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diff --git a/77708-0.txt b/77708-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2d171c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/77708-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3511 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 77708 *** + + + + + WANDA. + + + ❦ + + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + WANDA. + + + A DRAMATIC POEM. + + + BY COLONEL J. PRZYIEMSKI, + + AUTHOR OF “SKETCHES OF THE POLISH MIND.” + + + “Noch köstlicheren Samen bergen + Wir, trauernd, in der Erde Schoos, + Und hoffen, dass er aus den Särgen + Erblühen soll zu schönerm Loos.” + SCHILLER. + + + TRANSLATED BY A. M. M. + + + PRIVATELY PRINTED. + 1863. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + INTRODUCTION. + + +As the early history of Poland is almost unknown in England, it may be +necessary to state that this little poem is merely a poetical version of +a real event, the memory of which is dear to every Polish heart. Wanda +(the daughter of the great founder of Cracow), having really devoted +herself to death for the sake of her country, under the circumstances +and from the motives which are here assigned. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. + + + WANDA, _Queen of Poland_. + LESJA, } + HALINA, } _her Maidens_. + RZEWNA, } + LESZEK, _a Polish Officer_. + A BARD. + HERMANN, _Ambassador to_ Rüdiger, _Prince of Germany_. + A FISHERMAN. + + + _Choruses of Maidens, Warriors, People, Goblins, and Water Spirits._ + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + PROLOGUE. + + BARD. + + _On the banks of the Vistula opposite the Wawelberg[1] (Cracow)._ + + Bless Poland, bless the poet and his lay! + Look not upon the smallness of his gift, + But as the widow’s mite that gift receive; + Too well thou knowest whose the robber band + That on our treasures ruthlessly hath seized; + Alas! this nameless vampyre long hath quench’d, + In choicest life-blood, and in burning tears, + The lightning kindled fire of sacred song! + A hundred years with muffled tread have pass’d, + Since, by a threefold fetter firmly bound, + The tuneful harp hath ceased its thrilling voice,-- + Since, by a threefold spell, the poet-soul + From home and country hath been exiled far. + Yet good and evil wage their wonted war + Here, as elsewhere, with varying success, + Though rarely may the good victorious rise, + And as the spirit of the age appear, + While the proud powers of darkness vanquish’d bow. + Then, and then only, glows one sudden gleam,-- + Then, and then only, sounds one thrilling tone + From that charm’d cavern of oblivion’s shore + Where burn the poet’s harp and heart unseen; + Unseen as yet, but from those raging flames + Their seeming prey immortal yet shall rise,-- + Rise, Phœnix-like, above the hostile blaze, + And win a wond’ring world’s admiring gaze. + +----- + +Footnote 1: + + As it is at the present day, fortified by the Austrians _against_ + Cracow. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + WANDA. + + + + + ACT I. + + CRACOW, AS IN LEGENDARY TIMES. + + + SCENE I. + + GOBLINS, WATER SPIRITS. + + CHORUS OF GOBLINS. + + Sing on, thou weird old salamander, + In magic fiery mazes wander, + Thy burning song may hurt thyself, + But cannot warm one shivering elf; + ’Twill disenchant thy mind deluded, + And yet our power is not illuded, + In baleful spells we keep thee bound, + And firmly are the fetters wound. + List to that magic spell, and say + If thou canst exorcise its sway, + But for a time, + By foamy froth of hollow hope, + Or reminiscences raised up + Of Poland’s prime!-- + Hither, ye demons dire, + Of rapine, and murder, and spite, + Perjury, falsehood, conspire, + All in one compact unite; + Reach out the hand, + A chosen band + Of mortals shall greet you, + And lovingly treat you, + As brothers in arms; + Who sneer down as vain + Each national claim, + And of right + Make light, + Though pray’d for in common humanity’s name. + What, tremble ye, cowards! delay not, draw near, + If God be a fiction, what is there to fear? + By your gorgon-like aspect, congeal’d into stone, + All helpless and heedless the nations look on. + In the name of all things holy + Desecration shall be bless’d, + Sin itself be canonized, + At the triple crown’s behest. + Hither spirits, powers of evil! + Soon your mighty chief, the Devil, + Gives that watchword to your ring + Which no minstrel can out-sing. + Write then, weak poet, on the changing sand + Which skirts the boasted river of thy land; + Write thy dull song of Poland’s daughters rare, + And all the heroic virtues of the fair; + Oblivion’s waves shall soon engulf thy rhymes, + Siberia’s snows be wafted o’er the lines, + Ashes of Polish bones that moulder’d down, + Where Spielberg and Spandau portentous frown, + Shall closely hide them with a spectral pall, + And from the shuddering eye shall cover all. + Sing, if thou wilt, of patriotic queens, + Of sacrifice of self, and all such themes; + Foreign oppressors soon, short-sighted fool, + Triumphantly shall reign with iron rule, + Though fearing, hating you with deadly hate, + And kindling you to hatred all too late: + When ye shall see the Vistula, beside + Her hundred sisters, with your life-blood dyed, + And when the Polish Wawel’s cannon shows + A front ’gainst Poland, not ’gainst Poland’s foes. + Then to your poets, into exile driven + Will time and leisure