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Page 1 of 11898 · PDF PAGE 17
…t High, give ear To our pitiful complaint: Under woes of war we faint. Pity, Lord of Hosts, our fear! Hear, Most High, oh, hear! ° Enter Messenger. MESSENGER. My lords, take heed now, prayer is good to save - While yet the foemen are far off ; but now They howl and clamour at our very gates. ‘ ELEAZAR. Blaspheme not God, but tell thy woeful news. CHORUS. I fear me for the sorrow that he speaks. MESSENGER. The tribe of Ephraim went forth to fight Armed, and with bows, and turned them back to-day.
1898 · PDF PAGE 8
…r. JARED, A Gileadtte, cousin to Jephthah. A Prophet of the Lord. ELEAZAR, Chief of the Elders of Israel. AHINOAM, an aged Priest. First Messenger. Second Messenger. First Herald. Second Herald. Soldiers of Jephthah. Soldiers of Israel. Chorus of Elders of Israel. Maidens of Israel. SCENE :—An Open Place before Mizpeh. In the midst an Altar. TiME :—The duration of the play is from noon of the first day to dawn of the third.
1898 · PDF PAGE 48
44 JEPHTHAH. Furlong, and greets us with a joyous neigh As if he understood the victory. Enter Second Messenger. SECOND MESSENGER. Rejoice, O Israel, for this day hath seen Utter destruction overtake, and death Ride furious over, trampled necks of men Desperate in vain, and seen red hell gape wide To swallow up the heathen. Victory Swells the red-gleaming torrent of pursuit, And Israel shakes her lazy flanks at last A lion famished, and is greedy of death. CHORUS. O joyful day! And where is Jephthah now? | MESSENGER. Faint with the heat of a ha…
1898 · PDF PAGE 19
…R. Get thee to horse and carry me this message: The Elders unto Jephthah, greeting : Help! No single cry beyond that Help! Be gone! Exit Messenger. CHORUS. I fear me our necessity is sure. But they come hither. Shall we rather flee ? ELEAZAR. I stand here manly, and will die a man. CHORUS. For cowardice not pleases God, nor fear. Shall we not take up weapons? Or shall He Rather defend us with His Holy Arm, We not presuming in our arrogance To come with cunning, and defend ourselves ? ELEAZAR. Nay, but God smites with sharpness of our swords, CH…
1898 · PDF PAGE 46
…trembles in the pillared echo-places, And windy corridors of pathless snow. But let us wait, expecting victory. No fugitive returns, nor messenger : They have not shocked together, or perchance The grim fight rolls its sickening tide along
1898 · PDF PAGE 35
…out for joy, my friends! But who comes whirling in yon dusty cloud With trampling charger dimly urging him Toward our conclave? ’Tis our messenger. Re-enter Herald. Sir, you ride well. I pray your news be good.
1898 · PDF PAGE 18
…ate, And all our young men murderously slain, And children spitted on their coward spears. CHORUS. How heavy is Thy hand upon us, Lord ! MESSENGER. Nor stayed they there; but, fring Mahanaim, Sweep toward Mizpeh like a locust-cloud.