AZLEA.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
Azlea, an improvisatrice.
Mozarini, father to Azlea, and a musical composer.
Hermon, a monk.
Alvernon, an artist.
Fisherman and citizens.
ACT I.
Scene I.—Shore of the Mediterranean.
Enter Azlea.
Azlea. 'Tis sunset on the ocean! Gloriously
Has the god canopied his purple bed
With crimson and with gold! and on the sea
The ruby richness of his radiance shed—
Tinging the wavelets with a deeper dye,
More regal in its hue than blushing morn,
And softer than the loveliness of noon;
Yet beautiful, as when from darkness born
Light threw o'er earth its heaven-borrowed boon,
And earth and ocean burst from mystery!
And grand as beautiful; the glowing sky,
With its high piled up masses of bright clouds,
And ocean mirror striving to outvie
In gorgeousness the many-colored crowds
Of grotesque forms sailing the upper blue;
And the o'erhanging rocks, whose sullen gloom
Rests like a frown upon the ocean's brow—
Whose towering crests along the shores loom,
Contrasting with their shade the sunset's glow:
Earth, sky, and ocean, make one splendid view!
Her. Methinks the hollow sighing of the main