bounteously be given + To groan in cadence drear a worthless song, + To wail those foreign hills and groves among; + There, where a happy ignorance of grief + Forbids e’en sympathy to lend relief, + Where echo only answers with a groan, + The language and the woe alike unknown. + + CHORUS OF WATER SPIRITS _from the Vistula_. + + Away, ye dark spirits, in vain are your cries, + Who mock at misfortune, and virtue despise. + Ye symbols of hard and material prose, + Of poetry _living_ or _rhyming_ the foes; + Away! for the poet’s vocation sublime + To you is a problem unsolved for all time; + Heaven’s bolts lifeless fall when they reach the morass, + And thus the ideal with minds of your class. + Look up then, and know that your reign’s at an end; + From the Wawel see Wanda’s fair maidens descend; + At the aspect of innocence, beauty and love, + Quail, quail, ye dark demons! and shrinking remove; + Haste ere your weak vision be quench’d by the light, + Ye birds of ill-omen, ye owls of the night! [_Exeunt._ + + + SCENE II. + + A BARD (_lost in meditation_); LESJA, _at the head of a train of + Maidens_; WANDA _soon after_; RZEWNA _later_. + + LESJA. + + Hail to thee, Bard, thou favour’d of the gods! + Their very language not unknown to thee, + Through whom the aspirations of mankind, + Formless and voiceless, dreaming i’ the dark, + Instinctive upward, shape immortal find, + And, dumb no longer, blossom into song. + We seek thee, Wanda seeks thee, she, our queen, + Would fain from thy experience counsel draw, + And in the labyrinth where she walks perplext, + Sighs for the clue of wisdom; as I speak, + See she approaches with enquiring face. + + WANDA. + + Friend of my father, servant of our gods! + Thou knowest well the answer I have given + To all the messengers by princes sent, + Who thirst for power, not love, who thinly veil + ’Neath flattering smiles ambition’s anxious eye, + Seeking not Wanda’s heart, but Poland’s throne. + Yet may I always distance suitors thus, + And can I, ’mid the gaudy counterfeits + Round me, sincerity’s fair form discern, + And know to whom through very love for ME, + My _dearer_ self, my people, will be dear? + Say, on what altars shall I incense burn? + What oracle consult? I stand in doubt, + In me the maiden and the queen contend. + Fain to the gods would I be consecrate + In vestal purity, as priestess dwell, + Tending the sacred fire; yet can it be? + Say, minstrel, may such blissful lot be mine? + + BARD. + + Nay, nay, my queen, th’ eternal law of love, + In earth and heaven the same, such choice forbids; + Blessing and fruitfulness are e’er twin terms; + Society is usefulness and pleasure; + Queens have a high vocation, to uphold-- + Pure morals, fervent zeal for public good, + And glad obedience to their country’s laws, + By eloquent example; ’tis the soul + Of precept, words must cold and lifeless fall, + When contradicted by the life, my queen. + Thy blessed mother with myself, her friend, + Have taught thee both to shun hypocrisy, + And own the faith sincere and true of love, + Obeying thus the dread celestial powers. + Unfruitfulness is their most dreadful curse + To mother earth, and to her earthly daughters; + Look round where’er thy eye, thy thoughts can bear thee, + Where do the gods command to loneliness? + Where rather do they not with blessing join + Their ancient edict, “Love and multiply?” + The grain of sand beside the Vistula, + The vast Carpathians round our land that rise, + The lowly worm that creeps unnoticed by, + The lordly eagle soaring to the sun, + All things in earth and air, and in the seas, + Obey alike the great primeval law. + Let but the will of gods be reverenced, + And sin to nature wears a stranger’s face. + _Free-will_, our highest gift, confuse thou not + With self-will, which is sin, and learn to know, + “In union there is strength.” The marriage bond, + By Heaven appointed, is a sacred tie; + Contempt of it, a devilish invention. + Heart-chills and conscience-stings seek solitude, + And immorality her cloak assumes; + Despite the many sanctimonious names + ’Neath which cold-heartedness and egotism, + The weak, the timid, or the bad, invite, + To seek withdrawal from our human claims: + Celibacy is still and _must_ be sin! + + [_Confused voices are heard outside, + and presently_ RZEWNA _enters_. + + RZEWNA. + + My queen! + Rüdiger’s messenger is here, the same + Who ten days since sued for your sovereign hand; + Fiercely he storms, demanding to be heard. + The sacred rules of hospitality + Alone deter the offended sentinels + From striking down the swearing ruffian; + The tumult grows, they wait their queen’s commands. + + WANDA. + + Let him come in, though a bird of omen ill, + Yet bread and salt should never be denied. + + [_Exeunt_ RZEWNA, LESJA, _and the_ MAIDENS. + + + SCENE III. + + WANDA, THE BARD, _later_ HERMANN. + + WANDA (_with emotion_). + + Minstrel! thou seest, not causelessly I seek thee; + Now, from the store experience provides, + Give me a crumb of counsel; youth so proud + In knowledge, yet in wisdom is but poor. + Oh! of thy inspiration let one beam + Illume a mind oppress’d by fogs of doubt. + + BARD. + + Be thy own heart thy guide, thence issues forth + The fount of inspiration, and there holds + Conscience her awful oracle, and there + Honour to duty hath an altar rear’d. + Our best adviser is our conscience still, + Though often to her voice our ears are