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The New World, Quarto Edition, v. II, no. 25, Whole Number 55, Saturday, June 19, 1841.
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Benjamin, Park, 1809-1864. L. E. L. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon), 1802-1838.
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14 February 2017
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Newspaper
Language
English
Publish Date
1841-06-19
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New York : J. Winchester
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Dime Novels and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
The triumph of Lucca : a tragedy / by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
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Popular literature > United States > 19th century > Periodicals.
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I ''i‘in:'NniviwoiiL'I>. :
Rather we take the suffering; and the wrong
Rests on the oppressor’s brad, than we submit.
Not while one hand can strike on Lucca’s side,
Not while one stone is left of Lucca‘s walls, ‘
Not while one heart beats in our country's cause, . '
Will Lucca stoop beneath a foreign yoke.‘
Ye only light for conquest or for spoil:
We for our homes, our rights, our ancient walls!
‘ ' The sword is drawn%od be the judge between us!
Goivs. Have ye no other answer 1 '
Cur. ' '
Cesano is your escort to the gates.
Goivs.’ I take your answerewar, then, to the death.-[E:rt't.
2n Nos. ‘Are ye not rash in is! how weak our state
Compared with I-‘lorence. ' '
CAST. Twice have we met them in the open field, ,
' Each time they fled before us. Oh! my friends, '
. IfI may call ye such, we are not weak .' ,
Who have our own good swords, and urge a war .
Just in the sight of heaven. Our weakness lies
In our dissensions, in the small base aims
That disuuite us from the common cause.
’ I Lucca were strong, bad Lucca but one heart!
Why should ye be mine enemies 1, I see
Yours in the general good. I stand between
Ye and a people whom ye would oppress.
Know ye not, love has stronger rule than fear 3
A country, 611 ’d with tyrants and with slaves,
What waits upon her history T-crime and shame!
But the free state, where every rank is knit '
By general blemings, freedom shared by all,
There is prosperity-there those great names
Whose glory lingers though themselves be gone.
I It is not ya I serve,it is your country !-(Applniitm)
21> NOB. [A.ti'iic.] I see that we must yield, or seem to yield;
H now. ’ . - ‘ -
CAST. And for this base suhmimion
To your hereditary enemies, '
There is no Yoke so gelling as the yoke
Foreign invaders place upon your neck !
The heavy and the arbitrary sway '
That ye would fix upon your countrymen,"
Would soon be on yourselves. Lucas is free ;
To keep her so is trusted to your swords!
Imarch to meet the Florentine: to-marrow;
' Will ye not follow me for I..ucca's sake I '
Noai.i:s. We will. a
Our.
. Now must I forth to thank the citizens.
[Sui Annr:zr.] The Count Arrezi here !
Ann. I came here as your friend. a -
CA.s'r. Then bear but hence my greeting to your daughter.
Ann. My lord, she is much honor ’d! [Shouts lI'flfl0lll.‘4
CAST. The people are impatient, let us forth:
I am impatient, too, to thank their love.
We will go forth together, and with them
Make common cause. [Ea-tmnt.
. arm or IIRST M11‘.
‘ - AG’! :1. g
, SCENE I....ApurImrnlt'1i the An‘rri' Pultu'P.:
.c..iiunn'i. [Seated in an e1nln‘o1'den'ng-frn1tit.]
The past it is my world: ah.’ but for that, .
How could I bear the prrsent’! In the past . , I
Is garnered all most precious to my soul.
It is not true that love decays or dies ‘
With time or absence : years have passed away,
Yet still my dreams are faithful to one thought.
One voice rnakca secret music in my ear,
Distinct as when it breathed its earliest vow.
Long since hath hope grown faint, but weary never!
Fate may have said that we shall meet no more !
But rather would I live upon the love
“those only food is memory, than forget,
And ask oblivion for its cold content. .
’ .nIer tom.
Lao. Nay, I must not disturb you 2 pray resume
’ Your grareful task. - ‘
CLAR. ' ardon me, sir. [Going-he tleluim her.
'Li:o. ’Tis long since I have seen so fair at face,
‘And cannot part with it so readily. . '.
CLAII. I will announce your coming to my lady.
Lzo. She knows it, sweet, and will be here anon.
. The time will not seem long with those dark eyes
To count the minutes by.
Gun. '
I
You must excuse my stay.
' Snntcher her hand from him-nil.
, y ' - , l [
' i Iito. [SoIau.]A Women exaggerate all things-most of all
Our flattertes and their power. ”Foolish girl!
