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ARGUMENT. 
 
 The action of this drama commences at the chateau of Count Arnheim in Austria. The 
 Dcasantry and retainers of the Count are making preparations for the chase, when Thaddeus, 
 I PoHsh exile and fugitive from the Austrian troops, arrives, in seach of sheher and concealment. 
 Here he encounters a band of Gipsies headed by one Devilshoof, who, learning from Thaddeus 
 :hat he is pursued by soldiers, gives him a disguise, conceals him, and puts the pursuing troops 
 )n the wrong track. Just at this time, shouts of distress are heard, and Florestein appears 
 surrounded by huntsmen. The Count's child and her attendant have been attacked by an in- 
 "uriated stag in the forest, and are probably destroyed. Hearing this, Thaddeus seizes a rifle, 
 md hastens to their relief, and by a well-aimed shot, kills the animal, and saves them from 
 iestruction. The Count now returns to hear of the peril of his darling child, and to see 
 rhaddeus bearing her wounded form in his arms. Overjoyed to find her still alive, the Count 
 overwhelms Thaddeus with grateful thanks, and invites him to join in the festivities about to 
 :ake place. Thaddeus at first declines, but being warmly entreated to remain, at length consents 
 ;o do so. They seat themselves at table, and the Count proposes as a toast, " Health and long 
 ife to the Emperor." All, except Thaddeus, do honor to the toast, and his silence being 
 observed, the Count challenges him to empty his goblet as the rest have done. Thaddeus, to 
 :he surprise of all, dashes the wine to the earth; this, of course, produces a burst of indignation, 
 rhe assembled guests are infuriated by such an indignity to the monarch, and threaten the life 
 of Thaddeus. At this moment Devilshoof returns, and at once takes sides with Thaddeus. 
 rhe Count orders Devilshoof to be secured. The attendants seize and carry him into the castle, 
 rhaddeus departs, and the festivities are resumed. During the fete, Devilshoof escapes, taking 
 >vith him the Count's infant daughter, Arline; and his flight being almost immediately dis- 
 :overed, the greatest excitement prevails. Peasants, huntsmen, and attendants, hasten in search 
 of the daring fugitive, and he is seen bearing the child across a dangerous precipice; he escapes, 
 xnd the unhappy father sinks in despair as the First Act ends. 
 
 Twelve years are supposed to elapse, and we are transported to the city of Presburg, in the 
 suburbs of which the Gipsies are encamped with the Queen of their tribe, in whose tent dwells 
 he Count's daughter, Arline, now a fine young woman. Florestein, a foppish attache to the 
 Court, is met by Devilshoof and his companions, who relieve him of his jewelry, among which 
 s a medallion, which Devilshoof carries off. Thaddeus, who has joined the tribe, is now 
 enamored of Arline, and he tells her that it was he who saved her life in infancy, but he still 
 rarefully conceals from her the secret of her birth. Arline confesses her love for Thaddeus, and 
 ;hey are betrothed according to the custom of the Gipsy tribe. 
 
 A grand fair is in progress in the plaza of the city, and hither, of course, come all the 
 Gipsies, who add to the gayety and life of the scene by their peculiar dances, songs, etc. 
 Florestein appears, and is quite fascinated by the beauty of Arline. While trying to engage her 
 ittention, he perceives his medallion hanging on her neck, and claims it: charging her with 
 laving stolen it. This leads to great excitement: tlie guard is called, Arline is arrested, and the 
 
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crowd dispersed by the soldiery. The supposed culprit is brought before Count Arnheim; 
 Florestein presses the charge, and circumstances strengthen the appearance of guilt against 
 Arline, when the Count perceives the mark left by the wound inflicted by the deer on Arline's 
 arm. He asks its origin. She repeats the story as related to her by Thaddeus. The Count 
 recognizes his long-lost child, and the Act ends with an effective tableau. 
 
 In the Third Act we find Arline restored to her rank and the home of her father; but the 
 change in her prospects does not diminish her love for Thaddeus. He, daring all dangers for an 
 interview, seeks and finds her here. He comes to bid her farewell, and prays that she will, even 
 when surrounded by other admirers, give a thought to him who saved her life, and who loves 
 her. She promises fidelity, and declares herself his and his only. Here we find that the Gipsy 
 Queen who also loves Thaddeus has been plotting to take him from Arline. By her device the 
 medallion was discovered in the possession of Arline. Even now she is conspiring to separate 
 the lovers, but her plots fail. Thaddeus relates his history to Count Arnheim, who, in gratitude 
 to the saviour of his child, bestows her upon him. Desire for vengeance now fills the heart of 
 the Gipsy Queen ; she induces one of her tribe to fire at Thaddeus as he is embracing Arline.. 
 but by a timely movement of Devilshoof, the bullet reaches her own heart. 
 
 DRAMATIS PERSON.-E. 
 
 Count Arnheim, Governor of Presburg. 
 Thaddeus, a proscribed Pole. 
 Florestein, Nephew to the Count. 
 Devilshoof, Chief of the Gipsy tribe. 
 
 Arline, the Count's daughter. 
 BuDA, her attendant. 
 Queen of the Gipsies. 
 
 Nobles, Soldiers, Gipsies, Retainers, and Peasants. 
 Scene: Presburg on the Danube and vicinity. 
 
BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 ACT I. 
 
 The Chateau and Grounds of Count Arnheim, on the 
 Jjanuhe, near Preshurg. On one side, the principal 
 enr.ranre to the CastU ; opposite, is a statue of the 
 Emperor, above which a party is employed raising the 
 Austrian flag. 
 
 \_0n rising of the Curtain, the detainers of Count 
 Arnheim are discovered p>reparin(j for the Chasc.'\ 
 
 Chorus. 
 Up with the banner, and down with the 
 
 slave 
 Who shall dare to dispute the rio;ht, 
 Wherever its folds in their g'lory wave, 
 Of the Austrian eagle's flight; 
 Its pinion flies 
 As free in the skies 
 
 As that of the airy king, 
 And thro' danger fleets, 
 Like the heart that beats 
 Beneath his plumed wing. 
 
 \_After they have fixed the flag they all come forward .'\ 
 
 Now the foeman lies low, and the battle- 
 
 fleld's Avon, 
 We may honor in peace what in war we 
 
 have done. 
 The stirring chase, the festive board. 
 The varied charms which each afford, 
 
 Shall the day and night beguile: 
 And care shall be drowned in that glass 
 Which nothing on earth can surpass. 
 But a lovely woman's smile. 
 Then up with the banner, &c. 
 
 [_At the end of Chorus, Count Arnheim and Fiore- 
 stein enter from Chateau, followed by neighboring 
 Nobles, Pages, Huntsmen, ifc., and Ms childi 
 Arline, attended by Buda.'\ 
 
 SOLO. 
 
 Count. 
 A soldier's life 
 Has been of strife, 
 
 In all its forms so much; 
 That no gentler theme, 
 The world wiU deem, 
 
 A soldier's heart can touch. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Retainers. 
 Hail to the Lord of the soil, 
 His vassals' love is the spoil 
 That lord delights to share. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Hunters. 
 Away to the hill and glen. 
 Where the hunter's belted men, 
 With bugles shake tlie air. 
 
 \_Tiie Count, after bowing to his friends, sees Ar. 
 line, and takes her in his arms.l 
 
 Count. 
 Ah ! who can tell, save he who feels. 
 The care a parent's love reveals. 
 How dear, fond thing, thou art 
 To this lone widowed heart ! 
 
 Chorus. 
 Away to the hill and glen, &c. 
 
 l_ During this, a Retainer brings doivn a nfle to 
 Florcstein, who puts it atony from him. Count 
 Arnheim exits into Chateau. Nobles and Hunt- 
 ers ascend rocks and exeunt. Arline petitions 
 liuda to let her accompany them, and goes off 
 by a footpath, at the side of the rocks, with her 
 and Flo7-cstcin.'] 
 
BOHEMIAN GUiL. 
 
 I Enter Thaddiut, breathless and exhausted, in a 
 state of great alarm.'] 
 
 Thaddeiis. 
 A guard of Austrian soldiers are on my 
 track, and I can no longer elude their vig- 
 ilance. An exile from my wretched country, 
 now a prey to the inveterate invader, my 
 only hope is in some friendly shelter. 
 
 [.SVci the statue of Emperor.'] 
 
 Ah ! that tells me I am here on the very 
 threshold of our enemies! 
 
 RECITATIVE. 
 
 lliaddrus. 
 AA'ithout a country, -without a homo^ 
 without friends, an<l without fortune! — Oh, 
 ■what will become of the proscribed or- 
 phan, Thaddeus of I^)land! 
 
 CAVATINA. 
 
 'Tis sad to leave your father-land, 
 
 And friends you loved thei'e well, 
 To wander on a stranger strand, 
 
 Where friends but seldom dwell. 
 Yet, hard as are such ills to bear, 
 
 And deej)ly though they smart, 
 Their i)aiigs are light to those who are 
 
 The orphans of the heart! 
 
 Oh, if there were one gentle eye 
 
 To weej) when 1 might grieve, 
 One ])osom to receive the sigh 
 
 AVhieh sorrow oft will heave; 
 One heart the ways of life to clieer, 
 
 Though rugged they might be, 
 No language can express how dear 
 
 That heart would be to me! 
 
 [At end of soiiif. It troop of (iipsirs, hradtd Inf 
 DcnUhixjf, thrir leader, siidtkidi/ appear, and 
 are about to seize and roh Thwldeua, hut prc- 
 sumin;/, hi/ hin dress, that he is a soldier, they 
 atop and examine him.] 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 In the gijisy's life you may read 
 The life that all would like to load. 
 
 Through the wide world to rove, 
 
 Be it sunny or drear. 
 With but little to love, 
 
 And still less to fear: 
 
 Sometimes under roof, and sometimes thrown 
 Where the wild wolf makes his lair, 
 
 For he Avho's no home to call his own, 
 Will find a home somewhere. 
 