deaf, + To honied flattery list’ning ’stead of truth. + Bad counsellors are poisoners of our bliss, + And dig the grave of honour; this concerns + Princes yet more than peoples. + + [HERMANN _enters_. + + HERMANN. + + No greetings, queen, for courtesies have ceased + Between my lord and you; he, Rüdiger, + The mighty Prince of Germany, brooks not + From you the insult of a daring “No!” + But on the frontier of your Poland stands-- + Soon, soon to be its frontier no more-- + To quench with trusty steel his vengeance thirst, + To tame your pride down into lack of will, + Through utter helplessness of slavery, yet still + Pitying, he lingers, graciously declares + Yet once again, if you will now receive + His proffer’d hand, the gathering cloud shall clear, + And ’twixt the rival hosts no blood shall flow. + But if your bold defiance you repeat, + Woe to you then, rash woman, and false queen. + The German armies, ranged in dread array, + Uplift the sword already, which will teach + That right is to the strongest. + + WANDA (_with dignity, and in a tone of proud contempt_). + + “As is the master, so the servant,” thus + Our proverb says, and truly, if I judge + Your lord from you, your people from you both, + I needs must deem, as neighbours you are bad, + As men unpolish’d, and as warriors!-- + Why that’s to prove!--we’ll test your skill in arms. + Conquest and spoil we seek not, Poland’s sons + Take no fierce pleasure in the clang of war, + And know too well what love of country means + To stretch with greedy grip toward other lands. + The plough, the pruning hook, the poet’s dream, + The minstrel’s harp, and sweet domestic joys, + These are their dear delight; but dearer yet, + Dearer than life itself, is liberty! + And when their peaceful industry is marr’d, + And hostile voices thunder, duty’s call + Presses the sword in the reluctant grasp, + And rings our watchword, “Trust th’ immortal gods!” + Threats and the threat’ner alike we scorn! + + HERMANN. + + What! scorn to Rüdiger? + + WANDA. + + Peace! servant of a master who would fain + Subdue a feeble woman through her fears; + Know that our virtue to weakmindedness + Degenerates not, nor to the coward soul; + And if the guest insults the ancient rules, + Which form the code of hospitality, + From all its duties is the host set free. + In you I see the unblushing messenger + Of jarring words, uncourteous and harsh; + One moment, and you cease to be my guest, + And of my neighbour, the ambassador. + Say to your prince, my _no_ still no remains; + _With us_ a word once given is never changed. + + [_Exit_ HERMANN. + + + SCENE IV. + + WANDA, LESZEK. + + _The clang of arms is heard in the distance._ + + LESZEK (_entering hurriedly_.) + + My queen! I bring this strange intelligence: + The German army, with a vast array, + Have cross’d the weakly guarded frontier; + Havoc and sacrilege their march attend. + + WANDA. + + Let all the dukes their varied corps assemble, + Wanda herself will lead them to the field; + The bravest people that the world can boast, + Shall never murmur at their timid queen, + But rather say, she burns to be our guide; + To combat for our country, and our gods; + Dread powers! be this, our rightful cause, your care, + ’Tis yours to award us victory, or death! + + [_Exeunt omnes._ + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + ACT II. + + _The scene changes to the bank of the Vistula, opposite the tomb of + Krakus, at Cracow. Divisions of cavalry and infantry march with music + and flying banners towards Cracow. The last division of infantry + draws up in line of battle._ + + + SCENE I. + + WARRIORS, MAIDENS, _later_, WANDA. + + CHORUS OF WARRIORS. + + Great were the numbers of the foe, + Their haughtiness as great, + Soon, soon they thought to lay us low, + In boastful scorn elate; + Yet still floats Poland’s banner + Triumphant to the wind; + The snow-white eagle soars unscathed, + And leaves the field behind; + The field where insolence gave way + To valour true and bold, + And love of country held her sway + O’er lust of power and gold. + Praise, praise the great celestial powers, + Th’ almighty gods adore, + For the foe that long hath threaten’d us, + Shall threaten us no more. + + Wanda has proved herself a Pole, + A hero in the fight, + Though a modest maiden in her home, + Where gentleness is might. + All through his life mourn’d Krakus, + And in his dying hour, + That, when the oak should fall, there lived + But the wreathing fragile flower; + That no young chieftain of his name + Might wear his father’s crown; + That to a tender maiden’s hand + The sceptre must go down: + But as reflected sunbeams + Within the planet shine, + Thus, thus within thy daughter’s soul, + Oh, Krakus! dwelleth thine. + Thank’d be the gods, bless’d be the gods, + All hail, immortal powers! + The foe must hide his vanquish’d head, + And Poland yet is ours. + + CHORUS OF MAIDENS (_approaching mounted_). + + Alone rode forth Wanda, and left us behind her, + Stern foe to all fetters, yet duty can bind her; + “But deem not that battle is woman’s vocation, + Oh ye! to whom gods grant a happier station, + The duties of queens ever form an exception, + Retirement quit ne’er, save at Heaven’s direction.” + Thus saying, she mounted; her fair figure tracing + We watch’d, till it met th’ horizon’s embracing, + Noon melting the clouds away, fold after fold, + Enwrapt her in raiment of azure and gold. + The