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But could not gather courage first to make The sacrifice that should accompany A sad , brief story . Cosmo . I , perchance , have heard Less hopeful narratives . By Dante ' s soul ! There are more dragons in the world than men ; More graves than hearts I Nay—do not tremble , child 1 "—p . 61 .
There is a dignified strength exerted in the sustained passiveness of Ippolita , and a sensitive delicacy which sometimes gives a character the semblance of coldness . Her own love is unchangeable , but Giovanni ' s earnest rejections of the sacrifice she makes , and with which in her heart she wishes he may
refuse to accord , cannot conquer her instinctive perception that he will accept the brilliant alliance projected for him . Thus a degree of pride evidently mixes with her sentiments of duty . A subsequent scene with the Duchess is illustrative of this view of her character : —
" Ipp o . My future life I deem so valueless , I would not listen to one passing sigh For my conclusion . Since I am fix'd to do it , I should not seek for sympathy , which longs To be entreated back . Duch . Thou mak ' st me weep By thus rejecting tears . vF Irp K * Tf ! y ( l 7 F
Ippo . Sweet lady ! do not pity me ; For pride oft braids the hair that sorrow moistens . The prince hath prov'd his duty ; I , my love ; And cypress-sceptered Misery follows both !"—p . 81-83 .
There is a peculiar beauty in the poetry of the author we are studying , which frequently makes itself felt we scarcely know whence ; we mean the spiritual , undefined allusions we frequently discover , as though
the shadows of the dark realities as they pass impressed themselves upon the mental vision . Such an instance occurs in the chorus which Garcia hears as he approaches the hall on his return from the forest : —
chorus , within . " Fill I fill the bossy Vulcan bowl , Whose images of Saturn ' s reign Start as they feel the Bacchic soul Ecstatic through the metal's vein ! Fill , to the fresh Saturnian sway , While the dead smile amidst their clay 1 "—p . 60 .
A simplicity of description conveying an impression of awe is manifested in Cosmo's
ejaculation on seeing Garcia mingling in the festival ; - —
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Cosmo de Medici . 199
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 1, 1837, page 199, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1835/page/55/
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