 'Tis the maxim of man 
 
 What's another's to claim ; 
 Then to keep all he can. 
 And we do the same! 
 Thus a habit once, 'tis custom grown, 
 
 And ev'ry man will take care. 
 If he hasn't a home to call his own, 
 To find a home somewhere. 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 The sight of these wanderers has in- 
 spired me with a prospect. [To Devilshoofi 
 
 Your manner and habit please me. I 
 should like to join your band. I am young, 
 strong, and have, 1 hope, plenty of courage. 
 
 DevHsJioof. 
 Who arc youf 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 One without money, without home, and 
 without hope. 
 
 DcvUshoof. 
 You're just the fellow for us, then! 
 
 Gipsy. 
 
 [ Who is on look-out on rock.'^ 
 
 Soldiers are coming this way. 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 'Tis me they are in search of. 
 
 Devdshoof. 
 
 Indeed! then they'll be cunning if thev 
 find you. 
 
 [In a moment they strip the soldier's dress of 
 Thaddeus, and as they are puttin'j a gipsy's 
 frock, iS'C-, over him, a roll of parchment, iritk 
 seal attached, falls at the feet of Devdshoof, 
 who seizes it.] 
 
 Devdshoof. 
 What is this ? 
 
 Thaddeus, 
 ]\Iy commission ! It is the only thing I 
 possess on earth, and I will never part 
 with it. 
 
BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 [Snatches and conceals it in his hosom, and has 
 but just time to mix himself with the Gipsies, 
 when a body of the Emperoi'^s Soldiers enter in 
 pursuit. ] 
 
 Officer. 
 
 \_Scrutuiizin() Gipsies.'} 
 Have you seen any one pase this way — 
 any stranger! 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 
 No one — stay — yes, a young Polish sol- 
 dier ran by just now, and passed up those 
 rocks. 
 
 Officer. 
 
 That's him — thanks, friend! forward! 
 
 ^Exeunt Soldiers up rocks. '\ 
 
 DUET AND CHORUS. 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 
 Comrade, your hand. 
 We understand 
 
 Each other in a breath. 
 
 \_Shakin[/ his hand.} 
 
 This grasp secures 
 Its owner yours. 
 
 In life, and until death. 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 Long as it hold, 
 With friendly fold, 
 
 Mine shall cling to it. [Aside.} 
 
 By death he means, but 
 ''If there's a throat to cut 
 
 "Why you must do it!" 
 
 Chorus. 
 In the gipsy's life you may read, &c. 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 My wants are few — 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 
 Want we ne'er knew. 
 But what wc coidd supply. 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 Then what is worse, 
 I have no purse — 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 We nothing have to buy. 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 My heart 'twiU wring — 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 That is a thing 
 In which Ave never deal. 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 But all I need — 
 
 Devilshoof 
 'Twere best indeed 
 To borrow, beg, or steal. 
 
 Chorus. 
 In the gipsy's life you may read, &c. 
 
 ENSEMBLE. 
 
 Devilshoof 
 Then rest ye here, while we 
 Explore each spot, and see 
 What luck there is in store. 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 The scenes and days to me. 
 Which seer:ed so blest to be, 
 No time can e'er restore. 
 
 Chorus. 
 Oh, what is the wo'th of the richest man's 
 
 wealth, 
 Which the chances are likely he came to 
 
 by stealth, 
 Unless he can rove abroad in the free air, 
 As free as are we, from all sorrow and care. 
 
 [All exeunt. — Loud shouts and alarms arc h ard, 
 ichich become viore and more distinct, when a 
 bodi/ of Huntsmen are seen to cross a chasm in 
 the rocks which is bridged ly aftUcn tree, <f'c., 
 and exeunt by the path where Arline, ^r. , went 
 off. Alarms continue, and Florestein rushes in, 
 apparently friijhtencd to death. ] 
 
 SONG. 
 
 Is no succor near at hand? 
 
 For my intellect so reels, 
 I am doubtful if I stand 
 
 On my head or on my heels. 
 No gentleman, it's very clear, 
 
 Such shocks should ever know. 
 And when I once become a peer 
 
 They shall not treat me so! 
 
BOHEIMIAX (rinL. 
 
 Then let ev'rj vassal arm, 
 
 For my thanks he well deserves, 
 "\Mio from this state of alarm 
 
 Will jjroteet my shattered nerves! 
 To think tliat one unused to fear, 
 
 Such fri^dit sliould ever know, 
 But let them make me once a peer 
 
 They shall not treat me so! 
 
 L-l< end of sonif, Thaddnts and Peasant rush in, 
 tvincinij the tjreatcut state of alarm and terror.'] 
 
 ThaddcKS. 
 What means this alarm? 
 
 Peasant. 
 
 The Count's child and her attendant 
 have been attacked by an infuriated animal, 
 and are probably killed ere this! 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 W^hat do I hear? 
 
 \_He perceives Florestein's rifle, seizes it, runs up 
 the rocks, aims, fires, and instantly rushes off. 
 The discharge of the rifle, and the alarm of the 
 Peasantry, bring Count Arnheim and his party 
 to the spot. Devilshoof enters at one side, at 
 the same time, watching. ] 
 
 Count. 
 
 Whence proceed these sounds of fear, 
 and where is my darling child ? 
 
 [All maintain a painful silence, u-hen Thaddeus 
 re-appears, conveying Arline, who is %p<jundcd in 
 the arm, and seems faint.] 
 
 JBuda. 
 
 [Foiling at the Count's feet.] 
 
 We were pursued by the wild deer they 
 
 were chasing, and, but for the braverv of 
 
 this young man [pointing to Thaddcun], the life 
 
 of your child would have been sacriticed. 
 
 Count. 
 
 [Clasping hl.i child in his arms.] 
 
 Praised bo Providence, her life is saved, 
 for she is all that renders mine happv. 
 
 [Looking (it her arm, then nddresxing Jiiidn.] Let 
 
 her wound have every attention, though it 
 presents no sign of danger. 
 
 [liuda goes into the Castle mth Arline, and Count 
 Arnheim advances to Thaddeus.] 
 
 Stranger, accept the hand of one who, 
 however different to you in station, can 
 never sufficiently thank you for the service 
 you have rendered him. 
 
 Devilshoof. [Aside.] 
 
 First to serve, and then be thanked by 
 the persecutor of his country. The fellow's 
 mad ! 
 
 Count. 
 
 I trust you will remain, and join the 
 festivities we arc about to indulge in; and 
 'twill gratify me to know I can be useful to 
 you. 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 I thank your loi'dship; but — 
 
 Count. [To the Nobles.] 
 
 Pray, my friends, join your entreaties to 
 mine. 
 
 [Here the JVbftte all surround the Count and 
 Thaddeus, and Florestein coming uj) to him, 
 says — ] 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 I'm extremely obliged to you for not 
 shooting me as well as my little cousin — 
 and I beg you'll — aw — stay — [./.vi(/^.] A 
 very common sort of personage, apparently. 
 
 Thaddeus. [ To the Count.] 
 
 Be it as your lordship wishes. 
 Count. 
 
 Then be seated, friends, and let the fete 
 begin. 
 
 [ They all scat themselves at the tables which have 
 previously been laid opposite the Castle. Thad- 
 deus takes his seat at the farther end, Florestein 
 occupying a prominent jiosition. The Count 
 rises. ] 
 
 Count. 
 
 I ask you to pledge but once, and that 
 is, to the health and long life of your 
 Emperor. 
 
 [Here the guests fill their glasses, rise and turning 
 toward the statue of tin ICmperor drink while the 
 Peasantry surround it respectfully. Thculdeus 
 alone keeps his seat, on perceiving which, Flore- 
 stein goes up to the Count, and points it out to 
 him. ] 
 
BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 Your new acquaintance, my dear uncle, 
 s not overburthened with politeness or 
 oyalty, for he neither fills his glass, nor 
 ulfils your wishes. 
 
 Count. 
 
 l^F'Mln'j a r/Iass and going wp to Thaddeus.'\ 
 
 I challenge you to empty this to the 
 leaith of our Emperor. 
 
 ThaddeUS. I Taking the glass.} 
 
 I accept the challenge, and thus I empty 
 he goblet. 
 
 [Gofs up to the statue and throws dotcn the glass 
 with the utmost contem2:>t, A general burst of 
 indignation follows. ] 
 
 [^Chorus of Guests rising, drawing their swords, 
 and rushing towards Thaddeus.} 
 
 Down with the daring slave 
 
 Who disputes the right 
 Of a people's delight. 
 
 And would their anger brave ! 
 
 Count. 
 
 \To the Nobles and Guests, interposing between 
 them and Thaddeus."] 
 
 Although 'tis vain to mask 
 
 The rage such act demands. 
 Forgive me if I ask 
 
 His pardon at your hands; 
 f from your wrath I venture to Iiave craved 
 rhe life of one, my more than life who saved. 
 
 [ To Thaddcus. ] 
 
 Stranger, I answer not 
 
 One moment for your life, 
 Quit, while you may a spot 
 
 Where you have raised a strife. 
 iTour longer presence will more excite, 
 ind this will the service you did me requite. 
 
 \_TJirows Thaddeus a p)urse of gold.} 
 Devilshoof. [ Hushes in. ] 
 
 Where is the hand will dare to touch 
 One hair of a head I prize so much. 
 
 \_Taking the hand of Thaddcus.] 
 [To Count. ] 
 
 That pulse of pride you boast 
 Within me beats as high. 
 
 You and your titled host, 
 Proud lord, I do defy. 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 [Aside, with a glass in o?ie hand, and a leg of a 
 bird in the other. ] 
 
 Upon my life, 'tis most unpleasant, 
 Just as one had attacked a pheasant. 
 
 [ Thaddeus, who has taken up the purse, and seeing 
 himself and Devilshoof surrounded by the 
 Nobles and Guests, throws the purse at the 
 Count's feet.} 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 Take back your gold, and learn to know 
 One — above aught you can bestow. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Down with the daring slave 
 Who would our fury brave. 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 
 Stand back ye craven things; 
 
 Who dares obstruct our path. 
 Upon his rashness brings. 
 