tumult of battle she hid from our sight, + But we saw her when vict’ry succeeded to fight, + With hands upward raised and with knees lowly bending, + ’Twixt enemies flying and warriors home wending; + She follows us now, while in praise we unite, + The last on the field, and the first in the fight. + Thank, thank the great gods! we are free as the air, + See Cracow once more, and the Vistula hear-- + The silver-voiced Vistula--gliding along, + The pride of our land, of our minstrels the song. + The sun’s parting beams on old Wawel’s head play, + Their gold-wreath is hiding his time-honour’d grey, + Glad symbol inviting our thoughts to ascend, + For light is eternal, though time hath an end. + + Yet as the muttering thunder-clouds + Deep silence follow, + Thus to peaceful joy succeed + Sharp thrills of sorrow; + And the rapture of the present, + Too glad for earth, + Tells, since gods are even-handed, + Of coming dearth. + Ever must life’s cup be mingled, + Pain is our due, + Purest nectar we have tasted, + Now for the rue! + Dark foreboding pales the glowing + Of parting day, + In those creeping mists embodied + Dun and grey. + + WANDA (_dismounting_). + + Dismount, my sisters, give your steeds the rein, + And let us kiss our country’s precious soil; + Hail to thee, Wawel! hail, fair Vistula! + Ye are our parents, reverence and love + Rise in our hearts whene’er we gaze on you; + For you the Pole girds on his sword; for you + Each Polish mother, from its very birth, + Teaches her child that to renounce oneself + From love of country is the loftiest aim: + With patriotic songs the infant ear + Is soothed to slumber, and again they thrill + When morning sun-beams scatter happy dreams, + His laughing eyes unsealing; woe to those + Who, chill’d in heart by numbing selfishness, + In private interests wrap their meagre souls, + With eyes averted from the public weal! + Embitter’d are their lives by conscience-stings, + And general contempt: when death arrests, + And bears them trembling to the viewless world, + The gods avert their faces; unrestrain’d, + Darkness and chaos claim their lawful prey, + For selfishness is hateful to the gods. + Ah! dying words from dear paternal lips! + Though twelve long weary months have drifted by, + Since they were utter’d, yet I hear them still + In yon broad river’s eager rushing tide, + Re-echoing as a glorious welcome back; + The winds repeat them as they hurry past, + Borne from Carpathian summits; and methought + The deep-mouth’d trumpets thrill’d them in mine ear, + When raged the conflict. Dearest father, hear! + Soul of my soul! ’tis with thy heart I love + My country, worthily to serve her cause. + This is my only wish-- [_After a pause._ + Yet no aspiring _wish_, but iron _will_ + Has won the day; thy long embattled hosts, + Who know defeat in theory alone, + Have quell’d the boasting voice of insolence + In thunderings of valour, teaching thus + Big words not always mate with lofty deeds. + Though by a woman led, the Poles are free! + Not through _my_ virtue; _thy_ remembrance fired + Each warrior breast with superhuman zeal; + Krakus, though viewless, was their leader still. + Yet oh, these battles! they may bring us fame, + Yet are the curse of nations, for renown + May dim our love of peace, as golden lures + May chill the peasant toward his humble cot + I’the rural valley, industry must droop, + The car of triumph override the plough; + War tears the husband from his wife and child, + The lord of home becomes a stranger there. + Woe, woe to those with whom the thirst for fame + Exceeds the love of country! yet, alas! + ’Tis through this wretched wrangling for my hand + That clang of arms and tramp of hosts are heard: + This feeble hand the sceptre cannot wield. + Sharp are the winds round mountain peaks that blow;-- + The isolated splendour of a throne + Is dreary for a woman; not for her + The glory and the pomp, but modest shade, + Far otherwise her lot by Heaven decreed, + To watch o’er children, nestling to her side; + To smooth care-furrows from her husband’s brow, + Wafting around the perfume sweet of love, + And meekness, as the wilding clematis + Clasps the dark fir-tree with caressing wreath. + Wanda can never be her country’s shield: + Her weakness still new discords will awake, + Midst cowards round her, clam’rous for her crown. + Alas! that heroes should have grown so rare + Among our neighbours! Oh, the weariness + Of ruling! Poland needs a worthy head, + And yet no chieftain will her sons elect, + While lives the daughter of their darling prince. + Though yearning for a king, they long to see + The snow-white banner by his grandson rear’d. + My sorrows and my orphan-hood alone + Deter the generous people from complaint + Of Wanda’s hesitation to adopt + The holy marriage vow. Immortal gods! + Be witness that ’tis not cold-heartedness + That bids me still delay, but rather fear + Lest through ill-choice I mar my country’s weal. + Forbid it, Heaven, that, through a fatal error, + Wanda should set a tyrant o’er her land. + Yet who, alas! to Krakus can succeed + Nor seem unworthy? To the brilliant sun, + The brightest star gives but a glow-worm’s light. + + HALINA (_earnestly and affectionately_). + + My lovely foster-sister, and my queen, + Why of thyself and thine these dreary doubts + On such a day of glorious victory? + In whose clear brilliancy the golden bond + ’Twixt queen and people shines with