. She rdght have passed my wa’ ing pleasantly.
. Iiut soft! here comes my uncle. . '
v ' - .. nle Andrrz . ,'
.‘Aun.. Welcome, fair nephrew, ones: again to Lucca. ,
Ls:o.AThar‘iiks? my kind hirilgman; but, before I say ’
‘ wor o greeting te me of your news. '
Ann. This ’twlxt ourselves-I bring the very worst.
CEISIYHCCIO lb! again the lord of Lucca.
Lao. t cannot e. ‘i i I .
‘Aim. The people rose and freed him from his prison,
Bare him in triumph to the senate-house, I
And, onceiimong us, all gave way before him. '
Lao. What! did ye yield, so many as ye were 1.
.A,m, What could we do’! strong asthe iingry sea,‘
The people gathered fiercely at the gates,
, And many ofthe younger nobles leaned ‘v ‘ .
Toward his side, chilled at the thoughts of peace
Bought by subrnimion to the I-‘lorenti
' es. -
“Lso. (Aside ] Cowardsandtraitors to themselves. [Almul.
‘ And ’ i ‘
w
What is the course ye mean to follow ‘! g I
Ami. Our power is broken, and we must submit.
I..r.o. Is it the head of our most noble house‘
Who names submission to the Castrucani ‘l '
Ann. -What can we do’! he 's bravo ziud'rlo1‘l“"I'-
Ilis sword subdues the Florentiiizs, 1115 “"13"”
Enchant: ll" pgoplgg ' - - : '
:o.- . Vyha. can ye do I-resist.
Aux What has resulted from our late resistance
' But a more firm assurance to his sway '
Ltq. Fools, that could let a prison stand between
Their enemy and death! ’ " ‘ '
Ann. We must conciliate now.
Leo. i
i .
He is to wed 1
The fair Bianca. - . 9
RR. VVe shall share his power.
line. Ilike no sharing but the l.ion’s share.
This was not once the temper of our house 2 .
The Castrucani owed their banishment
To us and ours.
It is the deathsknell of all happiness. r
CLAR. Alas, I dare not question ; yet, one word-
Have you forgotten me 1 , ,
CAST. Forgotten what was tlearesf to my soul!
CLAR. Alas, how may that be, if Count Castruccio
Or rather let me hear that name no more, ,
‘And myAmino be the same ’! ‘ -
Gnu‘. Evil and bitter were my early y ars:
: Exiled in childhood, sought for but to slay, ‘
o y re-assumed our ancient iiam
When, gathering all the remnants of our cause,
I raised the banner of our line, and came ‘
.- A conqueror-who but only came to spare. .
CLAR. I would that I had earlier known your name.
CART. How bitterly Imock the pride that kept
My birth a secret; yet ’twss not all pride,
I planned a glad surprise for her I loved;
‘ , In the hrst dawn of my success, Isought
‘ The well-remembered vineyards.
Chan. Farewell, Count Castruccio! had I known
The name whose triumphs fill our Italy, , ,
I had not hoped as I have done for years;
" But I should still have loved: it does not need
That words should say, the nameless, friendless girl
Is nothing to the Lord of Lucca. ‘ > '
CAST. Weary and hard has been my path through life;
Its brief success by danger has been oug ;
‘ Yet knew i not its bitterness till now.
Gun. Farewell, my lord. . ' ' - i
Can-r. Hear me, Clariclia-be yourself my judge--;
at Lucca was, let our first years recall :
Years past in war and exile-when the land
Had not one vineyard safe--one hearth secure-
How stands my country now ‘pat peace within,
The peasant, undisturbed beneath his vine, '
The citizen in safety, high orlow, C
While our fair banners flout the gates of Florence.
Not for the palace only have I r e ‘
But for the green fields and the market place;
Peace dwells beneath the shadow of my power.
Cum. 'Ah, me! I know too well how much Castruecio
Has done for Lucca.
E Ah! those were loriaus days.
None questioned, then, our right it] sovereignty. '
Lao. ‘Which half the citizens now laugh to scam.
As yet I have not been an hour in Lucca,
Yet I can see all things are changed. . -
Ann. , Too true !
L):o. Your servants are your masters; where are gone
Your old respect and high authority’!
Aim. I do not know the Limes in which I live,
So much of change lies heavy on each hour I
Custrucoio comes to-night-now greet him fair.
LEO. “What! when he comes a suitor to rny'cousin1
Aim. Such an alliance will secure us all.