 The vengeance of my wrath. 
 
 [Devilshoof defending Thaddeus, retreats, pressed 
 upon by the Nobles, Guests, <f-c., when the Count 
 orders a j^rty of his Eetainers to divide them; 
 they seize Devilshoof and take him towards the 
 Castle. } 
 
 Count. 
 
 Seize him and bind him, and there let him 
 
 find 
 
 Escape from those walls better men have 
 
 confined. 
 Devilshoof. 
 
 [As they arc dragging him off.} 
 
 Tho' meshed by numbers in the yoke 
 Of the one by all abhorr'd. 
 Yet tremble, worthless lord. 
 
 At the vengeance you thus provoke. 
 
 Cltorus. 
 
 Down with the daring slave 
 Who would our fury brave. 
 
10 
 
 BOHEMIAN GJIiL. 
 
 \_Devilshoof is dragged off into the CasUf, the 
 Count, Nobles, iV'c , reseat themselves, when the 
 festival continues; ISuda is seen to leave the 
 windoic at which Jie has been seated with Arline, 
 and slie enters and converses with the Count. In 
 the midst of the feast Devilshoof is seen descend- 
 ing from the roof of the Castle until he reaches 
 the window of Arline's chamber, into which he 
 enters, and seizing .Irline, continues his descent 
 to the ground and steals off towards the rocks in 
 the rear. Buda then enters tlie Castle, and in a 
 minute afterwards the festivities are interrupted 
 by violent shrieking, the window is thrown open, 
 and Iluda, pale, and with dishevelled hair, 
 tignijies by her gestures that Arline has disap- 
 peared,'] 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 What sounds break on the air? 
 \\'liat looka of wikl despair 
 
 A grief as wild impart. 
 
 Coimi. 
 
 ^[y child! tliat word alone, 
 With agonizing tone, 
 
 Bursts in upon my heart ! 
 
 [ Count and Nobles dash into the Castle. A general 
 movement of all — some are seen at the window 
 of Arline's chamber signifying that she is gone. ] 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Be every hand prepared 
 Their liege lord's halls to guard, 
 With devotion whose bond 
 All ties is bevond. 
 
 Fhrcstcin. 
 
 [^Kneeling and appearing greatly alarmed.] 
 
 Why what with dancing,screanung,fighting, 
 ( )ne really is a shocking plight in," 
 And it i»uzzles (juite one's wit 
 To find a place to pick a bit. 
 
 [ The Count rushes from the Castle, dragging Buda 
 and followed by Nobles. Buda, trembling, falls 
 on her knees. ] 
 
 Count 
 
 Wretch! monster! giyo me back 
 
 The treasure of my soul; 
 Go — all — the spoiler's footsteps track 
 
 That treasured prize who stole. 
 But no, vain hope! unless we pray to Him 
 Who healeth all sorrow, with suppliant limb. 
 
 PRATEIi. 
 
 Thou, who in might supreme, 
 
 O'er the fate of all reignest, 
 Thou who hope's palest beam 
 
 In the mourner sustainest! 
 Vouchsafe to lend an ear 
 
 To the grief of the waller, 
 Cut short the dark career 
 
 Of the ruthless assailer. 
 
 [During the prayer Devilshoof is seen climbing up 
 the rocks with Arline in his arms.] 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Follow, follow, with heart and with arm, 
 Follow, follow, and shelter from harm 
 
 The pride of Arnheim's line. 
 
 Where all its hopes entwine. 
 
 Follow, follow, 
 
 C)'er brake and through lioUow ! 
 
 Climb the hill, ford the stream. 
 
 High in air weapons gleam ! 
 
 Dash through where danger lies! 
 
 Danger — aye, death, despise! 
 
 To save, let all combine. 
 
 The pride of Arnheim's line. 
 
 \_At the most animated part of the Choru.'>, bodies of 
 Gentry, lietaincrs, Servants, <)'•<?., are seen ru.ihing 
 towards the rocks, and over every part, in pursuit 
 if Devilshoof, who, perceiving his situation, knocks 
 away, the moment he has crossed it, the ti-unk of 
 the tree, which serves as a bndge between the two 
 rocks, and thus bars their passage. Count Arnheim 
 in his dislraetioii is about to throw himself into the 
 gulf^he is held bark by attend<ints, into whose 
 arms he falls senseless. Some arc in attitude of 
 prayer — others menace Devilshorf, who, folding 
 Arline in his large cloak, disappears in the depths 
 of the forest.] 
 
BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 11 
 
 ACT II. 
 
 fOTE.— Twelve Years are supposed to elapse between 
 the First and Second Acts. 
 
 iCENE I. — Street in Prcsbunj, Moonlight. Tent of the 
 Queen of the Gipsies, large curtains at the back — it is 
 lighted by a lamp. On the opposite side of the Stage 
 arc Houses — one of which, an Hotel, is lighted up. 
 
 lArline is discovered asleep on a tiger's skin — 
 Thaddeus is watching over her. As the curtain 
 rises, a Patrol of the City Guard marches by, 
 end as soon as they have gone off, Devilshoof 
 and a party of Gipsies, wrapped up in cloaks, 
 suddenly aj^j^ear."] 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 lilence! silence! — the lady moon 
 Is the only witness now awake, 
 
 Lnd weary of watching, perchance she 
 
 soon 
 To sleep will herself betake. 
 
 lilence ! silence ! from her throne in air 
 
 ihe may look on and listen, for aught we 
 
 care; 
 
 Jut if she attend unto our behest, 
 
 Ihe will quietly go to her rest. 
 
 SOLO. 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 
 liere's a deed to do whose gains 
 Vill reward the risk and the pains — 
 
 [TAe Gipsies all draw their daggers and appear 
 delighted. ] 
 
 'ic ! fie ! to a gentleman when you appear, 
 rou may di'aw his purse without drawing 
 
 your steel; 
 Vith bows, and politeness, and great 
 
 respect, 
 "ou may take more than he can at first 
 
 detect. 
 
 [Pointing to the lighted windoics of the Hotcl.~\ 
 
 !ee, where in goblets deep 
 
 Vhat sense they have they steep — 
 
 Vhat here! 'till each to his home 
 
 ShaU reel on his doubtful way. 
 Vatch here! and the goblet's foam 
 
 Will make him an easy prey! 
 lilence! silence! this way, this way! 
 
 [As the Gipsies retire up the stage, Florestein stag- 
 gers out of the hotel — he is elegantly dressed with 
 chain, rings, <.fc., and a rich medallion round his 
 neck. ] 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 Wine! wine! if I am heir 
 
 To the Count — my uncle's — line, — [Hiccup.'} 
 
 Where's the fellow — will dare 
 
 To refuse his nephew — wine? [Hiccup.'] 
 
 That moon there, staring me in the way. 
 
 Can't be as modest as people say, 
 
 For meet whom she will, and in Avhatever 
 
 spot, 
 She often looks on at what she ought not. 
 Wine! wine! wine! 
 
 [The Gipsies have by this time advanced, and Dev- 
 ilshoof goes politely up to Florestein.] 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 
 My ear caught not the clock's last chime. 
 And I beg to ask the time ? 
 
 [Florestein reels, recovers a little, and after eyeincj 
 Devilshoof. ] 
 
 Florestein. [Aside.] 
 
 If the bottle has prevailed. 
 Yet whenever I'm assailed, 
 Though there may be nothing in it, 
 I am sobered in a minute — [ To Dcvilshonf ] 
 You are really so polite. 
 That [imlling out his 2vatch] 'tis late iiito the 
 
 night. 
 Devilshoof. 
 
 [Taking his icotch and putting it into his fob.] 
 
 You are very kind — can it really be! 
 Are you sure it is so late? 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 [Assuming courage.] 
 
 May I beg to ask — I 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 
 I am grieved to see 
 Any one in such a state, 
 And will gladly take the utmost care 
 Of the rings and chains you chance to 
 
 wear. 
 
 [Taking from Florestein his rings, chain, and the 
 rich medallion. Florestein draws his S2Cord.] 
 
12 
 
 BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 Fhrcstein. 
 
 "WTiat I thought was |)olitf'iie.ss, is down 
 
 right theft, 
 
 And at this rate I soon shall have nothing 
 
 left. 
 
 \_At a siyn from Uevilshoof the Gipsies instantly 
 surround Horestein, and take every valuable 
 from him.'] 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Advance witli caution, let every man 
 Seize on, and keep whatever he can. 
 
 [During the chorus Derilshoof makes off tcith the 
 medallion, and the others are dividing the rest 
 of the spoil, when a female appears in the midst 
 of them, drops her cloak, and discovers their 
 Queen. The Gipsies appear stupefied.'] 
 
 Queen. 
 
 To him from whom you stole, 
 Surrender back the WHOLE. 
 [The Gipsies return the different thimjs to Florestein.] 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 [ TremhUnij, and looling over the thint/s. ] 
 
 Thanks, madam, — lady — hut might I re- 
 quest 
 
 A medallion in diamonds — worth all the 
 
 rest. 
 
 \_At a sifjn from the Queen, who seems to command 
 its restitution — ] 
 
 Chorus of Gipsies, 
 
 On our chieftain's share we ne'er encroach, 
 xVud he tied with that prize, at your ap- 
 proach. 
 
 Queen. [To Florestdn.] 
 
 Be your safety my care — 
 
 Florestein. [ TremlUng. ] 
 
 I'm in precious hands. 
 
 Queen. [To Gipsies.'] 
 
 Follow and list to your Queen's commands. 
 
 Chorus. 
 Yes, we will list to our Queen's commands. 
 
 [Exeunt Queen holding Florestein, all of a tremble, 
 in one hand, and beckoning the Gipsies to follow 
 with the other. As soon as they have gone off, Ar- 
 line, who has been aroused by the noise, comes 
 from the tent, followed by Tfiaddeus.] 
 
 Arline. 
 