added glow. + Say, have the Poles less bravely fought to-day + Than is their wont, or was thy leadership + Inferior to a sterner chieftain’s? No! + The timid harebell, and the modest fern, + Seek the same spot that rests the ardent wing + Of sunward soaring bird in upward flight; + Thus grace and valour, maid and warrior, meet + In thee, thou gifted darling of the gods. + Death for their fatherland is sweet to those + Who to thy rule a glad obedience yield; + And danger with her trumpet-call shall rouse + But to a firmer union, kindling all + The singly-scatter’d fires of ardent souls + To _one_ bright flame of power invincible. + The shrouding silence of the solemn past + Thrills into echo at the voice of fame, + Which, roused to memory of thy ancestors, + By deeds of thine, attesting thy descent, + Recounts their glory, bids them live again + In thee embodied; in the midnight heaven, + We hail a newly-risen star with praise, + And for our Wanda thank the immortal gods. + To them we yield the keeping of our land, + Secure and trusting, though their choice elect + Not the proud eagle, but the brooding dove. + And, rather than the eyrie, choose the nest + To guard from desecration; fear thou not, + No sable feathers of ill-omen’d birds + That croak around thee, shall contrast with thine + In hated union, while grey Wawel stands + To blunt the feeble lances of our foes, + And cool their rashness in the rolling flood. + + [_Exeunt omnes._ + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + ACT III. + + + SCENE I. + + _The Castle on the Wawel._ WANDA _surrounded by her Maidens_. LESZEK + _enters_. + + LESZEK. + + All hail! accept my reverence, gracious queen! + Behold me from the field return’d, where all + The nation, minstrels, priests, and warriors, + In concourse vast assembled, offer’d praise + And thanks most heartfelt for the vict’ry won. + Your queenly message faithfully I bore, + Commanding to elect a worthy king, + And grant you from the cares of power release. + Vain the command; a murmur low replied, + That swiftly grew to tumult: “Choose a king! + It shall not, cannot be! For though, in truth, + Our Wanda’s lightest wish should be obey’d + With eager loyalty, _this_ wish we hold + To militate against the country’s weal, + She loves beyond her life.” Then rose the Bard, + First of our minstrel sages, and declared, + “The daughter’s wish must to the father’s will + Yield filial obedience, and that will + Bade on her choice depend her country’s fate.” + He ceased; loud rose the general applause, + And each and all in this response unite: + “Whatever prince by Wanda’s queenly hand + Shall be ennobled, him we hail our king; + If none be worthy found, it matters not, + Our maiden queen remains our honour’d chief. + While yet her father lived, his word was law + To every Pole, shall it be less so _now_, + Stamp’d with the impress of eternity? + In the dark night of loss, each single word, + Before but slightly heeded, gem-like shines. + While Wanda lives, no meaner prince shall rule; + Thus swears the nation: is it falsely said, + The voice of peoples is the voice of gods?” + + WANDA (_turning away_). + + Enough! I must submit; and yet ’tis strange, + That voice makes discord with the whisper’d tones + Of conscience, which unceasingly repeat + My people’s love is fatal to their weal. + The very name of such a king as once + Held sway o’er Poland, would restrain our foes; + While Wanda’s name allures to bloody war, + Where greedy tyrants wrangle for the prize. + Return, good Leszek, but accept my thanks; + ’Tis good to break a hope whose agonies, + Stretch’d on the rack of terrible suspense, + Crave from despair the death-stroke. Leave me now; + The gods be with thee. [_Exit_ LESZEK. + + + SCENE II. + + WANDA, HALINA, MAIDENS. + + CHORUS OF MAIDENS. + + Her people’s voice vainly would Wanda withstand, + The glory of Poland, the pride of our land, + Though her father’s proud war horse her gentle hand reins, + Our modest companion in peace she remains. + To her warriors a chieftain, by duty made strong, + Though joining with us in the dance and the song; + To the good who surround us, a rainbow of light, + To the evil, a thunderbolt crashing with might. + As the dawn-waken’d bird, on the blossoming spray, + Heralds in with soft warblings the coming of day, + Thus, Wanda, the deeds of thy future shall ring, + In the song which we hasten in chorus to sing. + “Up, snow-white eagle, up, + The sable wings destroy + That flutter round thy lofty home, + All eager to annoy; + To desecrate thy eyrie + The foe shall not prevail, + Safe in the keeping of the gods, + Thy cause shall never fail.” + + WANDA. + + Songs, O my sisters, are like ardent sunbeams, + Children of light, they kindle fires of joy! + The conscience of a nation speaks in song, + Fame warbles of the past with silver voice, + And to the dawning future hope sings clear. + Virtues of heroes, and their lofty deeds, + Give to the minstrel an inspiring theme; + Who round those hero brows his glorious songs, + Binds in immortal wreath; from song and fame + Spring the fair roses of eternal worth, + Which, bud on bud, shall ever richer grow, + And fill succeeding ages with perfume. + + HALINA. + + Then will we cheer thee with melodious voice. + Say, shall we sing of Lech th’ aspiring one, + The finder of the snow-white eagle’s nest? + Or how thy father Krakus fought and slew + The dragon of grey Wawel’s