.

_Ulr._ Leave that unto me.
I am not alone; nor merely the vain heir
Of your domains; a thousand, aye, ten thousand
Swords, hearts, and hands are mine.

_Sieg._ The foresters!
With whom the Hungarian found you first at Frankfort!

_Ulr._ Yes--men--who are worthy of the name! Go tell
Your Senators that they look well to Prague;
Their Feast of Peace was early for the times; 50
There are more spirits abroad than have been laid
With Wallenstein!

_Enter_ JOSEPHINE _and_ IDA.

_Jos._ What is't we hear? My Siegendorf!
Thank Heaven, I see you safe!

_Sieg._ Safe!

_Ida._ Yes, dear father!

_Sieg._ No, no; I have no children: never more
Call me by that worst name of parent.

_Jos._ What
Means my good Lord?

_Sieg._ That you have given birth
To a demon!

_Ida_ (_taking_ ULRIC'S _hand_). Who shall dare say this of Ulric?

_Sieg._ Ida, beware! there's blood upon that hand.

_Ida_ (_stooping to kiss it_).
I'd kiss it off, though it were mine.

_Sieg._ It is so!

_Ulr._ Away! it is your father's! [_Exit_ ULRIC.

_Ida._ Oh, great God! 60
And I have loved this man!
[IDA _falls senseless_--JOSEPHINE _stands speechless with horror_.

_Sieg._ The wretch hath slain
Them both!--My Josephine! we are now alone!
Would we had ever been so!--All is over
For me!--Now open wide, my sire, thy grave;
Thy curse hath dug it deeper for thy son
In mine!--The race of Siegendorf is past.

The end of the fifth act and the Drama.
B. P. J^y 20, 1822.

FOOTNOTES:

[159] {337}[This is not correct. _The Young Lady's Tale, or the Two
Emilys_ and _The Clergyman's Tale, or Pembroke_, were contributed by
Sophia Lee. _Kruitzner, or The Germans Tale_, was written by Harriet Lee
(1757-1851), the younger of the sisters. Miss Lee began her literary
career as a dramatist. A comedy, _The New Peerage; or, Our Eyes may
deceive us_, was played at Drury Lane, November 10, 1787. In 1798 she
published _The Mysterious Marriage;