 "\Miere have I been wandering in my 
 sleep f and what curious noise awoke me 
 from its pleasant dreamt Ah, Thaddeus, 
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 That knights upon bended knee, 
 A.nd Avith vows no maiden heart could 
 
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 That they pledged their faith to me. 
 And I dream'd that one of this noble host 
 
 Came fortli my hand to claim; 
 Yet I also dream'd, which charmed me 
 
 most, 
 
 That you loved me still the same. 
 
 [At the end o/ the ballad Thaddeus presses Arline 
 to his heart.'l 
 
 J rline. 
 And von do love me still? 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 More than life itself. 
 
 Arline. 
 
 Yet is there a mystery between our af- 
 fections and their happiness that I would 
 fain unravel. [Poiniiiuj to her arm ] The mark 
 on this arm, which I have seen you so 
 often contemplate, is the key to that mys- 
 tery. By the love you say you bear me, 
 solve it. 
 
16 
 
 BOHEMIAN GIBL. 
 
 DUET. 
 
 Thaddcus. 
 
 \_TaX-ing her hand and pointin<j to the iiiark.'\ 
 
 That ■wound upon tliino arm, 
 Whoso murk throu<;^h life will be, 
 In savinf? thee from greater harm 
 Was there transfixed by me. 
 
 By thee 
 
 AH inc. 
 
 Thaddcus. 
 
 E'er on thy gentle head 
 Thy sixth sun had its radiance shed, 
 A wild d(M'r who had lain at l)ay 
 Pursued by hunters cross'd the way, 
 JUit slaying him 1 rescued thee, 
 And in his death throes' agony 
 That tender frame by his antler gored 
 This humble arm to thy home restored. 
 
 Arliiic. 
 
 Strange feelings move this breast 
 It never knew before, 
 And bid mo here implore 
 That you reveal the rest., 
 
 ENSEMBLE. 
 
 Tliaddcus. 
 
 The secret of her birth 
 
 To me is only known, 
 
 The secret of a life whose worth 
 
 I prize beyond my own. 
 
 ArVtnc. 
 
 The secret of my birth 
 
 To him is fidly known. 
 
 The secret of a life whose worth 
 
 r jirizo beyond my own. 
 
 A rlinc. 
 
 Sj^oak, tell me — ease ray tortured heart, 
 -Vnd that secret evil, or good, impart. 
 
 Thaddcus. 
 
 1 will tell thee, although the words mav 
 
 sever 
 
 One who so loves thee, from thy love ^ov 
 
 ever. 
 
 ENSEMBLE. 
 
 Arlinc. 
 
 Where is the spell hath yet effaced 
 The first fond lines that love hath traced^ 
 And after years have but imprest 
 More deep in love's confiding breast? 
 
 Thaddcus. 
 
 And yet few spells have e'er effaced 
 The first fond lines that love hath traced, 
 And after years have but imprest 
 More deep in love's confiding breast. 
 
 \_At the end </ the duct, Thaddcus throws himself, in 
 an ecstasy, at the feet of Arline, and is bathing 
 her hand with Hsses, when the back cwUains of 
 the tent are withdrawn, and the Queen appears, 
 jmlc, and trembling with ptassion. She advances 
 towards Arline, and pointing to Thaddcus — ] 
 
 Queen. 
 
 And dare you aspire to the love of him 
 Avho possesses the heart of your queen? 
 
 Arlinc. 
 
 I possess his heart, and will yield the 
 possession to no one. He is the saviour of 
 my life, and the only friend 1 have in all 
 the tribe; he has sworn how much he 
 loves me. 
 
 Queen. 
 Loves you? 
 
 Arline. 
 
 Yes: let him speak for himself, and 
 choose between us. 
 
 Qiieen. 
 Be it so. 
 
 \_Thaddeus, who has been anxiousli/ watching the 
 two, here runs and embraces Arline. She sur- 
 veys the Queen with an air of triumph. ] 
 
 Arline. ITo the Qu^en."] 
 
 I made no idle boast. [Then to Thaddcus.^ 
 Summon our comrades hither. 
 
 [ The Queen is .standing in the centre, while Thad- 
 dcus calls the Gipsies together, who enter on, all 
 sides and surround the Queen, and apptear to 
 ask what is goiug on.] 
 
BOHEIIIAN GIRL. 
 
 17 
 
 CONCERTED PIECE. 
 
 Arline. 
 
 Listen, while I relate 
 
 The hopes of the gipsy's fate. 
 
 I am loved by one, by one I love 
 
 All other hearts above, 
 
 And the sole delight to me 
 
 \_ Taking the hand of Thaddeus.'] 
 
 Is with him united to be. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Happy and light of heart be those 
 Who in each bosom one faith repose! 
 
 Devilslioof. 
 
 \_Aslde — malicloushj pointing to the Quecn.'\ 
 
 A rival's hate you may better teU 
 By her rage than by her tears, 
 
 And it, perchance, may be as Avell, 
 To set tlic^m both by the ears. 
 
 [ To Queen . ] 
 
 As queen of the tribe, 'tis yours by right, 
 riie hands of those you rule to unite. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 [ To the Queen, tcho draics hack and hesitates '] 
 
 In love and truth, by thee 
 Their hands united be. 
 
 Arline, 
 
 \_Partlj inclining in supplication.'] 
 
 A rival no more, but a subject see, 
 Asking thy blessing on bended knee. 
 
 Thaddeus. inuising her.] 
 
 Debase not thyself, but rather lose 
 
 The boon, and a fate less wayward choose. 
 
 Chorus. [Ui-ging the Queen.] 
 
 In love and truth, by thee 
 Their hands united be. 
 
 Queen. 
 
 \_Haughtilii advancing, and taking the hands of 
 Arline and Thaddeus.] 
 
 Hand to hand, and heart to heart. 
 Who shall those I have mated part? 
 By the spell of my sway, 
 Part them who may ! [joining thdr hands. ] 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Happy and light of heart be those 
 Who in each bosom one faith repose! 
 
 [_During this scene the stage has been growing 
 somewhat lighter. Gipsy enters.] 
 
 Gipsy. 
 
 Morning is beginning to dawn, and crowds 
 of people are already Hocking tow\ards the 
 fair: the sports begin with daylight. 
 
 Queen. 
 
 Summon the rest of the tribe, and meet 
 me forthwith in the jjublic square. 
 
 [To Derilshoof.'i 
 
 Do you remain to bear my further orders. 
 
 [E.teunt Thaddeus and Arline, hand in hand, fol- 
 lowed by the other Gipsies repeating Chorus.] 
 
 DUET. 
 
 Queen. 
 
 This is thy deed — seek not to assuage 
 My jealous fears and a rival's rage. 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 I neither fear nor seek to calm — 
 
 Queen. lAside to Dcvdshoof] 
 
 Revenge is the wounded bosom's balm. 
 That jewel with which thou hast dared to 
 
 deck 
 Thy foredoomed neck. 
 Answer me — where didst tliou get it — - 
 
 where f 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 'Twas entrusted to my care. 
 
 Queen. 
 
 This very night, on tliis very spot. 
 
 Thy soul for once its fears forgot, 
 
 And a drunken galliard vrho cross'd thy 
 
 way, 
 Became thy prey — 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 
 Fiend born, 'twere vain to fly 
 The glance of her searching eye! 
 
18 
 
 B0HE3IIAX GIRL. 
 
 ENSEMBLE. 
 
 Queen. 
 
 Down on thv knee and that ^em restore 
 
 E'en in thy shame amazed, 
 Or long years of sin shall deplore 
 
 The storm which thou hast raised. 
 
 Devilshoof. [j«(/e.] 
 
 It best might he the prize to restore, 
 
 Much as I seem amazed. 
 Or hereafter I may deplore 
 
 The storm which T liavc raised. 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 
 [Knedinij and presenting the medallion to the Queen.'] 
 
 Queen, I obey. 
 
 Queen. 
 
 'Tis the Avisest thing 
 
 Thy coward soul could do. ITal-es medallion.'] 
 
 Devilshoof. \_Mide.] 
 
 Who from my grasp such prize could wring, 
 The doing it may rue. 
 
 Queen. 
 Depart, and join the rest. 
 
 Devilshoof. 
 I do thy high behest — 
 
 ENSEMBLE. lAside.^ 
 
 The wrongs we forgive not and cannot 
 
 forget, 
 Will the edge of our vengeance more 
 
 sharply whet. 
 
 Queen. 
 
 The wrongs we forgive not and cannot 
 
 forget, 
 Will the edge of our vengeance more 
 
 sharply whet. 
 
 [^ExeurU the Queen and Devilshoof qp separate sides.'l 
 
 Scene II. — Another Street in Presburg. Daylighi. 
 
 \_ Enter Arline, in a fanciful dress, followed hy a 
 troop of Gipsies. She has a tamb<yrine in her 
 hand.] 
 
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 Come with the gipsy bride 
 
 And repair 
 
 To the fair 
 Where the mazy dance 
 Will the hours entrance, 
 Where souls as light preside! 
 Life can give nothing beyond 
 One heart you know to bo fond, 
 Wealth with its lioards cannot buy 
 The peace content can supply, 
 Rank in its halls may not find 
 The calm of a liappy mind — 
 
 So repair 
 
 To the fair, 
 And they all may be met with there. 
 
 Love is the first thing to clasp, 
 But if he escapes your grasp. 
 Friendship will then be at hand, 
 In the young rogue's place to stand; 
 Hope, too, will be nothing loath 
 To point out the way to both. 
 
 So repair 
 
 To the fair. 
 And they all may be met with there. 
 
 Chorus, 
 
 In the gipsy's life you may read. 
 The life that all would like to lead. 
 
