Page:The Mysterious Mother - Walpole (1781).djvu/33

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
A TRAGEDY.
25
While waiting your arrival, I have hauntedHer convent's parlour. 'Tis my mother's wishTo match her nobly. Hence her guardian abbessAdmits such visitors as claim her noticeBy worthy bearing, and convenient splendor.O Florian, union with that favour'd maidenMight reconcile my mother—Hark! what sound—[A chapel bell rings.

FLORIAN.A summons to some office of devotion.My lord, weigh well what you project—[Singing within.

EDMUND.Voices that seem approaching—huh! tI hearVoices that seem approaching—huh! they sing.Listen!
FLORIAN.Listen!No; let us hence: you will be known.
EDMUND.They cannot know me—see!

SCENE II.

FLORIAN, EDMUND, MARTIN, Orphans.

[A procession of children of both sexes, neatly cloathed in a white and blue uniform, issue from the castle, followed by friar Martin, and advance towards the stage door. They stop, and the children repeat the following hymn, part of which they should have sung within the castle.]

I.Throne of justice! lo! we bend.Thither dare our hopes ascend,

Where

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.