Excerpt from The Roman Martyr: A Youthful Essay in Dramatic Verse Scene I. A Hall in the Villa of Sempronius. Enter Sempronius, Marcus Sempronius, Cornelius Victor and Marcia. Sempronius. To-morrow is the day the auspicious dayThat joins our houses in a bond of love.Cornelius Victor to thy arms I giveThe fairest daughter of the blest race.Thy laurels with the myrtle must be twined, And thou dost merit her: - be thine the chargeTo dry the tears that fill her drooping eyes.A maiden timid and retired as sheLeaves shrinkingly her childhood's haunts and joys;And parting from her parents well may dimThe erst unclouded lustre of her brow. Marcia. Ather cause conspires to grieve our child.You kw our city is infected quiteWith that most deadly superstition, Hateful to Gods and men. Theotimus, he, The subtle Greek I speak of, who dwelt longWith Julius, an instructor of his son, Suspected as a follower of this sect, Has thence absconded, - is an outlaw w. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.