dreary caves. + + WANDA (_sorrowfully_). + + Nay! break not thus the quiet of reflection, + Say, rather, of sad musings, like a mist, + Damp, cold, and deadly, creeping o’er my heart; + Within an unrelated element, + We lose our very breath, much more our ardour. + For manly deeds the nation praises me, + But Wanda’s glory is in womanhood. + Well says our proverb, “To remain unknown + Is woman’s happiest calling, and her best.” + All, all admire the sunward soaring eagle, + And upward gaze to watch his daring flight; + But with caressing smile the little swallow + By every heart is welcom’d, when she builds + Her soft and humble nest beneath the eaves. + + HALINA. + + Then shall we say that men are earth’s sole rulers, + _No_ fame for us? This, surely, is injustice! + + WANDA. + + Shall we, weak mortals, dare to call unjust + The dreadful powers who rule the universe? + Nay, rather let us hold as false and vain + Our own opinions; could our wills arrest + The torch of inspiration, and compel + The sudden gleam to yield a steady light + For years, instead of moments, by its rays + We well might read the book of nature, writ + In golden characters of truth and justice; + But in the grey of earthly dusk, ’tis vain + To strain our eyeballs. ’Tis enough to know, + That duty urges men into the field + When danger waits their country, that the world, + The wide, cold world, alone can yield them scope. + While our alloted sphere is quietude; + Nor powerless for that, nor lacking grandeur. + Say! is the awful power of tempests hid + In _silent_ lightning, or in roaring thunder? + Does rosy morn with rash and noisy touch + Withdraw the curtains of the shrouding night, + Or melt them with her smiles, unveiling thus + Alike the eyes and energies of mortals. + The mighty work with tumult, but the _mightiest_ + Can stoop to meekness, nor be less divine. + On us the gods bestow their highest gift; + Brave men befit great actions, loud renown, + But god-like is availing sympathy. + ’Tis ours to mourn with mourners, to rejoice + With joyous souls, to polish into beauty + The rough unchisell’d gem that else were wasted; + The noble to caress, the wounded heart + With richly flowing love to soothe, and thus, + Through self-denial and untiring meekness, + To rule the mighty masters of the world. + And if we deem th’ alloted sphere of home + Too narrow for our restless energies, and seek + A wider range, we lose our magic sway. + But since to me the dread celestial powers + A woman’s sweetest privilege deny, + I own myself excepted, though from far + With deep-drawn sigh I view your happier lot. + I take the gods to witness that my heart, + My woman’s heart, thirsts not for empty fame, + But rather aches for love! this weary brow + Throbs bleeding from the leaden crown of power, + And fain would seek repose, forgetfulness, + Upon a loving breast; it may not be! + Why squander words? ’tis time the theme were done. + Adieu, my sisters, by grey Wawel’s walls + Remain protected, rest till morn shall kiss + Soft slumber from your eyelids, then come forth + And seek your Wanda on the tumulus + That covers Krakus; thither now I go + To seek for counsel from the immortal gods, + And learn the final answer I must give + To my expectant people! + + + SCENE III. + + WANDA, LESZEK, PEOPLE. + + WANDA _ascends the hill, the Chorus retires to the left, a vast crowd + assembles on the right, and stands opposite the tumulus of Krakus_. + + CHORUS OF THE PEOPLE. + + Twixt queen and people how firm the tie + Of mutual love and loyalty! + Seek ye that magic the wide earth round, + And own that in Poland ’tis strongest found. + Yon mound, half hidden in shadowy haze, + Stands as a herald of better days, + As a word to nations as yet unborn, + An episode bright as the star of morn, + Gilding our history’s chequer’d page, + With beams that shall glitter from age to age. + Ah, better than sounding names and fair + Is the title the kings of Poland bear-- + “Loved and loving,” their dearest aim + The hearts of the people to win and claim. + A Polish word is full of meaning, + For the Polish heart is rich in feeling; + Esteem and affection dictate our choice, + When a king is made by the nation’s voice; + And thus, elected by force of merit, + Is safer than those who thrones inherit. + If truth-loving, pious, and brave he prove, + He will ever be served with devotion and love, + And his children’s children we gladly choose, + When at Heaven’s decree the father we lose; + When national the monarch the people is royal, + To king and to fatherland equally loyal, + Since the two are united and blended in one, + And thus our palladium unconquer’d become. + Such! such! was our Krakus, and therefore we swear, + That Wanda, and Wanda alone is his heir! + High rises the tomb where his ashes repose, + Which handfuls of earth all unnumbered compose, + Each brought by a subject and friend as a token + Of fealty and love that can never be broken. + By its green covering sods, lo! we swear it again, + No monarch save Wanda o’er Poland shall reign! + + [_A thunderstorm approaches_; WANDA _appears on the summit of the tomb, + kneeling, and with hands uplifted in prayer_. LESZEK _steps forward + from the midst of the People_. + + LESZEK. + + Around the dreary tomb the night wind moans,-- + Moans like the voice of some despairing ghost, + Bearing from Cracow most mysterious echoes; + On thunder wheels the frowning storm