 \_Exit ArJiac, folloiccd hy the tribe of Gipsies ] 
 
20 
 
 BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 Scene III. — A (iraml Fair in the public I'latz of Pres- 
 burtj. On one side a larr/e hotel over which is inscribed 
 "The Hall of Justice." Furious grotips of Gentry, 
 Soldiers, Citizens, and Peasantrt/ cover the stage. 
 Booths are seen in various parts. Rope Dancers, Show- 
 men, JfaxtvorL; a Quack Doctor, Exhibition, ^x., tf-c, 
 are dispersed here and there. Flags hung out of the 
 windows, and ringing of bells, enliven the scene. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Life itself is at the best 
 
 One scene in mask of folly drest, 
 
 And there is no part of its -wild career 
 
 But you will meet with here! 
 
 To these symbols of life your voices swell, 
 
 Viye la masque, et vive la bagatelle. 
 
 [At the end of the Chorus, a movement is perceived 
 at the further end of the platz, ichich is followed 
 by the entrance of a double party of men Gipsies, 
 headed by Devilshoof and Thaddeus, who force a 
 passage down the centre of the stage, which they 
 occupy ; they then open their ranis, when another 
 file of female Gipsies, headed by their Queen and 
 Arline, pass between them. Florestein and citi- 
 zens are seen watching them with great curiosity.'] 
 
 QUARTETTE. 
 
 ArVmc, Queen, Thaddeus, Devilshoof. 
 
 From the valleys and hills 
 Where the sweetest buds grow, 
 And are watered by rills 
 Which are purest that liow. 
 Come we! Come Ave! 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Light of heart, Heet of foot, reckless of 
 sligjit or gibe, 
 
 Who can compare with the free happy 
 gipsy tribe I 
 
 [During this, the body of Gipsies have been enact- 
 ing characteristic Dances, when Arline, carrying 
 a Jlower-basket in her hand, glides round to the 
 assembled company and sings.] 
 
 SOLO. 
 
 A rVntc. 
 
 Sir Knight, and lady, listen! 
 That bright eye seems to glisten 
 
 [To a lady.] 
 
 As if his trusted tale 
 
 Did o'er thy sense prevail ! 
 
 [To another — piinting to her heart."] 
 
 Pretty maiden, take care, take care, 
 Wliat havoc love maketh there! 
 
 [To a third — pointing to a ring on her finger.\ 
 
 And this token, from love you borrow, 
 Is the prelude of many a sorrow: 
 There are those who have lived, who knew 
 The gipsy's words to be true! 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 [As the dance of the Gipsies continues.'^ 
 
 Light of heart, fleet of foot, reckless of 
 slight or gibe. 
 
 Who can compare with the free happy 
 gipsy tribe? 
 
 [At the end of the dance and chorus, Count Arn- 
 heim and some Officers of State enter; his hair 
 has become grey, his step is slow, and his ap- 
 pearance is that of sorroio. Me is accosted bif 
 Florestein. ] 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 My dear uncle, it delights me to see you 
 amongst us, and here is a little gipsy girl 
 that would delight you still more, [aside,] if 
 you had my blood in your veins: she's 
 positively a charming creature. 
 
 Couiif. 
 
 I have lost the taste of joy, and the 
 sight of youth and beauty recalls to my 
 memory that treasure of both, my loved 
 and lost Arline. 
 
 [Ue gazes attentively at Arline, sighs heavily, that- 
 exits with his retinue into the Hall of Justice.] 
 
 FJorestein. 
 
 [To a party of h is friends J 
 
 It's no use restraining me — I'm positively 
 
 smitten. [Breaks from (Item and goes uj) to Arliyic.'] 
 
 Fair creature, your manner has enchanted 
 me, and I would fain take a lesson fi'om 
 you. 
 
 A}Ji)ie. 
 
 Of politeness, sir! By all means. To- 
 begin, then: whenever you address a lady 
 take your hat off. 
 
BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 21 
 
 Florcstcin. 
 
 Very smart, [tcith a titter,'] 'pon my word, 
 very smart. Your naivete only increases 
 the feelings of admiration and devotion 
 svhicli a too susceptible heart — 
 
 Arline. 
 
 Ha! ha! ha! 
 
 {^Bursting out laughinr/.'] 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 Your indifference will drive me to de- 
 spair. 
 
 AiTme. 
 Will it really! 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 Do not mock me, but pity my too sus- 
 ceptible nature, and let me print one kiss 
 upon — 
 
 [Here Arline gives him a violent slap on the face ; 
 the Queen, who has gone up the stage with Thad- 
 deus, now brings him on one side and points out 
 the situation of Arline and Florestein — he is about 
 to rush upon Florestein just as Arline has slapped 
 his face — on receiving it, he turns round and finds 
 himself between the two, and both are laughing in 
 his face.^ 
 
 Queen. [Eyeing Florestein.] 
 
 It is the very person from whom they 
 stole the trinkets. 
 
 [ Taking the medallion from her bosom ] 
 
 This too is his, and now my project 
 thrives. 
 
 [Florestein turns up the stage to join his party, 
 and the Queen crosses to Arline.] 
 
 You have acted well your part, and thus 
 your Queen rewards you. 
 
 [ Places the medallion around her nccl\] 
 
 Forget not the hand that gave it. 
 Arline. 
 
 [Kneeling and Hssing the Queen's hand.] 
 
 Let this bespeak my gratitude. 
 
 Queen. 
 And now let our tribe depart. 
 
 [Chorus and dance repeated, and the Gipisies are nil 
 about to march off, Thaddeus and Arline bringing 
 up the rear of their body ; when Florestein, who, 
 with his friends, had been watching their departure, 
 perceives his medallion on the neck of Arline — he 
 breaks through the crowd and stops her — she and 
 Thaddeus come forward.] 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 Though you treated me so lightly some 
 moments past, you will not do so now. 
 That medallion is mine, my friends here 
 recognize it. 
 
 All. 
 
 We do, we do. 
 
 [ Here Devilshoof is seen to steal off. ] 
 
 Florestein. 
 And I accuse you of having stolen it. 
 
 Arline. 
 
 Stolen! It was this instant given me by 
 our Queen, and she is here to verify my 
 words. 
 
 [Arline runs about looking everywhere for the 
 Queen.] 
 
 Florestein. 
 That's an everyday sort of subterfuge. 
 
 [ To the crowd. ] 
 
 Worthy people and friends, that medal- 
 lion on her neck belongs to me, and I 
 accuse her or her accomplices of having 
 robbed me. 
 
 CONCERTED PIECE. 
 
 [Chorus of Populace surrounding Arline.] 
 
 Shame! shame! let us know the right, 
 And shame on the guilty one light ! 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 [Pushing before Arline to shield her.] 
 
 He who a hand on her would lay. 
 Through my heart must force his way. 
 
 Ch07'US. 
 
 Tear them asunder, but still protect. 
 Until they can prove wdiat they but suspect. 
 
 Arline. 
 
 To all who their belief have lent. 
 Heaven can attest I am innocent. 
 
22 
 
 BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 \^Florestein, who had during this movement entered 
 the "Hall of Justice," is now seen retumimj, 
 followed by a strowj guard, who file off each side 
 of the steps. "[ 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 [To Caj)taiit of Guard, pointing to Arline.'] 
 
 There stands the culprit, on you I call: 
 Conduct her away to the Hall — to the Hall. 
 
 {_ Arline looks at him, icith great contempt, the Gipsies 
 jtcrceiving her danger range themselves around her. 
 Thaddeus brads from those who are holding him 
 and i-ushcs up to her. Florestein has got behind 
 the Captain of the Guard, who gives orders to his 
 Soldiers to seize Arline^ vpon which the Gipsies 
 draw their daggers, a conflict ensues, in which the 
 Guard maintains possession of Arline, a body of 
 the Populace re-seize Thaddeus, and the Gipsies 
 are routed. '\ 
 
 ENSEMBLE. 
 
 Cajitain of Guards. 
 
 They -who Avr)iild brave the law, 
 Agamst themselves but di'aw 
 The aid of which they stood in need, 
 And aggravate their guilty deed. 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 Now it is with the law, 
 
 I beg leave to withdraw, 
 
 A glass of wine 1 greatly need, 
 
 For it has hurt my nerves indeed. 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 Free me, or else the law 
 Upon your heads you draw, 
 Its aid you may live to need 
 Who smile upon this daring deed. 
 
 Guard. 
 
 If ye dare brave the law, 
 
 Upon your heads ye draw 
 
 The aid of which ye stand in need, 
 
 And aggravate their guilty deed. 
 
 GijJsies. 
 
 "Why should we fear the law, 
 
 Or all the arms ye draw. 
 
 While of our aid she stands in need, 
 
 And guiltless is of such a deed? 
 
 [Arline is conducted by a file of the Guard, led bi/ 
 the Captain, and preceded by Florestein and his 
 party, into the "Hall of Justice," — the people fol- 
 low in a mass, while Thaddeus is detained by those 
 who first seized him; and as Arline is going up the 
 steps, the figure of the Queen is seen in an attitude 
 of triumph over her rival's fall.'] 
 
 SCENK IV. — Interior of Count Arnhcim's apartment in- 
 the Hall of Justice — a view of the last Scene visible 
 through one of the windows at the bad: A full length 
 ptortrait of Arline, as she was in the First Act, hangs 
 on the wall — state chairs, ij'c. — an elevation or dias on 
 the side. 
 
 [Count Arnheim enters, thoughtful and dejefted, he 
 contemplates Arlinc's piortrait, and wipes a tear 
 from his eye.] 
 
 Count. 
 
 Whate'er the scenes the present hour calls 
 forth before the sight. 
 
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 outside, whenthe Captain of the Guard enters."] 
 
 Captain. 
 
 A robbery has been committed, and the 
 accused is now in the hall awaiting the 
 pleasure of your lordship, as chief magis- 
 trate of the city, for examination. 
 
 Count. 
 Bring the parties before me. 
 
 \_The Captain, arranges the magisterial chair, bows 
 and retires.'] 
 
 Anything to arouse me from these dis- 
 tracting thoughts, though the sole happiness 
 I now enjoy is in the recollection of my 
 long-lost child. 
 