Lao. I tell you, count, that it shall never be;
Think upon what you owe your ancient line :
' Its feuds are bonds iLs honor must hold dear.
We hate lhc Castmcani! .
Ann. I have small cause, ifyou knew all, to love them.
Leo. And yet you yield and tamper with Castruccio.
Ans. And once again, I say, what can we do 1 . ’
Lno. (Aside) I-Ie wavers-ancient hatred is too strong ,
For the new bond ofinterest and offea ‘ ‘
But yet I dare not trust him with the scheme
That rises dark and vague upon my mind. '
I must think more. loud. -Again, I say, resist!
. But wisely, calmly; never should the sword
Flash till it strikes.
l
I ’ll tell you truly, kinsman,
I like not this alliance: it is forced i
On us by evil days and evil fortunes.
, Now, more than ever, do we need such aid,
For I misdoubt but that Castruccio knows
‘T was not to serve him that I sought the council '
When he was prisoner. r
' - id him, as you said, ‘
To a gay banquet here, and bid with him ‘
All his chief followers; let us seem friends: CAI
And. if we watch our hour, that hour will come.
Ann. I ’ll to the Castrucani palace straight,
And urge our welcome. [E1-it.
Lao. (Solusg And he will, come ; danger escaped but
I S
no.
-r. > i Ihave given youth,
And love, and hope, to be hersacrilice.
From the first hour that Iiucca owned my sway,
I only look’d to her prosperity .-
The heart went with her that now turns aside;
On one side dost thou stand and happiness,
But on the other, danger, toil, and cure.
Cr..aa. ' And duty!
CAST. ‘A heavy duty girdles me around ; ' '
Arrezi’s daughter has my plighted honor :
For Lucca’s sake was the alliance sought,
[E111 To hind her father’s party to my side.
0 A darker power tbanmine impels me on-<
For the first time I hesitate, and fain .
m e . .
The brave more daring; and Castruccio ‘s brave.
It is a desperate game that I must try, i .
' And yet our only chance. There ‘a little time,
But haste is the friend of enterprise:
I will but snatch a moment with Bianca,
Then to mytask. v
I SCENE II....InIet‘t'or afn Chnrrli.
CLARICI-IA entrrs, and makes an Ofn-irig of Flowers at the
- Sin-ineoflhe Mmlmma. .
Cr.an. [Sult4x.] Lady divine, who yet an houndto emit C’-A
I ' By the strong tie o sorrows shared, loo
And smile upon the offering which each day , i
4 1 05'” for his gakp; if y,,, 0,, amt,’ a Gas-r. Has hfe no service Icould render thee’!
“teary he wand", ,,,e,,g,h,.n and suppart; Cuin. Whatis there Itcould ask of thee but love '4
1[.h,,ugm of me add to his happiness < CAST. I cannot part with thee: I had forgotten ‘ '
Keep ;, aim,’ and 3“, be "gm, , That there were sweet and gentle thoughts in life;
Let me fade gentl , like a pleasant dream- L" "'9 d" ”""'e‘.h’!‘<'=' rm‘ my 531”! ‘"7 l""d "1!"-
Swect, but too aim to rest on memory! C“R‘ Oh’ d“‘h’.lh‘? ‘5 "W “EWY!
1,-,4,“ 01,,’ M’ M, "8" in my pm "5 CART. The council will have met-I must away;
can Iname death. [sound of ,,,,,,,.oM;,,-,,g mp,‘ Who could restrain my followers in their fear
Some one approaches, and I cannot hear If I “'9” ““55"‘g1 5'" '10‘ Y" f-‘"W91l: ‘
iMy quiet moment broken. [Slit retires up the ridge. 1 “V3 3‘! '““c,h 1“ “Yr 9“ '““‘3h "’ “k- ‘ ’ '
Enter CASTRIICCIO niujlcd, and a Fmnnnrinn Srr. ‘V9 “'9” “gm”: Cl“.“”h"5 I must seek .
, l ‘ At least to be thy friend; we meet again.
CAIT. Iunderstand their plan; . . , .
Flown“ will aid mg am", 65,. Cum. Alas! why should we meet’! it isin vain. I
pm“. Such is he, policy; hat wishes mks bu . , V CAST. I cannot choose, my heart beats quick with 10)’:
Upon the “Meta Sid,‘ . Youth, hope, and tenderness return with thee.
51- . . , 1, mm”, M,‘ I ' Curt. hor thine own sake, Castruccio,fare-thee-well.
