] King.
ABD. Amazement!
MUZA. Treason!
EGI. O horror!
MUZA. Seize him.
EGI. Spare him! fly to me!
JUL. Urge me not to protect a guest, a herald -
The blasts of war roar over him unfelt.
EGI. Ah fly, unhappy!
ROD. Fly! no, Egilona -
Dost thou forgive me? dost thou love me? still?
EGI. I hate, abominate, abhor thee--go,
Or my own vengeance -
ROD. [taking JULIAN's hand, and inviting him to attack MUZA and
ABDALAZIS.]
Julian!
JUL. Hence, or die.
SECOND ACT: FIRST SCENE.
Camp of JULIAN.
JULIAN and COVILLA.
JUL. Obdurate! I am not as I appear.
Weep, my beloved child, Covilla, weep
Into my bosom; every drop be mine
Of this most bitter soul-empoisoning cup:
Into no other bosom than thy father's
Canst thou, or wouldst thou, pour it.
COV. Cease, my lord,
My father, angel of my youth, when all
Was innocence and peace.
JUL. Arise, my love,
Look up to heaven--where else are souls like thine!
Mingle in sweet communion with its children,
Trust in its providence, its retribution,
And I will cease to mourn; for, O my child,
These tears corrode, but thine assuage the heart.
COV. And never shall I see my mother too,
My own, my blessed mother!
JUL. Thou shalt see
Her and thy brothers.
COV. No! I cannot look
On them, I cannot meet their lovely eyes,
I cannot lift mine up from under theirs.
We all were children when they went away;
They now have fought hard battles, and are men,
And camps and kings they know, and woes and crimes.
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