 [(Seats himself, when the doors are violently opened, 
 and a mob of Citizens, Guards and Gentry enter. 
 Florestein is in the midst of them, who instantly 
 rushes up to the Count. ] 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 It is your lordship's nephew — I, who 
 have been robbed! 
 
 Count. 
 
 Some folly of yours is forever compro- 
 mising my name and that of your family. 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 But I am in this instance the victim — I 
 have been robbed, and there stands the 
 culprit. 
 
 [^Pointing to Arline, standing in the centre, pale 
 and with dishevelled hair but still haughty in 
 her demeanor.] 
 
 Count. {Aside.] 
 
 'Tis she I saw but now in the public 
 square. That girl, so young, so beautiful, 
 commit a robbery? Impossible! 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 She stole this medallion belonging to 
 me — we found it upon her. 
 
 Count. [Addressing Arline.] 
 
 Can this be true ? 
 
 Arline. 
 
 [Looking contemptuously at Florestein and turn- 
 ing with dignity to the Count. ] 
 
 Heaven knows I am innocent, and if 
 your lordship knew my heart, poii would 
 not deem me guilty. 
 
 Count. 
 
 Her words sink deep into my breast. 
 Childless myself, I fain would spare the 
 
 child of another. [To Florestein.] 
 
 What proofs have you of this? 
 Florestein. 
 
 [ Pointing to his friend.i. ] 
 
 My witnesses are here, who all can swear 
 they saw it on her neck. 
 
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 BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 We can. 
 
 All 
 
 Count. 
 
 Still does my mind misgive me. 
 
 [ To Arline, in a kind tone.'] 
 
 My wish is to establish your innocence — 
 explain the matter to me, and without fear. 
 
 Arlinc. 
 
 Tliat medallion was given to me by the 
 Queen of the tribe to whicli I belong — how 
 it came into her possession I know not. 
 But a liglit breaks in upon me- — I see it 
 all — I chanced to incur her displeasure, 
 and to revenge lierself upon me, she has 
 laid fur me this shameless snare, into which 
 I have innocently fallen, and of which 1 
 have become the victim. 
 
 [IIidiii(j her face in her hands, and weepiiif/.] 
 
 Count. 
 
 [ TVitJi a struggle. ] 
 
 I believe your tale, and from my heart 
 I pity the inexperience which has led to 
 the ruin of one who seems above the grade 
 of those she herds with — but in the fulfill- 
 ment of duty 1 must compromise the 
 feelings of nature, and I am forced to 
 deliver you into the hands of justice. 
 
 Arline. 
 
 [To the Count.] 
 
 To you my earthly, to Him my lieavenly 
 judge, I re-assert my innocence. I may be 
 accused, but will not be degraded, and from 
 the infamy with which I am unjustly 
 threatened, thus I free myself. 
 
 [She dmus a dagger from beneath her scarf and 
 is about to atab herself, when Count Arnheim 
 rushes forward, seizes her arm, and wrests the 
 dagger from her. ] 
 
 FINALE. 
 
 Count. 
 Hold! hold! 
 
 W(! cannot give the life we take 
 iS'or re-unite the heart we break! 
 Sad thing — 
 
 [Taking the hand of Arline, and suddenly seeing 
 the wound on her arm. ] 
 
 What visions round me rise. 
 And cloud, with mists of the past, mine 
 
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 That mark ! those features ! and thy youth ! 
 
 [Dragging Arline forward, and in great agitation. ] 
 
 My very life hangs on thy truth — 
 How came that markf 
 
 Arline. 
 
 [Becollecting Thaddeus's words. ] 
 
 E'er on my head 
 My sixth sun had its radiance shed, 
 A wild deer, who iiad lain at bay. 
 Pursued by hunters, cross'd my way; 
 My tender frame, by his antler gored, 
 An humble youth to my home restored: 
 The tale he but this day confess'd, 
 And is near at hand to relate the rest. 
 
 [_Here a tumult is heard, and Thaddeus, having 
 escaped from those who confined him, breaks into 
 the room, and rushes into the arms of Arline. 
 The Count, on seeing him, reels back. A general 
 excitement prevails. ] 
 
 Count. 
 
 With the force of fear and hope 
 My feelings have to cope ! 
 
 A rline. 
 
 [Approaching the Cotint and pointing to Thaddeus, 
 who sta7'ts on beholding him.] 
 
 'Tis he the danger braved; 
 'Tis he my life who saved. 
 
 SOLO. 
 Count. 
 
 [Seizing Arline in his arms, and in a transport 
 
 of joy.] 
 Mine ovm, my long lost child! 
 
 C)h, seek not to control 
 This frantic joy, this wild 
 
 Delirium of my soul! 
 Bound in a father's arms 
 
 And i)ill()w'd upon liis breast, 
 Bid all th<' rude ahirnis 
 
 That assaifd th}- feelings, rest. 
 
 [Count clasps Arline to his heart — kisses her head, 
 hands, hair, and shedding tears of jog.] 
 
BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 27 
 
 Arline. 
 
 {Bewildered, starts from the Count and runs to 
 Thaddeus. ] 
 
 Speak — speak! this shaken frame, 
 This doubt, this torture, see — 
 
 My hopes — my very life — my fame 
 Depend on thee. 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 ^Pointing to Count Arnheim, with deep emotion. Aside. ] 
 
 Dear as thou long hast been, 
 Dear as thou long wilt be, 
 Mourned as this passing scene 
 Will be through life by me. 
 Though his heart, and none other, like 
 
 mine can adore thee, 
 Yet iaioud'] thou art not deceived — 'tis thy 
 father before thee! 
 
 I irline staggers, and then rushes into the Count's arms. J 
 ENSEMBLE. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Praised be the will of heaven, 
 Whose light on them smiled, 
 
 And whose bounty hath given 
 The father his child! 
 
 Count. 
 
 Praised be the wiU of heaven, 
 Whose light o'er me smiled, 
 
 And whose bounty hath given 
 A father his child! 
 
 Arline. 
 
 Praised be the will of heaven, 
 Whose light o'er me smiled. 
 
 And whose bounty hath given 
 A father his child! 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 Though from this bosom riven, 
 
 That heart is beguiled, 
 The bereavement hath given 
 
 The father his child! 
 
 lUiaddeus hides his fare in his hands, much moved. ] 
 
 Dcvilshoof. 
 
 [^Suddenly emerging from the crowd and draggiwj 
 Thaddeus away.'\ 
 
 Better to go 'ere driven, 
 
 Than e'er be reviled, 
 For the bounty hath given 
 
 The father his child! 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Praised be the will of heaven, 
 Whose light on them smiled, 
 
 And whose bounty hath given 
 The father his child! 
 
 ACT III. 
 
 A Splendid Saloon, in the Castle of Count Arnheim, a 
 large loindoiv-door at the bade opening on the Parle. 
 On the side, the door of a small Cabinet, doors at the 
 hack leading into spacious Galleries. 
 
 \_Enter Arline, elegantly dressed for a Ball. J 
 
 Arline. 
 
 The past appears to me but a dream 
 from which I have at length aroused me. 
 Yet my heart recalls enough to convince 
 me it was all reality. When I think of the 
 wandering life I led, my memory will re- 
 vert to him who in every trial preserved 
 its honor, who twice restored me to a 
 father's arms, and at length to a father's, 
 home. 
 
 \_Count Arnheim enters ivith Florestein — Arline 
 runs into his arms.^ 
 
 Count. 
 
 Every moment you leave me is a mo- 
 ment of unhappincss. I am jealous of 
 whatever divides us, short as may be the 
 interval. On a night of so much joy, when 
 so many friends are to assemble and par- 
 ticipate in your father's delight, let me 
 intercede for one you have too much cause 
 to be angrv with. 
 
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 ArlinC. [Averting her head.'[ 
 
 The very sight of liim disturbs me. 
 
 [ To the Count 1 
 The M-ishos of niv dear f;ither I would 
 cheerfully comply with, but the repugnance 
 I cannot ov^ercome. 
 
 Fhrestein. 
 
 [Falling on nis knee.'\ 
 
 Fair cousin, let me plead my own cause, 
 and express the — aw — sorrow I really feel 
 at having for an instant believed it possible 
 — in fact, I never in reality — 
 
 [Enter a So'vant.] 
 
 AVhat the devil do you want at such a crit- 
 ical ])art of one's conversation? 
 
 [Servant crosses to the Count.'\ 
 
 Servant. 
 
 The castle is filling with guests n'ho in- 
 quire for your lordship. [Exit.] 
 
 Count. 
 
 [To Arline.'] 
 
 Let US hasten to meet them, and afford 
 me the joy of making you known to them. 
 
 Arline. 
 
 Allow me but time to fortify myself for 
 a ceremony 1 am a stranger to, and I will 
 follow you. 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 That is but reasonable, uncle — I Avill 
 live in hopes of my cousin's forgiveness, 
 whicli can glone restore me — peace — of 
 mind. [AxUlc] I shall positively expire 
 if I don't lead off the first quadrille with 
 
 -licr. [Exeunt Count and I'lorestein.] 
 
 ArJinc. 
 
 I am once more left to my thoughts, and 
 all the deep regrets which accompany 
 them. Nothing can drive the recollection 
 of Thaddeus from my mind, and the lonely 
 life I led, was to me far happier than the 
 constrained one now I pass; and the grace- 
 ful dress of the gipsy girl becomes me 
 more than all this gaudy apparel of nobles. 
 
 { Going around the room to ser, if any one w watching. | 
 
 Now no eye beholds me, I may at least in- 
 dulge in a remembrance of the past. 
 
 [ Goes to the Cabinet and brings out her gipst/ dress."] 
 
 The sight of this recalls the memory of 
 happy days, and of him who made them 
 happy. 
 
 [As she is contemplating the dress, the window at 
 the back suddenly opens, and Devilshoof springs 
 into the apartment. ] 
 
 .A.rll7ie. [Screamitig.] 
 
 Ah ! what seek you here with me ? 
 
 Devilslioof. 
 
 Hush! fear not; but be silent. I came 
 to ask you to rejoin our tribe — we have 
 never ceased to feel the loss of one liked 
 more than all the rest. 
 
