Harrison Monologue from Tecumseh : a Drama

From Tecumseh : a Drama by Charles Mair

male · contemplative · 50 sec

He caught me there, and mischief came of it. Oh, he is deep. How different those brothers! One dipt in craft, the dye of cruelty, The other frank and open as the day. (Enter an.) ORDERLY. (ORDERLY: Tecumseh and his braves have reached the landing!) This room is smaller than our audience: Take seats and benches to the portico-- There we shall treat with him. (Exeunt all but GENERAL HARRISON.) Could I but strain My charge this chief might be our trusty friend. Yet I am but my nation's servitor; Gold is the king who overrides the right, And turns our people from the simple ways, And fair ideal of our fathers' lives. (Exit.)

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