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The Vampire or The Bride of the Isles by James Planché Act ll Free Audiobooks Podcast
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the vampire or the bride of the isles by james planchet act two scene one the tomb fingel right of center and the caverns of staffa the sea moonlight music enter andrew robert and effie in a boat left upper entrance they land here robert you may rest concealed till lord ronald's anger shall have subsided or should he be deaf to explanation and refuse to believe lord riven's treachery arrangements shall be made to convey you over to the mainland here is sufficient provision for the short time i hope you will be forced to remain and so now bid effie goodbye for a while i'll look out in the meantime and see if the coast be clear for our return exit andrew in the boat left upper entrance come cheer up effie all will be well yet it was in defense of innocence i fired and therefore that act will never be a load on my conscience but if lord ronald should get you into his power i will put it to lord ronald's self to say whether a man should stand tamely by and see the wife of his bosom drag to misery and dishonor

come kiss me effie and farewell to better times

though vanished be the visions fair by fancy's pencil traced and blighted all the blossoms rare that hope's gay trap let's grace

fear not my faith the pang of death alone can bid it flee

then fairly well my only love

fairly well my only love fairly well my lonely love not more than life to me

fairly well a light may break our ray may

enter andrew in the boat left upper entrance

my faith the pain of death alone can beat it flee then fairly well

more than life to me

fairly well my only andrew places effie in the boat an exit left upper entrance and now to find some hole for a bed chamber rather sorry accommodations i fancy but the superstitions of the peasantry will keep them from disturbing my repose and as to other considerations a man with a clear conscience may rest anywhere looking here's tolerable choice of apartments as far as number goes let me try what shelter this will afford exit into the cavern right music a bonus scene left upper entrance with lord ronald and two attendants in it enter lord ronald from the boat give me the torch and wait without the cave till you see me wave it thus excellent attendance in the boat left how solemn is this scene places the torch in a fissure of the rock left second entrance by heaven my soul that lately mocked his superstition is so subdued by circumstance that i could almost bring myself to give faith to every legend i have scorned as idle here is the ring what am i about to do what horrible suspicion flashes across my brain and mysterious being what mean these ceremonies before when i supposed him dying he made me place his body in the light of the moon and now again and wherefore make me swear to conceal his death till the moon be set but let me not reflect or pause unhappy ruthen thy friend performs his promise throws the ring into the water center a peel of thunder is heard after which the voice of riven remember your oath it is his spirit speaks ruthman my friend my preserver re-enter robert right what voice was that lord ronald ha by heaven justice hath given the murderer to my vengeance draws ruthen this sacrifice i make to thee hear me my lord lord ruben would have wronged me which that was first the dead down villain down attacks him nay in my own defense then they fight robert is disarmed ronald plunges him into the waves right upper entrance lord ronald rushes to the entrance of the cavern and waves the torch the boat approaches ruthman the word revenge away away ronald leaps into the boat left upper...

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introductory vision of the vampire or the bride of the isles by j.r planchet this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org

the vampire or the bride of the isles a romantic drama in two acts by j.r planchet dramatus personai anda spirit of the flood read by tj burns ariel spirit of the air bred by lianya riven earl of marsden the vampire read by todd ronald baron of the isles read by jim gallagher robert an english attendant on the baron read by alan mapstone mcswell the baron's henchman read by thomas peter andrew steward to riven read by josh kibby lady margaret daughter of ronald read by phone effie daughter of andrew read by lianya bridget lord ronald's housekeeper read by sonia singer read by devorah allen stage directions read by chuck williamson introductory vision the curtain rises to slow music and discovers the interior of the basaltic caverns of staffa at the extremity of which is a chasm opening to the air the moonlight streams through it and partially reveals a number of rude sepulchres on one of these right second entrance lady margaret is seen stretched in a heavy slumber the spirit of the flood rises through the ground center to the symphony of the following incantation

spirit of the air hear and heed my spell of power on the night breeze swift repair hither from thy starry bower appear appear by the sun that hath set in the waves i love by the spheres that have met in the heavens above by the latest dews that fall to earth on the eve that renews the fair moon's birth appear appear by the charm of might and the word of fear which must never be breathed to mortal ear spirit spirit of the air hither at my call repair music the spirit of the air descends through the chasm on a silvery cloud which she leaves and advances left why how now sister wherefore am i summoned what in the deep and fearful caves of staffer demands our presence or protection speak spirit of the air thy sister under claims thy powerful aid not idly from thy blue and star illumined mansion art thou called to fingal's rocky sepulcher look here pointing to lady margaret right a maiden and asleep attend the ariel her name is margaret the only daughter of ronald the brave baron of the isles a richer lovelier more virtuous lady this land of flood and mountains never boasted tomorrow marsden's earl will claim her hand renowned through europe for his large possessions his clerky knowledge and his deeds of arms how came she in this den of death and horror chasing the red deer with her father ronald a storm arose and parted from her train she sought a shelter here calmly she sleeps nor dreams tomorrow's hymenial rites will give her beauties to a vampire's arms a vampire says that is then marsden's all thou knowest ariel that wicked souls are for wise purposes permitted off to enter the dead forms of other men assume their speech their habits and their knowledge and thus roam or the earth but subject still at stated periods to a dreadful tribute aye they must wed some fair and virtuous maiden whom they do after kill and from her veins drain eagerly the purple stream of life which horrid giraffe alone has power to save them from swift extermination yes that state of nothingness total annihilation the most tremendous punishment of heaven their torture then being without resource they do enjoy all power in the present death binds them not from form to form they fleet and though the cheek be pale and glazed the eye such is their wondrous art the hapless victim blindly adores and drops into their grasp like birds when gazed on by the basilisk

beneath this stone the relics lie of cromwell called the bloody staffer still his reign of fear remembers for his crimes his spirit roams a vampire in the form of marsden's earl to count his...

Hallowe'en
Joel Benton






Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite
All are on their rounds to-night,—
In the wan moon’s silver ray
Thrives their helter-skelter play.

Fond of cellar, barn, or stack
True unto the almanac,
They present to credulous eyes
Strange hobgoblin mysteries.

Cabbage-stumps—straws wet with dew—
Apple-skins, and chestnuts too,
And a mirror for some lass
Show what wonders come to pass.

Doors they move, and gates they hide
Mischiefs that on moonbeams ride
Are their deeds,—and, by their spells,
Love records its oracles.

Don’t we all, of long ago
By the ruddy fireplace glow,
In the kitchen and the hall,
Those queer, coof-like pranks recall?

Every shadows were they then—
But to-night they come again;
Were we once more but sixteen
Precious would be Hallowe’en.

"Hallowe'en" was published in The Book of Hallowe'en (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1919). This poem is in the public domain.

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