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SCENE II . A lake ; Karl rowing a boat in the distance ; a youth walking on the shore . Karl [ sings ] . Hurra ! the waters glide beneath , The foul bird screams above , The one like man ' s deceitful smile , The other like his love . The water ' s sheen hides foulest things , And so doth man ' s false smile ; The wild bird preys without remorse , Man loves—and slavs . the while .
^ m [ Boat touches the shore and Karl lands . Hal my young Lord ! Thus early looking for me ? Hath aught been wanting in the invisible hands That should supply your wants ? Edgar . No , no , good Karl ! The spirit ' s ever watchful , ever tending , And ere my wishes warm themselves to words , Their objects greet my sight and woo my having . But sure , my Karl , thou dost forget the day ? Said not my fond , though frowning , Sire , that I To-day should see a portion of the world , Which , small to the whole , as far exceeds our isle In vastness , as this lake yon gushing fountain ? Oh , how I pant to see it in its wonder ! Karl . 'Tis but unknowing youth that makes you thus Anticipate delight from what is hateful . You have your books , and must , from them , have learned A something of man ' s vices and man ' s baseness . Edgar . But those who chronicle them scourge them , too , And thus I learn that virtue is no fable .
Karl [ aside . ] A goodly prospect of disgusting him ! [ Aloud . ] Ascend we this sky-piercing hill , and by My secret pow ' r I will display some portions , Ay ! and the fairest , too , of the wide earth , And you shall judge of them . [ They ascend . ] This climbing ' s tedious ! Edgar . And well the prospect pays the toil of climbing . See ! Karl , how beauteously the early day Lies on the waveless lake like molten gold ! Karl . Fit mirror for our work : a moment spare me , While I evoke , and task , superior spirits . * **** * * * * * * ' Tis done : and as each pictured scene shall rise , To thy young ear I will explain its features ; Nor fear you that my wisdom will disdain Edgar . Hold ! What is that ? My Sire ' s vast armoury , With the small oratory at its end ?
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1833, page 746, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2626/page/14/
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