 Arline. 
 
 Impossible! Leave me, I pray, and let 
 me forget we have ever been acquainted. 
 
 Devilslioof. 
 
 I have brought with me one who has, 
 undoubtedly, greater powers of persuasion 
 than I can pretend to. 
 
 [Here Thaddeus appears at the window; enters 
 the room, and Arline, unable to restrain her 
 feelings, rushes into his arms.'] 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 In the midst of so much luxury, so much 
 wealth and grandeur, I thought you had 
 forgotten me. 
 
 Arline. 
 
 Forgotten you! [Pointing to the gipsy's dress.] 
 
 Had I nothing else to remind me of you, 
 this would always speak to me of you. 
 Forgotten yoaf 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 The scenes in which you now move, 
 may diive from your memory every trace 
 of the past, and I only come to ask — to 
 hope — that you will sometimes think 
 upon me. 
 
 ; Devil shoof goes up to the window, on the look out.'] 
 
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 That you'll remember me. 
 
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 dcus, and with great emphasis, sai/s : ] 
 
 Arlinc. 
 
 Whatever may be our future lot, nothing 
 should persuade you that I can ever cease 
 to think of, ever cease to love you. 
 
 Th addcUS. [ Overjoyed. ] 
 
 My heart is overpowered with happiness : 
 yet, alas! 'tis but of short duration, for I 
 must leave you now for ever. 
 
 Arlinc. 
 
 Oh, no, no! say not so! I cannot live 
 without you. 
 
 TJiaddcus. 
 
 And will you then forsake your home, 
 your kindred, all! and follow me"? 
 
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 TJiaddcus. [ To Arline. ] 
 
 Through the world wilt thou fly 
 From the world with me — 
 
 Wilt thou fortune's frowns defy. 
 As I will for theef 
 
 Arlinc. [To Thaddeus.'] 
 
 Through the world I wull fly 
 From the world Avith thee, 
 
 Could I hush a father's sigh 
 That would heave for me. 
 
 Dcvilshoof. 
 
 [ Coming forward. To Thaddeus. ] 
 All the world hither fly, 
 
 Come away with me! 
 Never let a lover's sigh 
 
 Ruin bring on thee! 
 Hasten! hasten! thy safety calls: 
 See where they throng the halls ! 
 
 This way ! [ Going totcards the window. ] 
 
 JlriDtC. [Stopping Thaddcvs.'] 
 
 Stop! do not snap the string 
 
 Of the fon-dcst tie 
 In my memory 
 
 To which the heart can cling. 
 
 TJiaddcus. 
 I am chained by fate to the spot. 
 
 DcviUJioof. 
 Nearer they come! 
 
 Arlinc. 
 
 Oh, leave me not. 
 
 TJiaddcus. 
 
 Oh, whore should affection's feelings rest, 
 
 If they may not repose on aftcction's breast I 
 
 Better to die than live to grieve 
 
 Over the pangs such partings leave! 
 
 DcvilsJlOof. IStill looking out. ] 
 
 A moment more and your doom is cast! 
 
 Arlinc. [Aside.l 
 
 The hopes that were brightest, the dreams 
 
 of the past 
 In the fulness of promise recede, 
 And render the prospect dark indeed. 
 
 Bevilslioof. 
 Escape is hopeless. 
 
 Arline. \_Pointing to cahinet.'l 
 
 Enter here! 
 
 Where detection we need not fear! 
 
 ENSEMBLE. 
 
 TJiaddcus. 
 If it were not for thee, I would here await 
 The venom'd shafts of their deadliest hate. 
 
 DcvilsJioof. 
 Though here you may linger, I will not 
 
 await 
 The certain blow of their power and hate. 
 
 Arlinc. 
 Oh, if only for me, no longer await 
 The venom'd shafts of their deadliest hate. 
 
 [Thaddeus has barely time to take refuge in the 
 cabinet, and Dcvilshoof to escape by the window, 
 when the great doors are thrown open, and a 
 brilliant assemblage enters, led by Count Am- 
 heim, Florestein, ^r.; Count takes Arline's 
 hand, and presents her to the company.'] 
 
32 
 
 BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 Count. 
 
 Welcome, Avelcome all — share with me 
 all the joy I feci while I }>resent my loved 
 and long lost daughter. 
 
 FINALE. 
 
 Cliorus. 
 
 Welcome the present, oh ponder not 
 
 On the days departed now. 
 Let the cares that were theirs be forgot, 
 
 And raised from pleasure's brow; 
 Never mind time, nor what he has done, 
 If he only the present will smile upon. 
 
 Flon'stein. 
 
 \^Sc€in'j the 'jijisy dress on a chair and takinfj it up.] 
 
 This is not an ornament fit to grace. 
 At such a moment, such stately place, 
 And perchance 'twere best to hide the prize 
 In this recess [pointkir/ to the cahine('\ from his 
 lordship's eyes. 
 
 ArJine. 
 
 [ Whose attention has been riveted on the cabinet, 
 and seeing Florestein c/o near it. ] 
 
 That room and its treasure belong to me. 
 And from all intrusion must sacred be. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Never mind time, nor wliat he has done, 
 If he only the present will smile upon! 
 Welcome the present, oh ponder not 
 
 On days departed now; 
 Let the cares that were theirs be forgot. 
 
 And raised from pleasure's brow. 
 
 I A confused mvrmiir is heard at the lack of the stage.'] 
 
 Wliat sounds break on the ear, 
 Checking young joy's career? 
 
 [J female, closely veiled, enters the apartment and 
 goes vp to Count Arnheim.'} 
 
 Female. 
 
 Heed the warning voice! 
 Wail and not rejoice! 
 The foe to thy rest. 
 Is one thou lovest best. 
 
 [5.'e lets her veil fall, and discorers the Queen of 
 the Gipsies.] 
 
 Count. 
 
 Who and what thou? Let me knew 
 Whom dost thou deem my foe! 
 
 Queeii. 
 
 Think not my warning wild! 
 
 'Tis thy re-found child! 
 
 She loves a youth of the tribe I sway, 
 
 And braves the world's reproof; 
 List to the Avords I say — 
 
 He is now concealed beneath thy roof ! 
 
 Count. 
 Base wretch, thou liest — 
 
 Queen. 
 
 Thy faith I begrudge — 
 Open that door, and thyself be judge. 
 
 l^Count rushing to the door of the cabinet ichile 
 Arline in vain opposes.] 
 
 ENSE3IBLE. 
 
 Count. 
 
 Stand not across my path, 
 Brave not a father's Avrath. 
 
 Arlbie. 
 
 ThrOAAm thus across thy path. 
 Let me abide thy wratli. 
 
 [ J7;e Count pushes Arline aside, opens the door, 
 and Thaddeus appears — the Count reels back, 
 and every one seems panic-st7-uck.] 
 
 QUINTETTE AND CHORUS. 
 
 Count, Florestein, Thaddeus, Arline, and Queen. 
 
 Count. [To Arline.} 
 
 To shame and feeling dead, 
 
 Now hopeless to deplore, 
 The thunder bursting on thy head. 
 
 Had not surprised me more. 
 
 Florestein. 
 
 And this is why she said, 
 
 I must not touch the door, 
 It clearly would have been ill bred. 
 
 For rivals are a bore! 
 
BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 33 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 Though ever J hope be fled, 
 
 Which seem'd so bright before, 
 
 The vengeance I scorn to dread, 
 Which they on me can pour! 
 
 Arline. 
 
 [Horror stricken on sceinry the Quecn.J 
 
 To all but vengeance dead, 
 She stands mine eyes before! 
 
 Its thunders waiting on my head 
 In all her hate to pour. 
 
 Queen. 
 
 [Maliciously eyeing Arline.'] 
 
 All other feelings dead, 
 
 Revenge can hope restore. 
 Its thunders on her daring head 
 
 I only live to pour. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Although to feeling dead. 
 
 This sorrow we deplore, 
 The thunder bursting o'er our head, 
 
 Had not surprised us more. 
 
 Count. 
 
 [Advancing to TJiadcIeus.'] 
 
 Leave the place thy polluting step hath 
 
 cross'd, 
 Depart or thou art lost. 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 [Casting a sorron-ful look on Arline as he is about 
 
 to (JO. ] 
 
 To threats I should contemn. 
 For thy dear sake I yield. 
 
 Arline. 
 
 [Summoning resolution. ] 
 
 The bursting torrent I will stem, 
 And him I live for, shield. 
 
 [She takes Thaddeus by the hand and goes to the 
 Count, then turns to the company. ] 
 
 Break not the only tie. 
 
 That bids my heart rejoice, 
 For whom contented I would die 
 
 [ With energy.] 
 
 The husband of my choice. 
 
 Count. 
 
 [Bushing between them and drawing his sword- 
 To Thaddeus. ] 
 
 Depart ere my thirsty weapon stains 
 These halls with the blood of thy recreant 
 
 veins ! 
 
 [To Arline. \ 
 
 False thing! beloved too long, too well. 
 Brave not the madness thou canst not quelU 
 
 Queen. 
 
 [Seizing Thaddeus by the arm.\ 
 
 List to the warning voice that calls thee! 
 Fly from the peril which enthralls thee ! 
 
 [Darting a furious look at Arline as she passes her.] 
 
 Weep rivers — for ages pine! 
 He shall never he thine. 
 
 [As the Queen is dragging Thaddeus towards the 
 loindow, Arline stops him.] 
 
 Arline. [ To the assembly. ] 
 
 Your pardon, if I seek 
 
 With my father alone to speak. 
 
 [ Exeunt every one at the large doors each side of 
 the windows, which close upon them — the Queen 
 is seen to p)ass out of the window.] 
 
 Arline. 
 
 [Falling at the Count's feet.] 
 
 See at your feet a suppliant — one 
 
 Whose place should be your heart — 
 Behold the only living thing 
 To which she had to cling. 
 Who saved her life, watched o'er her years 
 With all the fondness faith endears. 
 And her affections won — 
 Rend not such ties apart. 
 
