Find prey; till, tir'd at length, sated and tir'd Prince. Then, if we must tug for experience, Is dangerous to fight, not good for food, And cut a path into the heaven of glory, Chand. Age, my lord, views motives, And views not acts. When neither warbling voice With trembling age, the voice of Conscience, then Shall warble round the snowy head, and keep Sweet symphony to feather'd angels sitting As guardians round your chair; then shall the pulse Shall flee away, and leave him all forlorn- [Exeunt. SCENE V.-In SIR THOMAS DAGWORTH'S Tent. To him enters SIR WALTER MANNY. Sir Walter. Sir Thomas Dagworth, I have been a-weeping Over the men that are to die to-day. Dagw. Why, brave Sir Walter, you or I may fall. Sir Walter. I know this breathing flesh must lie and rot Cover'd with silence and forgetfulness. Death wons in cities' smoke, and in still night, When men sleep in their beds, walketh about! How many in walled cities lie and groan, Upon the clouds of heaven, to die no more! How terrible, then, is the field of death! Where he doth rend the vault of heav'n, and shake To me as pale as the pale fainting man On his death-bed, whose face is shown by light Of sickly taper! It makes me sad and sick At very heart. Thousands must fall to-day. Dagw. Thousands of souls must leave this prison house To be exalted to those heavenly fields, Where songs of triumph, palms of victory, Where peace, and joy, and love, and calm content Flowers of heaven's growth over the banquet table. Bind ardent Hope upon your feet like shoes, Put on the robe of preparation, The table is prepar'd in shining heav'n, The flowers of immortality are blown; Let those that fight fight in good steadfastness, And those that fall shall rise in victory. Sir Walter. I've often seen the burning field of war And often heard the dismal clang of arms; But never, till this fatal day of Cressy, Has my soul fainted with these views of death. I seem to be in one great charnel-house, And seem to scent the rotten carcases! I seem to hear the dismal yells of Death, While the black gore drops from his horrid jaws; But oh, the souls that are to die to-day! Dagw. Stop, brave Sir Walter, let me drop a tear, Then let the clarion of war begin; I'll fight and weep! 'tis in my country's cause; I'll weep and shout for glorious liberty. Grim War shall laugh and shout, bedeck'd in tears, And blood shall flow like streams across the meadows, Then England's leaves shall shoot, her fields shall smile, Her mariners shall use the flute and viol, Shall be no more. Sir Walter. Well, let the trumpet sound and the drum beat; Let war stain the blue heavens with bloody banners. I'll draw my sword, nor ever sheath it up, [Exeunt. SCENE VI.-In the Camp. the King's Tent. Several of the Warriors met in O Sons of Trojan Brutus, cloth'd in war, Your ancestors came from the fires of Troy, They landed in firm array upon the rocks Of Albion; they kiss'd the rocky shore: Be thou our mother and our nurse,' they said, 'Our children's mother; and thou shalt be our grave, The sepulchre of ancient Troy, from whence 'Shall rise cities, and thrones, and awful powers.' Our fathers swarm from the ships. Giant voices Our fathers move in firm array to battle; Lights on some woody shore, and the parch'd heavens Rain fire into the molten raging sea. Our fathers, sweating, lean on their spears and view The mighty dead: giant bodies streaming blood, Then Brutus speaks, inspired; our fathers sit Hear ye the voice of Brutus:-The flowing waves 'And my heart labours with futurity. 'Our sons shall rule the empire of the sea, 'Their mighty wings shall stretch from east to west; 'Their nest is in the sea, but they shall roam 'Like eagles for their prey 'Our sons shall rise from thrones in joy, each one 'Buckling his armour on; Morning shall be 'Prevented by the gleaming of their swords, 'And Evening hear their song of victory. 'Freedom shall stand upon the cliffs of Albion, |