A day with Cromwell: a drama of history, in five acts, by Auctor.

  • Benjamin Ward Richardson
Date:
1869
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Credit: A day with Cromwell: a drama of history, in five acts, by Auctor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Cromwell. \_To Smite'ern].—Light me a taper at my chamber lamp. \_He lays the Crown on the hearth and sets fire to it. Dear record of the glories of the past, Thus rise unseen into the mystic air. The subtle heads that brought thee forth in art, For subtler heads to wear thee, little thought The last who owned thee would despoil thee so. Thus doth all glory fade: burn, burn, old crest And emblem of the past. The time hath come When David’s crown itself were out of date. Burn, burn, old crown : and in thy semblance rise Such sovereignty, that every man shall say, I am a king! and no man more than I. 13ND OF ACT II.