SCENE IV Inside the pavilion. Nureddene, Anice-Aljalice, Shaikh Ibrahim. NUREDDENE Shaikh Ibrahim, verily thou art drunk. IBRAHIM Alas, alas, my dear son, my own young friend! I am damned, verily, verily, I am damned. Ah, my sweet lovely young father! Ah, my pious learned white-bearded mother! That they could see their son now, their pretty little son! But they are in their graves; they are in their cold, cold graves. NUREDDENE Oh, thou art most pathetically drunk. Sing, Anice. OUTSIDE Fish! fish! sweet fried fish! ANICE-ALJALICE Fish! Shaikh Ibrahim, Shaikh Ibrahi

Act Two The forest near Dongurh. SCENE I In the forest near Dongurh. Bappa, Sungram. The Captain and Rajput soldiers, guarded by Bheels. BAPPA Ponder it, captain. Sungram, see the bearers Released, but let those cowards first be scourged Who put their lives above their lady's honour. Give golden largess to the faithful four And send them with a script. Let Edur know That Bappa holds his cherished daughter fast And frees her not save for a lakh of mohurs, Her insufficient ransom. If it displease him, Let him come here with all his fighting men And take her from my grip. Word it to wound him So that he shall come thun

SCENE II Before Alaciel's house. MELANDER (alone) Now, for her widowed state is wooed by night The sable-vested air puts on her stars And in her bosom pins for brooch the moon. She from her diamond chalice soon will pour Her flowing glories on a rose's hair, In pity of my love. Sweet crimson rose, Alaciel's lamp, the beacon of my bliss, O kindle quickly at the moon thy rays. How happy art thou being near my love! For thou who hast the perfume of her breath, Why shouldst thou the spice-lipped Zephyr want? Her dove's feet whispering in the happy grass Are surely lovelier to thee than the dawn; Or wilt thou woo the world-embracing or

THE BIRTH OF SIN A Drama the revised form of The Birth of Sin appears in Volume V - COLLECTED POEMS PERSONS OF DRAMA LUCIFER, the Angel of Power. SIRIOTH, the Angel of Love. GABRIEL, the Angel of Obedience. MICHAEL, the Angel of War. RAPHAEL, the Angel of Sweetness. THE ELOHIM. BELIAL, the Angel of Reason. BAAL, the Angel of Worldly Wisdom. MOLOCH, the Angel of Wrath. SUN. ASHTORATH, the Angel of Beauty. MEROTH, the Angel of Youth. Page – 901 Prologue Act One LUCIFER Master of light and glory, lift thy rays Over the troubled flood; lift u

The Golden Bird IT WAS in the forests of Asan that the Golden Bird first flew out from a flower-besieged thicket and fluttered before the dazzled eyes of Luilla. It was in the forests of Asan, — the open and impenetrable, the haunt of the dancers and untrodden of human feet, coiling place of the cobra and the Python, lair of the lion and jaguar, formidable retreat of the fleeing antelope, yet the green home of human safety where a man and a maiden could walk in the moonlit night and hear unconcerned the far-off broil of the Kings of the wilderness. It was into the friendly and open places that the golden bird fluttered, but it came no less from the coverts of dread an

SCENE V . The forest near Dongurh. Enter bearers with Comol Cumary in the palanquin. 2ND BEARER Courage, brothers, courage! We are almost out of the wood. Enter Kodal, leaping down from a thicket in front. KODAL But it is too soon to hollo. Stop, you plain-frogs, or you shall gutturalize your last croak. 2ND BEARER Put down the palanquin; we are taken. Great emperor of Bheels, be merciful. KODAL Stand still, rogues. I must first haul the runaway Rajpootny out of her dog-box. As he approaches the palanquin, the bearer strikes him down suddenly and throws his bows and arr

SCENE II Outside the palace of Pururavas, beneath the House of Gems. The terrace of the House of Gems with a great staircase leading up to it. The Chamberlain Latavya enters. LATAVYA (sighing) All other men when life is green and strong Marry and toil and get them wealth, then, ageing, Their sons assume the burden, they towards rest Their laboured faces turn. But us for ever Service, a keyless dungeon still renewed, Wears down; and hard that service is which keeps O'er women ward and on their errands runs. Now Kashi's daughter, careful of her vow, Commands me, "I have put from me, Latavya, The obstinacy of offended love And w

Act Three The forest near Dongurh. SCENE I Comol, Coomood, meeting in the forest. COOMOOD CUMARY Where were you hidden, Comol, all this morning? COMOL CUMARY I have been wandering in my woods alone Imagining myself their mountain queen. O Coomood, all the woodland worshipped me! Coomood, the flowers held up their incense-bowls In adoration and the soft-voiced winds Footing with a light ease among the leaves Paused to lean down and lisp into my ear, Oh, pure delight. The forest's unnamed birds Hymned their sweet sovran lady as she walked Lavishing melody. The furry squirrels Peeped fro

THE MAID IN THE MILL LOVE SHUFFLES THE CARDS A Comedy DRAMATIS PERSONAE CUPID. ATE. KING PHILIP OF SPAIN. COUNT BELTRAN, a nobleman. ANTONIO, his son. BASIL, his nephew. COUNT CONRAD, a young nobleman. THE MILLER. ACINTO, his son. JERONIMO, a student. CARLOS, a student. FRIAR BALTASAR, a pedagogue. EUPHROSYNE, the maid of the farm. ISMENIA, sister of Conrad. BRIGIDA, her cousin. Page – 821 Facsimile of a page from THE MADE IN THE MILL Page – 823 Act One SCENE I The King's Court at Salamanca. King Philip, Conra

Act Three SCENE I Hermitage of the Saint Bharat in Heaven. Galava and Pelava. GALAVA Pelava, thee the Sage admitted, happier Chosen, to that great audience in the house Of highest Indra — I meanwhile must watch The sacred flame; inform my absence. Was The divine session with the acting pleased ? PELAVA Of pleased I know not; this I well could see They sat all lost in that poetic piece Of Saraswatie, "Luxmie's Choice" — breathlessly Identified themselves with every mood. But— GALAVA Ah, that but! It opens doors to censure. PELLAVA Yes, Urvasie was heedless, missed her wo