Who chose thee for his shadow! Thou chief star! And hearts of all who walk within thy rays! I ne'er shall see thee more. As my first glance Of love and wonder was for thee, then take I follow. [Exit MANFRED. SCENE III. The Mountains-The Castle of Manfred at some distance-A Terrace before a Tower.-Time, Twilight. HERMAN, MANUEL, and other Dependants of MANFRED. HER. 'Tis strange enough; night after night, for years, th pursued long vigils in this tower, aw conclusions absolute, of aught chamber where none enter; I would give ee of what I have to come these three years, ore upon its mysteries. ANUEL. atures or of form, but mind and habits: t Sigismund was proud, but gay and free, arrior and a reveller; he dwelt not books and solitude, nor made the night Domy vigil, but a festal time, ier than day; he did not walk the rocks And forests like a wolf, nor turn aside From men and their delights. HER. Beshrew the hour, But those were jocund times! I would that such As if they had forgotten them. MANUEL. These walls Must change their chieftain first. Oh! I have seen Some strange things in them, Herman. HER. Come, be friendly; Relate me some to while away our watch: I've heard thee darkly speak of an event Which happen'd hereabouts, by this same tower. So like that it might be the same; the wind ady Astarte, his Enter the Аввот. BOT. Where is your master? BOT. I must speak with him. most private, and must not be thus ded on. BOT. Upon myself I take Forfeit of my fault, if fault there be- 3BоT. Then it seems I must be herald SCENE IV. Interior of the Tower. MANFRED alone. MAN. The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains.-Beautiful! I linger yet with Nature, for the night Than that of man; and in her starry shade I learn'd the language of another world. The trees which grew along the broken arches |