Show w f T N w Plays I The Prince of India 1 Much of the metrical metric l verse with which the dramatist j I C Clarke has clothed th the lines of The Prince Of nf In India dia la posse possesses ses telling eloquence in speech In the second scene of the first act following his taking of the sword and treasure of King Solomon to de devote devote vote them to establishing the unIversal religion of the Lord on the earth the PrInce of IndIa appears be before tore fore Uel the father of Lael and thus On Cm a darkened st ge with the tha only light full upon his face he recites under whIch lie he labors and the atone atonement atonement ment he would make to find peace PrInce of India I live because I cannot d die e I had No pity none 1 L had no pIty none And nothing I can do avails death turns His face away and will not pity me meA meA A distant rumble of thu thunder der They placed a crown of thorns upon his brow They laid the heavy cress rss cn him and lashed Hint Him on his wa way the mad crowd follow following following ing ingUp ingUp Up the steep hill he dragged the cross and fell Then as ho rose in pain to stagger stagg ron on The Nazarene did his eyes to me And oh the loving in those yes Craving one of but m my heart Was Vas hard as stone I struck him Loud crash of thunder Oil Oh pity angels of the suffering soul sout Avert his glance of wounded love from fromm mar marThe m The glance of love loc that still appeals to millIons And more the world worldS S Uel ITel Ive hEard such stor story and are you jou the theman theman man Prince of 01 AY I am lie he the Wanderer Van riving To atone striving to touch Gods Gods pity And IlY sentence and have leave to dlo Fel What bat dreadful was it From what Judge Prince of India From eyes that pitied while lips judgment The Nazarenes Ins His jUdgment was wasI I go tarry thou until I c cOme me again Mercy Mercy I would atone Yea to atone aton rd Id bring All m men n to one groat altar of othe Lor Love love that purifies love that rl re redeems i deems I call on you Love that makes a pain I a glory Love that that i is the light upon the great archangels Love that is the song o of the thc Love that is the life of man l ve that is The breath of the divIne One of the most effective scenes of the new play is that in the b beautiful gardens of the Princess Irene whither young dares to come dis disguised guised as an Arab story teller to re repeat repeat peat his love to the Princess He dis discovers discovers covers the Emperor Constantine there before him and When caned called upon to entertain tho those e assembled he recItes this verse subdued passion as to the Prncess alone Princess of the Morning Mornin Light Lean sparkling from thy throne of mist The vaIle valley roses walt wait thee to be kIssed The jasmine jasmin stills its chime chima of bells bels belshe The he palm tre tree Its wide plumed hed And the mountain it its crags and fels fells Thrills longing for thy downward d tread Princess of the Morning Prince Princess f the Morning oring Light Toy oy wakens to thy hair Thy fresh driven brath gives give to the air ar arT T The heavIn heaving of thy bosom besoni Jis fills The with n a silver song Ard to thy voice the rivers and the the ri Lap Leap into laughter sweet 01 and bug lOl Princ Princess of the Morning Morning PrInces Princess of the Morning Light How ma may I wo th e to be mIne And eva drInk thy golden rys rays hike wine wine eve And keep the thee mistress of my soul Ye Yea I would sla slay the of N Night And storm his cast castle the thunders roll T rb win the thee for m my herts hearts delight Princess of f the Morning Constantine ts is and fervid ness in his wooing or f the Princess as wit witness witness Der Dear m maid Id You cannot kow know how long my lid lips have have shape shaped Tle The world I am about to speak speak 4 rehearsed In that gi grim is isolation cUed milled a throne nE Where trumpet trumpets make a silence and the A loneliness and where no luman human heart Gives answer to al all dumb rm weI weary of It ItS S And I have seen een yop yO grow growA A ly lily among roses 3 a sun ray In the shadows a purity of face faceA faceA A child of charm a woman oman large of soul Irene C S SS S The Lon Lion and the h Mouse In her fight with th the Money lIoney Ryder the richest maui man the most powerful financier i In the world ord the Ro Rossmore smore the daughter of Judge Rossmore who is threatened wih with Impeachment because he refuses to hand down decisions fa favorable to corporate Int to hIm In that free and vigorous style the American loves to hear In acts 3 and 4 she delvers delivers these stinging rebukes You u think If you ou lve liVed I ii the e olden days b be a Caesar or but yOU be Neo Nero I am ging going to ilour your our leave I am gh g s ve my father I wl will go down dow on an rny y knees to eer every senator I wi will tel president what you ar arIn are In th the barbaric age ages the they fought for tor possession but they fought penly T The feudal feuda barons rOU fought for what the they wanted but It was a fair fight man t to toman man They strike in the dark at least they gave a uan nan a chance hance for his life But But when you barons dont like our legislatures you ou destroy their po pol l in the dark Yon Von you dont like your judges you ou destroy their judicial existence In the dark When you 0 dont want a competitive system you OU squeeze your our competitors out of commer commercial cial the dark always In the dark You have no heart hearts you are ma machines machines chines and b are the In Indians you jo fi fight ht unfaIrly Shirley mom money Why hy its its all there ther Is to you Is Its your our g god godShall d Shall I make your god my god No thank you ou Mr RYder am so bad that I contaminate len even good ha ShIrle lIon y Itself is neither good nor bad is its th the spirit that gives It the spirit that receives it the spirit that cars earns it the spirit that spends it Money creates reat happiness but i It alS also creates mIsery ff Its an engine f destruction When not properly used It t in Individuals as s it baa natIons it s d do str you for I It baa warped your very er erSul soul Sul SulA soulA A few of it remarks are appended qed S aPte hI 1 work work harder in lay day than a tun no digger do does s in king is a harder game than an any a dou must think or you wont ont Good sentiment s bad business busine and good business is bad sentiment wh why a rich man is generally s to have haye a hard time getting Into the king kingdom kingdom dom of n Ive given ten million apiece to three univ universities s DO GU think rm Fm fol fool enough to suppose that r I can bu buy my way ay into heaven But Bul that another mater matter Dont bont talk t lk like Tolstoi FOr Fr hie he i great thinker AT you art art not Dont talk lk Ire like Berard Shawl Shaw For hc lies CUl fumy and you art arf n not t Jeferson Jefferson Ryder the sob f 5 ex cx explains plains his fathers fathers grip 0 on th the trust press of the country Whenever my want wants anything to o happen n the papers a ace always alws full ut of it itHe itHe He inspire Inspires editorials and magazine ar artcle tides declaring t laring that things ought to be beo beso so o and then the w or other th the thing always happens Is its a mania of his to pa pay a lot of literary men to I 11 lappen rp the things that he thinks ought tf to |