The Stratford gallery; . -nounces a beautiful eulogium on her dead soldier, replete with elo-quent pathos: O, yet, for Gods sake, go not to these wars !The time was, father, that you broke your wordWhen you were more endeard to it than now—•When your own Percy, when my hearts dear Harry,Threw many a northward look, to see his fatherBring up his powers; but he did long in then persuaded you to stay at home ?There were two honors lost—yours and your yours—may heavenly glory brighten it!For his, it stuck upon him, as the sunIn the gray vault of heaven ; and by his light-Did all
The Stratford gallery; . -nounces a beautiful eulogium on her dead soldier, replete with elo-quent pathos: O, yet, for Gods sake, go not to these wars !The time was, father, that you broke your wordWhen you were more endeard to it than now—•When your own Percy, when my hearts dear Harry,Threw many a northward look, to see his fatherBring up his powers; but he did long in then persuaded you to stay at home ?There were two honors lost—yours and your yours—may heavenly glory brighten it!For his, it stuck upon him, as the sunIn the gray vault of heaven ; and by his light-Did all the chivalry of England moveTo do brave acts ;***** * * * * So that, in speech, in gait,In diet, in affections of delight, In military rules, humors of blood, He was the mark and glass, copy and book, That fashiond others. * * * * * * * * —let them alone:The marshal and the archbishop are strong;Had my sweet Harry had but half their numbers,To-day might I, hanging on Hotspurs neck,Have talkd of Monmouths THE PRINCESS KATHARINE. The play of King Henry V., which concludes with the mar-riage of the daughter of Charles VI. to the English monarch,Henry, commemorates the latters extensive conquests in France,and though chiefly occupied with martial exploits, is not altogetherdevoid of the comic element. This is especially noticeable inHenrys broken-French wooing of the Princess Katharine, who isequally ignorant of English. The princess, herself, is the familiar model of the Men deveFrench demoiselle—shy, excessively circumspect, and very charyof words. She is quite overwhelmed by the tempestuous suit ofthe bluff king of good fellows; but is plainly flattered by theprospect of being queen of England. Besides this scene with King Henry, she appears only once; andthen, with admirable prescience of her coming good fortune, shetakes a lesson in English from her lady-in-waiting. As for characterin a demoiselle of gentle breeding, to be even suspected of havingone (levan
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