Iena Monologue from Tecumseh : a Drama

From Tecumseh : a Drama by Charles Mair

female · dramatic · 50 sec

Speak not of that! Your life's in danger now. Tecumseh has returned, and--knowing all-- Has built a barrier betwixt our loves, More rigid than a palisade of oak. (LEFROY: What means he? And what barrier is this?) The barrier is the welfare of our race-- Wherefore his law--"Red shall not marry white." His noble nature halts at cruelty, So fear him not! But in the Prophet's hand, Dark, dangerous and bloody, there is death, And, sheltered by Tecumseh's own decree, He who misprizes you, and hates, will strike-- Then go at once! Alas for Iena, Who loves her race too well to break its law.

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