Penny Dreadfuls, 1912 · page 25 of 118
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# Page 9 of "Medea" This is a page of dramatic dialogue from what appears to be a theatrical adaptation or translation of the classical play *Medea*. The page shows a scene between the Nurse and the Leader of the Chorus, with the Nurse lamenting the fate of children cursed by their father's sin and offering philosophical reflections on the dangers of princely power and the virtue of gentleness. The Leader then enters with other women, having heard mysterious cries from within. The text is formatted as a stage play with character names and stage directions in brackets.
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MEDEA | 9 NURSE, For pity! What have they to do, Babes, with their father’s sin? Why call Thy curse on these? . . . Ah, children, all These days my bosom bleeds for you. Rude are the wills of princes: yea, Prevailing alway, seldom crossed, On fitful winds their moods are tossed: Tis best men tread the equal way. Aye, not with glory but with peace May the long summers find me crowned: For gentleness—her very sound Is magic, and her usages All wholesome: but the fiercely great Hath little music on his road, And falleth, when the hand of God Shall move, most deep and desolate. [During the last words the LEADER of the Chorus has entered. Other women follow her. LEADER. I heard a voice and a moan, A voice of the eastern seas: Hath she found not yet her ease ? Speak, O agéd one. For I stood afar at the gate, And there came from within a cry, GoM (06) “S (E(0) im