rolls on, + Towards hoary Wawel, yet from yonder height + Shines our fair Wanda, like a ’wilder’d star. + What doth the dauntless maiden there alone? + On such a night fell spectres stalk abroad; + Methinks she communes with her father’s shade, + Nor trembles; wherefore no? To angel souls + The spirit world is more a home than ours, + Its forms of light to all their thoughts akin, + And Wanda is an angel! + + [WANDA _rises, descends towards the Vistula, and disappears from the + eyes of the spectators, hidden by the declivity. The_ BARD _alone + appears before the People; at the same time the sun rises, and_ + WANDA’S _Maidens appear for a moment on the tumulus, and then run + down the hill to the Vistula. Meanwhile the People’s Chorus is again + heard._ + + PEOPLE’S CHORUS. + + As the sunbeams scatter the early dew, + See Wanda’s train, to her orders true! + Yet they seek in vain where she bade them find her; + Each maiden glances before, behind her. + Now the banks of the Vistula rivet their eyes, + And the breeze bears toward us impassion’d cries; + With nameless horror our spirits quail, + What mean those gestures, that frantic wail? + + + SCENE IV. + + LESZEK, THE PEOPLE, FISHERMAN, _afterwards_ THE BARD. + + A FISHERMAN (_coming in hastily_). + + A glorious star hath fallen from the heaven, + That heaven our fatherland, the star our queen. + Yes, ours that _was_. Alas! our queen no more, + Save in her people’s hearts; the deed was done + Ere I could rescue, and the waters chill + Round Wanda’s lovely form embraced a corpse; + With reverence from that dreary winding-sheet + I raised it as a sad but sacred charge, + Yielding it over to her stricken train. + Oh mourn for Poland! for her light is quench’d. + + LESZEK (_to the_ BARD, _who just appears_). + + Minstrel, yon fisherman brings evil tidings. + + BARD. + + Whose grievous import, scarce one hour ago, + One fleeting hour, from Wanda’s lips I heard. + + THE PEOPLE (_impatiently_). + + How did you meet with her--where, minstrel, say? + Why did you not prevent the dreadful deed? + + BARD. + + Throng me not thus with questions, countrymen; + List’ners hear more than eager questioners, + When hearts for mutual satisfaction seek, + The ear must leave the mouth its share of time; + Not in thought only, but in speech and life, + Yield his own way to each; the poet’s soul + Lives ever in another world, although + In outward presence he may dwell with you, + Give him free scope, his words will bring you calmness. + While you choose kings, the bard admires a flower, + And while from pressure of the busy brain + Your full heads ache, his soul responsive thrills + To graceful aspens, trembling, zephyr-kiss’d, + And in the depths of downy dreams soft nestling + Sinks, lost in luxury of reverie. + My dearest hours glide by in yonder wood, + The moon’s pale face down-gazing, and the wind + With the dark fir trees wrestling as it shouts + Its war cry through the shadows: yestere’en, + When all glad mortals were in slumber wrapt, + That wild song deepen’d to a dreary howl; + The storm, approaching, drove me from the wood; + The lofty tomb of Krakus I ascended, + To pray with Manes of the great and good; + The kneeling form of Wanda startled me. + “Minstrel,” she said, “I pray’d th’ immortal gods + To bring thee hither; in the forest depths + I would not seek thee, for it is decreed, + That whilst I linger here one way alone + Is open for me, from this verdant mound + To where the Vistula’s dark waters flow, + To yield me burial; not in vain my prayer: + The sudden tempest, driving thee away + From thy beloved retreat, affords me proof + That Poswist, ruler of the viewless winds, + Hath heard my prayer, and that the powers above + Approve my dread resolve;--my choice shall be + Of Poland’s fate the final arbiter; + So runs my father’s will, and while I live, + Thus swears the people--mine shall be the throne; + Well! I _have_ chosen, and my choice is death. + This very morn my good and loyal people + May crown a worthier king, nor break their faith. + I promised to their prayer a swift reply, + My lifeless corse, borne on the Vistula, + Shall give an answer, dumbly eloquent. + Thou, trusty friend, canst read my inner soul, + And make my motives to the people clear, + Bid them from me a warm and last farewell.” + Thus Wanda! Whosoe’er from his own heart + Hath learnt to read the hearts of other men, + Knows that heroic fire, by words persuasive, + Can be nor quench’d, nor kindled; I avow, + In silence I had listen’d and fulfill’d + The charge entrusted, with a dumb obedience, + Save that, long since, imperious opinion + Hath learnt to moderate her haughty voice + On much once held indubitably clear, + And thus a god-sent caution gave me pause; + My tongue was loosen’d: “Wanda, hear,” I said, + “The voice of conscience oft hath whisper’d me + That all below have their alloted posts, + Nor from these stations guiltless can withdraw, + Till death, the messenger of Heaven, shall come. + The soldier, hasting from the battle-field + Without his general’s express command, + The shameful stigma of deserter bears. + Life is the _loan_, but not the _gift_, of gods; + To them we owe its interest; but who, + Save they, shall dare resume it? Oh, my queen! + If rashly given back, all unrequired, + The gods, perchance, may grant no other boon.” + + [WANDA’S _Maidens are seen in the background, carrying her corpse + towards