the mind is crowded with a multiplicity of objects�察�or distracted
by the variety of its pursuits�察 �and when every motive that acts with any
force in forming the sentiments of a savage�察�prompts him to suffer with
dignity�察�he will bear what might seem impossible for human patience to
sustain。 But whenever the fortitude of the Americans is not roused to
exertion by their ideas of honour�察�their feelings of pain are the same with
those of the rest of mankind。;
Note 4。
;Bathed in the poisonous manchenille。;
The slightest wound from an arrow dipped in the juice of the
Manchenille�察�causes certain and speedy death。 ;If they only pierce the skin�察�
the blood fixes and congeals in a moment�察�and the strongest animal falls
motionless to the ground。;Robertson's America。
S。 L。 Sawtelle。
Dear Sir�此�
To you�察 �who have given me friendship in adversity�察 �counsel in
perplexity�察�and hope in despondency�察�permit me�察�as an expression of my
deep and lasting gratitude�察�to inscribe the ;Misanthrope。;
With sentiments of the highest respect�察�
Your obt。 servt。�察�
George W。 Sands。
Frederick City�察�September 1849。
Dramatis Personae。 WernerMisanthrope。 Manuela cottager。
Alberthis son。 Rebeccawife to Manuel。 Rosehis daughter。 Spirits。 An
aerial chorus。
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THE MISANTHRAPE
RECLAIMED A Dramatic Poem
ACT I。
A fountain near the summit of a mountain�察�from which�察�through a deep
glen�察�a stream descends to the valley below。 A city seen in the distance。
Time�察�midnight。 Werner standing near the fountain。
Werner ��solus��。
Eternal rocks and hills� �Mighty and vast�察 �and you�察 �ye giant oaks�察�
Whose massy branches have for centuries Played with the breeze and
battled with the storm�察�He�察�who so oft has trod your rugged paths�察�And laid
him down beneath your shades to rest�察 �Returns to be your dweller once
again。 I sooner far would make your wilds my home�察 �With nought but
your rude eaves to shield me from The winter's cold or summer's heat�察�
than be One of the hundred thousand human flies That swarm within yon
filthy city's walls。 Here�察�I at least may live in solitude�察�Free from a forced
communion with a race�察�Whose presence makes me feel that I am bound�察�
By nature�察 �to the thing I loathe the most�察 �Earth's stateliest�察 �proudest�察�
meanest reptile�察�man� �The beauty of a god adorns his form�察�The foulness
of a fiend is in his heart�察�The viper's�察�or the scorpion's filthy nest Nurses a
far less deadly�察�poisonous brood Than are the hellish lusts�察�the avarice�察�
The pridethe hatethe double´faced deceits That make his breast their
dwelling。 If he be not beneath hell's wish to damn�察�Too lost for even fiends
to meddle with�察�How must they laugh to hear him�察�in his pride�察�Baptize his
vices�察�virtues�察�making use Of holy names to designate his crimes�察�Giving
his lust the sacred name of love�察�Calling his avarice a goodly sin�察�Care for
his household�察 �naming his deceit Praiseworthy caution�察 �boasting of his
hate�察�When be no more can cloak it�察�as a proof Of strength of mind and
honesty of heart。 For all of goodness that remains on earth�察�The name of
virtue might be banished from it。 Fathers�察�who waste in shameful riotings
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The bread for which their children cry at home�察�Mothers�察�who put aside th'
unconscious babe That they may wrong its father�察�children�察�who Grow old
in crime ere they have spent their youth�察�These are its habitants。 I cannot
brook the thought�察 �that I belong To their vile race。 My sufferings have
been great�察�And keen enough to prove my immortality�察�For dust could not
have borne what I have suffered。 My mind has pierced far�察�far beyond the
length Of mortal vision�察 �and discovered things Of which men scarcely