CART. Stay yet one moment; if thou didst but know
. - How faithfully this heart has kept thy name,
Its sad and secret music; years have past
Since the green vineyards heard our youthful vow;
' Ilurried our parting word, and parting '
But not less sacred. In my firstcareer >
Thou wertm hope, my star of ente rise-
When I looked forward, ’twas to look to thee.
it. And now we meet, and know that we must part,
Unpityingfate! why met we not before 1
31'. My exilewas repealed, but ere Isought
My native city, I did seek for thee; '
Instead of sunny welcome in thine eyes,
iI found butdesolation and despair: . . ‘
Dark night, and its eternal echoes, gave
The only answer when I called thy name.
Cr.Ar.. Oh! if we had but met. . .
CAs'r. Fats mocks at us; a few brief hours suffice
To stand between us and our happiness, l .
Thenceforth I hadthose gentle hopes no more,
That make the spirit gentle where they dwell
Lucca was then my all-I had no hopes 1
But for the glory of my native city;
To see her free and prosperous, became
I would recall my purpose.
a. i . . me ; ‘
Look on yon heaven, Castniccio, and think
Of thineown glorious future. ' '
, , , . .
One victory mare, and I can name my terms;
It is the secret statagem I seek; -
For that I look to thee-henceforth we meet
Within this church; few ever come this way.
Fma. To-morrow look for tidings from the camp. ‘ i
CAST. I or Cesario will meet you here " ‘ '
At this same hour. i Here is your promised gold.
Fcma. l Thanks: I will be secret as the grave. [E;riL
CAs1'. Iloatbe Ihr: tools that I perforce must use; C“
For sooner would I hang yon knave than pay him.
Crime takes no shape so base as treachery, , C‘
And yon slave betray’: his city’: eouncil
For a few ducats; but the time will come,
When, strong in Luccu’s cause, I shall not need
Such an unworthy means; the slave and spy
Belong to tyranny, and freedom works ‘
‘ With nobler instruments. ,
Going out, CLARICHA rrtmm, they meet fact to face, and re-
. cogniu each other. - ‘ l ‘
Casr. My loved, my lost, my beautiful Claricha!
Cunt. Oh ! wake me not Amino, ifI dream.
A91‘. Amino! how that name recalls my youth
But whence art thou’! when last I sought our home, ‘
'I'here,was no vestige of the humble roof , ' . I b ‘
That was the shelter of our early years. ‘ Life a sole 3'98 ?‘J5)Em-“L ‘ ‘ .
I only found a heap of blackened ashes CL.ut. NOLI" ml 83 2 5 ‘"5" 5 hem PW”
- 0’cr which the green weeds had begun to trail. Upon his s,“’"0“=‘ P‘"'?.'“" for my sake
ci.i.. You had not on us but . few sad months, . Forge! W 9 "ONES! d'"'=8- ' ’
Xvhen, burnt and pluntler’d by the Florentines, ‘ C4‘5T- Thu“ "I mm-9 strong til“ I ‘"."T7“ ""1 50'
Our village ‘mid its vineyards lay in ruins; 1 sex thy cheekfiis pale, thine eye!-9 W5‘.
The aid from Lucca sent, arrived too late . i ICWW" 193" ‘ 59' ‘ .
To save our homes; but to the chief Arnzi ’
Iowa my life, and, placed by him, I dwelt
Long with a noble lady ofphia house,
Who loved me like the children she had lost.
CAST. The Count Arrezi! strange we nevermet.
Curt.‘ I have not been three days inLucca-death
Left me once more alone in this cold world.
i Again the Count Arrezi was my friend, '
And placed me with his daughter, who is soon
To wad the Count Castruccio.
Cas-r. . s , i '. ' ’ .
CI-An. ' ‘ ' Amino! v
‘ Enltr CESAIUD hastily. '
Ca-,s. I pray your pardon, but the need is great;
The late attempt lills all your friends with fear.
Not mine to check their angry eagerness, ’
Which now is fain to seek thee, sword in hand.
Carr. To stay is madness now ; my brief slay ‘
May be atoned in blood. Love. MW f"""'"(,
I P“? you, lady, uihge his 8p=ed- s
e .'
Cris.
CLAI. Farewell! farew
Carr.’ Meet me again, Clarichu, meet me here.
Here, with high Heaven, and the dead around,
Fit for farewell like ours. Sternly I fee
The pressure of my duty to th2 18
Iamlie.
CAST. Oh, breathe that name again-let it recall >
All that my youth once dreamed of hope and love! . V
, rid, , ‘ I
- Whose people are entrusted to my ke!plYl:i