 Count. 
 
 Child! Arline! wilt thou, darest thou heap 
 A stain thine after life will beweep. 
 On these hairs by thee and sorrow bleach'd, 
 On this heart dishonor never reach'd. 
 
 Arline. 
 
 [Rising and seeking refuge in the arms of Thaddeus.] 
 
 Whatever the danger, the ruin, the strife, 
 It must fall; united we are for life. 
 
34 
 
 BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 Count. [ TfUk rar/e. ] 
 
 Unitpd! and wouldst tliou link my name 
 In a chain of such deep disgrace ? 
 
 Mj rank, my very blood defame, 
 With a blot no time can efface? 
 
 The child of my heart, of my house the 
 
 pride, 
 
 An outcast gipsy's bride! 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 \^Breaking from her, and going up with, great dig- 
 nity to Count Amheim.} 
 
 Proud lord, although this head proscribed 
 Should fall by the weapons thy wealth hath 
 
 bribed: 
 Although in revealing the name I bear, 
 
 Tiie home I shall see no more, 
 The land which to thee in its deep despair 
 
 The deadliest hatred bore, 
 I may fall as have fallen the bravest of 
 
 foes, 
 
 'Twere better like them to die! 
 
 And in dishonored earth to lie. 
 Than bear unresented reproaches like those. 
 
 [Count Amheim and Arline hetrny symptoms of 
 astonishment, yet great anxiety.] 
 
 Start not, but listen! 
 AVhen the fair land of Poland was ploughed 
 
 by the hoof 
 Of the ruthless invader, — when might, 
 With steel to the bosom and flame to the 
 
 roof, 
 Completed her triumph o'er right: 
 In that moment of danger, when freedom 
 
 invoked 
 Ail the fetterless sons of her pride, 
 In a phalanx as dauntless as freedom e'er 
 
 yoked, 
 I fought and I fe)l by her side; 
 IVIy birth is noble, unstained my crest 
 As is thine own, let this attest. 
 
 [ Takes his commission from his bosom, and gives it 
 to the Count, who stands fixed and bewildered.'\ 
 
 Pity for one in childhood torn 
 From kindred with whom she dwelt, 
 
 Rioened in after years to love 
 The fondest that heart hath felt, 
 
 Has made me thus far faith renew 
 With outlaws chance first link'd me to- 
 As a foe on this head let your hatred be 
 
 piled. 
 But despise not one who hath so loved your 
 
 child. 
 
 Count. [Greatly moved, J 
 
 The feuds of a nation's strife. 
 
 The party storms of life. 
 
 Should never their sorrows Impart 
 
 To the calmer scenes of the heart. 
 
 By this hand let thine hold, 
 
 TiU the blood of its veins be cold! 
 
 [Thaddeus, moved to tears, is about to full at the 
 CounV s feet, who checks him-l 
 
 Not at mine — be that homage paid at hers. 
 Who the fond one of feeling on thc) 
 
 confers. 
 
 TRIO. 
 
 Count. 
 
 Let not the soul over sorrows grieve. 
 With which the bosom hath ceased to 
 
 heave. 
 Let us not think of the tempest past. 
 If we reach the haven at last. 
 
 Arline. 
 
 Ne'er should the soul over sorrows grieve. 
 With which the bosom hath ceased to 
 
 heave. 
 Ne'er should we think of the tempest past. 
 If we reach the haven at last. 
 
 Thaddeus. 
 
 Why should the soul over sorrows grieve- 
 With which the bosom hath ceased to 
 
 heave? 
 Why should we think of the tempest past, 
 If we reach the haven at last? 
 
 [During the trio, the wan figure of the Queen has 
 been seen at the window ut ine Oarl-, and at the end 
 of it, as Thaddeus is about to embrace Arline, the 
 Queen, in a transjiort of rage, -points him out to a 
 Gipsy by her side, ivho is in the act of firing at 
 him, when Derilshoof, uho has tracked their steps. 
 
BOHEMIAN GIRL. 
 
 35 
 
 averts the Gipsy's aim, and hy a rapid movement 
 turns the pistol towards the Queen — it goes off, and 
 skefalls-l 
 
 Count. 
 
 Guard every portal — summon each guest 
 
 and friend — 
 And this festive scene suspend. 
 
 [T/ie distant sound of Joyous instruments heard in 
 the saloons, which the intelligence of the catastro- 
 phe is supposed to have reached, ceases, and crowds 
 of Nobles, Ladies, Guests, ^-c, pour in at each 
 door. Arline rushes into the arms of Thaddeus, 
 and then passes over to the Count. ] 
 
 ArVinc and Chorus. 
 Oh! what full delight 
 
 Through my bosom thrills, 
 And a wilder glow 
 
 In my heart instils! 
 Bliss! unfelt before, 
 
 Hope! without alloy. 
 Speak, with raptured tone, 
 
 Of that heart the joy ! 
 
 \_As the curtain descends, is heard under the mw' 
 dow at the hack — ] 
 
 The Gipsy Chorus. 
 In the gipsy's life you may read, 
 The life that all would like to lead. 
 
 END OF THE OPEEA. 
 
TWO LETTERS FROM RICHARD WAGNER. 
 
 During the Grand Operatic Festival at Bayreuth in 1876, a number of new 
 Grand Pianos of the most celebrated European as well as of several American 
 makers had been placed at Mr. Richard Wagner's disposal; among them a new 
 Centennial Concert Grand piano made by " Steinway & Sons" of New York, 
 which, from its wonderful power, beauty and sympathetic quality of tone, far 
 outshone all rival instrumeiits and which Mr. Richard Wagner at once chose for 
 his own private use. 
 
 In the beginning of 1879, Mr. Wagner was requested by Mr. Theo. Steinway 
 to send this Grand piano to the Steinway Central European depot, in order to 
 receive the latest invention, the "Tone Pulsator," patented in July 1S78. On 
 sending the Grand, Mr. Wagner writes as follows : 
 
 "Bayreuth, March nth, 1879. 
 My dear Mr. Steinway , 
 
 I miss my Steinway Grand as one misses a beloved wife; it is 
 wanting constantly, wanting everywhere. I no longer indulge in music since 
 that Grand is gone, and trust its absence will not be too long protracted. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 RICHARD WAGNER." 
 
 The following letter was written to Mr. Theodore Steinway by the great 
 Master shortly after tlie return of the Steinway Grand (now containing the Tone 
 Pulsator) to his home : 
 
 "Bayreuth, April nth, 1S79. 
 Aly dear Air. Steinway ^ 
 
 Really, you ought personally to have witnessed the gratification 
 which I experienced upon receiving back your magnificent Grand piano; you 
 certainly would not have asked me to add another word. 
 
 I do indeed deem it humiliating for so many other branches of art, that this 
 art of building piano-fortes alone should so closely approach such undeniable ideal 
 perfection. I know of nothing in Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Literature 
 and, unfortunately also Music, which — since I have comprehension of same — could 
 compare with the masterly perfection reached in piano-forte building. 
 
 From your communication, however, I readily perceive with what enthusiastic 
 love you seek to attain the incorporation of the most "spirituelle" tone into the 
 piano, which heretofore had only served as the exponent of actual musical sound. 
 Our great Tone-Masters, when writing the grandest of their creations for the 
 piano-forte, seem to have had a presentiment of the Ideal Grand Piano, as now 
 attained by yourselves. A Beethoven Sonata, a Bach Chromatic Phantasie, can 
 only be fully appreciated when rendered upon one of your piano-fortes. 
 
 Although I do not possess the slightest dexterity in piano-forte playing, 
 I delight in being able to do justice to your assumption of my inborn and 
 cultivated sense of tone. For Sounds of such Beauty as those coming from my 
 Steinway Grand, flatter and coax the most agreeable Tone-pictures from my 
 harmonic melodic senses. 
 
 /« a word, " I Jind your Grand Piano of wondrous beauty. It is a nobU 
 work of Art.'' And with a thousand thanks for this new attention, I delight in 
 being able to call myself 
 
 Your friend, 
 
 RICHARD WAGNER." 
 
FBANZ LISZT. 
 Messrs. STEIN WAY & SONS: 
 
 Gents : The magnificent Steinway Grand Piano now stands in my music room, 
 and presents a harmonic totality oj admirable qualities, a detailed enumeration of which is 
 the more superfluous as this instrument fully justifies the world-wide reputation that for 
 years you have everywhere enjoyed. 
 
 After so much well-deserved praise, permit me also to add my homage, and the ex- 
 pression of my undisguised admiration, with which I remain, 
 
 Very sincerely yours, 
 
 FRANZ LISZT. 
 
 ANTON RUBINSTEIN. 
 
 New York, May 24, 1873. 
 Messrs. STEINWAY & SONS: 
 
 Gentlemen : On the eve of returning to Europe, I deem it my pleasant duty to 
 express to you my most heartfelt thanks for all the kindness and courtesy you have shown 
 me during my stay in the United States; but also, and above all, for your unrivaled 
 Piano-Fortes, which once more have done full justice to their world-wide reputation, 
 both for excellence and capacity of enduring the severest trials. For during all my long 
 and difficult journeys all over America, In a very inclement season, I used and have been 
 enabled to use, your Pianos exclusively in my Two Hundred and Fifteen Concerts, and 
 also in private, with the most eminent satisfaction and effect. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 ANTON RUBINSTEIN^ 
 
 THEODOBE THOMAS. 
 
 Cincinnati, July 19th, 1879 
 Messrs. STEINWAY & SONS: 
 
 Gentlemen: I consider the Steinway Piano the best Piano at present made, and 
 that is the reason why I use it in private and also in all my public concerts. 
 
 As long as the Pianos of Messrs Steinway & Sons retain that high degree of excel- 
 lence of manufacture, and those admirable qualities which have always distinguished 
 them, I shall continue to use them in preference to all other Pianos. 
 
 Respectfully Yours, 
 
 THEODORE THOMAS. 
 
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