dream�察 �and paid in pain�察 �The price of what it learned and bought with
pangs By which a thousand ages were compressed Into one hour of agony�此�
a power Which is a terror to possess�察�and yet This one thought only irks
me。 Methinks the peaceful earth will scarcely give My dust a resting´place
within its bosom�察�But cast it forth as if too vile�察�to mingle With clay that
ne'er has been the slave of sin。 What� �other watchers here at this lone
hour�拭�
��An evil spirit enters�察 �singing。 The world is half hidden�察�
By midnight's dark shadow�察 �The filly�察 �witch´ridden�察 �Skims
over the meadow�察 �The house´dog is barking�察 �The night´owl
is hooting�察 �The glow´worm is sparkling�察 �The meteor is
shooting�察 �And forms�察 �which lie So stiff and still�察 �In
their shrouds so chill�察 �Through the live´long day�察 �Now burst
their clay�察 �And flit through the sky�察 �On their dusky pinions�此�
Hell's dominions Keep holiday。 Sisters�察 �sisters�察 �wherever your
watches Are kept�察�fleet hither to me�察�Fleet hither�察�fleet hither�察�and leave
earth's wretches Alone to their misery。
��A chorus of evil spirits answer as they enter from different parts of the
mountain。 We come� �Vice needs no assistance�察 �She
meets no resistance�察 �Virtue's existence Is only in name�察�
Drinking and eating�察 �Intriguing and cheating�察 �Carousing�察�
completing Their ruin and shame�察 �Old age unrepenting�察�
Manhood unrelenting�察 �Youth sighing and winning�察�
Deceiving and sinning�察 �Deserting�察 �repining�察 �All men are
the same。 Ho� �ho� �Earth quakes with the weight of the anguish
she bears�察�Her plains and her valleys are deluged with tears�察�And her sighs�察�
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if united�察�were deeper by far�察�Than the thunderbolt's peal�察�when the clouds
are at war。 There is�察�not a bosom�察�that bears not within Its chambers�察�the
blot and the burden of sin�察�Not a mind�察�but in many an hour bath felt The
curse of its nature�察�the pangs of its guilt。
These earth´worms� �whose sire would have had us to bow To his dust´
moulded Godship� �whatwhat are they now�拭�In the scale of true goodness�察�
they sink far below The poor�察�patient ox�察�that they yoke to the plough。 Let
them revel awhile�察�in the false glaring light Of deception�察�that blindness
but seems to make bright�察 �Let them gather awhile of time's perishing
flowers�察�The revenge of eternity� �This shall be ours� �Ho� �ho� �
��They settle near the fountain。 The first Spirit addresses them。
The night is advancing�察�Come�察�let us�察�dancing In dewy circles deftly
tread�察�And while we dance round�察�New schemes shall be found�察�To ruin
the living�察�and trouble the dead。
��They form a circle on the margin of the stream�察 �and dance round
singing。
I。
Life is but a fleeting day�察�Half of which man dreams away�察�Night� �we
follow in thy train Sleep� �supreme o'er thee we reign�察�Ours the dreams
that come when thou Sit'st upon the unconscious brow�察 �Reason then
deserts her throne�察�We then reign�察�and we alone。
II。
Then seek we�察�for the maiden's pillow�察�Far beyond the Atlantic's billow�察�
Love's apple�察 �and when we have found it�察 �Draw the magic circle round
it�撮�1�� Fearless pluck it�察�then no charm That it bears may do us harm�察�Place
it near the sleeper's head�察 �It will bring love's visions nigh�察�And when
the pleasing�察�dreams are fled�察 �The waking�察�pensive maid will sigh�察�Till
her bosom has possessed�察�The form that made her dreams so blest。 And
when a maiden finds a lover�察�Her happy days are nearly over�此�Nature hath
unchaste desires�察�Love awakes her slumbering fires�察�And the bosom that is
true in Love is ever near its ruin�察 �Passion's pleading melts the frost Of
chilliest hearts�察�and all is lost�此�For�察�once vice blots a maiden's name�察�She
soon forgets her maiden shame。
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