XVII. On a very Ugly WOMAN. How happy for us mortals 'twere DRAMATIC FRAGMENT. SCENE-Holland. TIME-During the Government of the ELLIS. Not complain! Endure in silence! suffer with beast patience Oppressions such as these! KLAUS. Nay-an it please you, Rail on, rail on! and when the rod of power Falls heavy, why, no doubt 'twill comfort you Amid your dungeon miseries, to reflect How valiantly you talk'd! you know Count Roderick ; He would be railing too! ELLIS. And what has followed'? KLAUS. I saw him in his dungeon: 'tis a place Where the hell-haunted murderer might almost R Rejoice to hear the hangman summon him. With watching thro' the grate the snow-flakes fall, Or he may trace upon the ice-glazed wall ELLIS. But does Philip Command these things, or knowingly permit KLAUS Knowest thou not with what confidence the King That 'tis with Philip a twin act to know Of our state-creed, 'twere heresy to doubt. How should it pierce the palace? how intrude ELLIS. But sure Count Roderick's service KLAUS. Powerful plea! He served his country and his country paid him. ELLIS. I would I were in England! KLAUS. Aye, get thee home again! you islanders you are no more fit to dwell abroad Than a doting mother's favourite to endure His first school hardships. We in Holland here |