Cracow_. + + THE PEOPLE. + + Haste! let us yonder sad procession join, + And to our queen, for the last time, give escort; + Make way! and let us go! + + LESZEK (_in a tone of reproof_). + + Stay! yon cold form is but our Wanda’s body,-- + Her spirit lingers in the poet’s words: + Curb your hot haste, and to the nobler part + Give audience; afterward the dear remains + Claim fitting care; forgive the slight delay, + Kind minstrel, and resume the broken thread. + + BARD. + + Wanda was silent, but her earnest face + Upon my words intent, some courage kindled: + “In hours of inspiration I can see,” + Thus I continued, “gleams of far-off light, + That, when its perfect splendour is attained, + Shall fill the world with sunbeams; by its blaze + Our boasted present shall be greyest twilight, + And theories which have won our praise shall be + From truth’s fair circle banish’d, as delusions. + Prove thyself, Wanda, well, lest lack of courage, + Or weariness of life, with fair disguise, + Deceive thy mental vision, and assume + The form of patriotic sacrifice.” + “In light, in darkness, truth is still the same; + Should Poland in the future give her verdict, + That Wanda, in her self devotion, err’d, + Example’s voice shall not have vainly sounded. + Obedience to a father’s last commands, + Fulfilment of the people’s solemn oath, + Zeal for my country’s welfare, all conspire + To claim the sacrifice; I yield it freely. + Kind minstrel, cease thine efforts to dissuade, + Give me a father’s blessing, and farewell!” + I bless’d her, turn’d and hasted from the spot, + Pondering the message she had bade me bear. + The brief remainder of the mournful story + Yon fisher told, and all too well ye know it. + My countrymen! it is in vain to murmur,-- + One day we all shall see that nought befalls, + Without the will of the immortal gods. + + + SCENE V. + + LESZEK, THE PEOPLE, THE BARD, RZEWNA, MAIDENS. + + RZEWNA. + + The mournful train of Wanda follows me; + Already we had ta’en the road to Cracow, + But without you, ye fathers of the land, + We would not bear our burden to the city, + Our steps retraced, to you we now confide + The precious relics of our martyred queen! + + [_The Funeral passes along the Stage._ + + CHORUS OF THE PEOPLE. + + Save us, her people, how few beside + Will honour the motive for which she died! + How few our Wanda will understand, + In offering her life for her fatherland! + + CHORUS OF MAIDENS. + + Wanda! Wanda! shall ever our watchword be, + Wanda, martyr and priestess of liberty; + Should time ever tarnish our virtue’s pure gold, + So lovingly cherish’d, so precious of old, + Should maidenly modesty slacken her sway, + Should gentleness vanish, and meekness decay, + All, all shall revive in their glory again, + As the summer-dried verdure, ’neath soft-gushing rain, + When the harp-strings shall thrill to our Wanda’s name, + When echoes the lute to the mournful sound, + Our Wanda reposes ’neath Polish ground. + + BARD. + + Last sad home, + Fronting the tumulus where rests the father, + For this, his peerless daughter, we will rear + Its likeness, since their memories blend in one; + Listen, my countrymen! The dreadful future-- + Dreadful, though glorious,--yet shall give to Cracow + A third sad sepulchre, most drear possession! + Three grassy funeral mounds, in which are hid + The hopes, the sorrows, and the fame of Poland. + Long shall these two in mournful grandeur stand, + Altars to fear of gods and love of men, + Till ancient virtue darken towards its setting: + An awful martyrdom awaits our country, + And when the tumult wild of battle ceases, + Through the clear’d air, and ’mid the rigid stillness, + The third last witness shall be seen uprising! + Yet spring shall follow in the wake of winter, + And through the virtue pure of Poland’s daughters, + Swaying, unconsciously, her hardy sons, + Once more shall they arise and prove their valour; + Our fatherland shall rouse to second life, + And thus the evil spell shall disappear, + Which long o’erwhelm’d her with infernal blight. + Thus, thus decrees the certain voice of fate, + Through the unworthy lips of me, your bard: + We minstrels are the heralds of the gods. + In the sad prelude of the oracle + Lose not the consolation which succeeds: + Listen, ye mourners at the tomb of Krakus, + For him and for his daughter, on the verge + Of the far future’s dim horizon glancing, + I see a star which rays out beams of hope! + List! and your bard shall read its mystic meaning: + “_From the dark earth the golden corn shall spring._” + + LESZEK. + + Now let us seek a spot the bard shall choose, + Meet to receive our Wanda’s precious clay! + + CHORUS OF MAIDENS. + + ’Mid the flowers of Poland our Wanda shall rest, + As a seed-corn of virtue her mem’ry is blest; + It will bud, it will blossom, with sweetest perfume, + And her glorious example for ages illume, + Teaching childlike obedience, modesty pure, + Fear of gods, love to men, truth and faith to endure; + And to our redemption devoting the song, + Wanda slumbers the flowers of Poland among: + From the seed which to earth we now weeping confide, + The bright corn shall spring in its glory and pride. + + [_The Curtain falls._ + + + + + CHISWICK PRESS:--PRINTED BY WHITTINGHAM AND WILKINS, + TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + + + + 186, FLEET STREET, + _December, 1863_. + + MESSRS. 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