DRAMATIS PERSONE. SAMIASA. AZAZIEL. RAPHAEL the Archangel. NOAH and his Sons. IRAD. ЈАРНЕТ. ANAH. AHOLIBAMAH. Chorus of Spirits of the Earth.-Chorus of Mortals. HEAVEN AND EARTH. PART I. SCENE I. A woody and mountainous district near Mount Ararat. Time, midnight. Enter ANAH and AHOLIBAMAH. ANAH. Our father sleeps: it is the hour when they Who love us are accustomed to descend Through the deep clouds o'er rocky Ararat : Ано. So do I, but not with fear Of aught save their delay. ANAH. I love Azaziel more than My sister, though -oh, too much! What was I going to say? my heart grows impious. Ано. And where is the impiety of loving Celestial natures? ANAH. But, Aholibamah, I love our God less since his angel loved me: That I do wrong, I feel a thousand fears Which are not ominous of right. Ано. Then wed thee Unto some son of clay, and toil and spin! There's Japhet loves thee well, hath loved thee long; Marry, and bring forth dust! ANAH. I should have loved Azaziel not less were he mortal; yet I am glad he is not. I can not outlive him. Of the poor child of clay which so adored him, His grief will be of ages, or at least Mine would be such for him, were I the Seraph, That he will single forth some other daughter Of Earth, and love her as he once loved Anah. ANAH. And if it should be so, and she loved him, Better thus than that he should weep for me. АнO. If I thought thus of Samiasa's love, All Seraph as he is, I'd spurn him from me. Whatever star contain thy glory; Though through space infinite and hoary Yet hear! Oh! think of her who holds thee dear! Thou canst not tell,-and never be * The Archangels, said to be seven in number. |