The French Revolution And the English Poets a Study in Historical Criticism
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He cannot sleep; when his eyelids close his mind continues a constant vigil. He is in H4 THE ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETS. never-ceasing torment, yet he has neither dread nor fear. He summons the invisible powers by magic; demands self-oblivion, but cannot obtain it. In despair he attempts to leap from a cliff, but is saved from death by a chamois-hunter. Later he converses with the Witch of the Alps, and partially unburdens his heart; he is promised relief if he will but swear future obedience; rath...er than swear himself into servility he prefers to suffer. Then the Destinies and Spirits surround 'him, com- mand him to worship Ahrimanes, a false god; they threaten him with unspeakable tortures, to crush him, to tear him to pieces. Manfred stands un- moved. Then he beholds a vision of his dead love, and at the sight his soul is wrought with agony. The Spirits are awed by his self-control: " Yet see, he mastereth himself and makes His torture tributary to his will' 1 Manfred returns to his castle; a report is circulated that he is a magician and dabbles in the black arts.
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