Chapter V: Act III: Scene I (1)

_The Castle on the Wawel._ WANDA _surrounded by her Maidens_. LESZEK
_enters_.

LESZEK.

All hail! accept my reverence, gracious queen!
Behold me from the field return’d, where all
The nation, minstrels, priests, and warriors,
In concourse vast assembled, offer’d praise
And thanks most heartfelt for the vict’ry won.
Your queenly message faithfully I bore,
Commanding to elect a worthy king,
And grant you from the cares of power release.
Vain the command; a murmur low replied,
That swiftly grew to tumult: “Choose a king!
It shall not, cannot be! For though, in truth,
Our Wanda’s lightest wish should be obey’d
With eager loyalty, _this_ wish we hold
To militate against the country’s weal,
She loves beyond her life.” Then rose the Bard,
First of our minstrel sages, and declared,
“The daughter’s wish must to the father’s will
Yield filial obedience, and that will
Bade on her choice depend her country’s fate.”
He ceased; loud rose the general applause,
And each and all in this response unite:
“Whatever prince by Wanda’s queenly hand
Shall be ennobled, him we hail our king;
If none be worthy found, it matters not,
Our maiden queen remains our honour’d chief.
While yet her father lived, his word was law
To every Pole, shall it be less so _now_,
Stamp’d with the impress of eternity?
In the dark night of loss, each single word,
Before but slightly heeded, gem-like shines.
While Wanda lives, no meaner prince shall rule;
Thus swears the nation: is it falsely said,
The voice of peoples is the voice of gods?”

WANDA (_turning away_).

Enough! I must submit; and yet ’tis strange,
That voice makes discord with the whisper’d tones
Of conscience, which unceasingly repeat
My people’s love is fatal to their weal.
The very name of such a king as once
Held sway o’er Poland, would restrain our foes;
While Wanda’s name allures to bloody war,
Where greedy tyrants wrangle for the prize.
Return, good Leszek, but accept my thanks;
’Tis good to break a hope whose agonies,
Stretch’d on the rack of terrible suspense,
Crave from despair the death-stroke. Leave me now;
The gods be with thee. [_Exit_ LESZEK.

SCENE II.

WANDA, HALINA, MAIDENS.

CHORUS OF MAIDENS.

Her people’s voice vainly would Wanda withstand,
The glory of Poland, the pride of our land,
Though her father’s proud war horse her gentle hand reins,
Our modest companion in peace she remains.
To her warriors a chieftain, by duty made strong,
Though joining with us in the dance and the song;
To the good who surround us, a rainbow of light,
To the evil, a thunderbolt crashing with might.
As the dawn-waken’d bird, on the blossoming spray,
Heralds in with soft warblings the coming of day,
Thus, Wanda, the deeds of thy future shall ring,
In the song which we hasten in chorus to sing.
“Up, snow-white eagle, up,
The sable wings destroy
That flutter round thy lofty home,
All eager to annoy;
To desecrate thy eyrie
The foe shall not prevail,
Safe in the keeping of the gods,
Thy cause shall never fail.”

WANDA.

Songs, O my sisters, are like ardent sunbeams,
Children of light, they kindle fires of joy!
The conscience of a nation speaks in song,
Fame warbles of the past with silver voice,
And to the dawning future hope sings clear.
Virtues of heroes, and their lofty deeds,
Give to the minstrel an inspiring theme;
Who round those hero brows his glorious songs,
Binds in immortal wreath; from song and fame
Spring the fair roses of eternal worth,
Which, bud on bud, shall ever richer grow,
And fill succeeding ages with perfume.

HALINA.

Then will we cheer thee with melodious voice.
Say, shall we sing of Lech th’ aspiring one,
The finder of the snow-white eagle’s nest?
Or how thy father Krakus fought and slew
The dragon of grey Wawel’s dreary caves.

WANDA (_sorrowfully_).

Nay! break not thus the quiet of reflection,
Say, rather, of sad musings, like a mist,
Damp, cold, and deadly, creeping o’er my heart;
Within an unrelated element,
We lose our very breath, much more our ardour.
For manly deeds the nation praises me,
But Wanda’s glory is in womanhood.
Well says our proverb, “To remain unknown
Is woman’s happiest calling, and her best.”
All, all admire the sunward soaring eagle,
And upward gaze to watch his daring flight;
But with caressing smile the little swallow
By every heart is welcom’d, when she builds
Her soft and humble nest beneath the eaves.

HALINA.

Then shall we say that men are earth’s sole rulers,
_No_ fame for us? This, surely, is injustice!

WANDA.

Shall we, weak mortals, dare to call unjust
The dreadful powers who rule the universe?
Nay, rather let us hold as false and vain
Our own opinions; could our wills arrest
The torch of inspiration, and compel
The sudden gleam to yield a steady light
For years, instead of moments, by its rays
We well might read the book of nature, writ
In golden characters of truth and justice;
But in the grey of earthly dusk, ’tis vain
To strain our eyeballs. ’Tis enough to know,
That duty urges men into the field
When danger waits their country, that the world,
The wide, cold world, alone can yield them scope.
While our alloted sphere is quietude;
Nor powerless for that, nor lacking grandeur.
Say! is the awful power of tempests hid
In _silent_ lightning, or in roaring thunder?
Does rosy morn with rash and noisy touch
Withdraw the curtains of the shrouding night,
Or melt them with her smiles, unveiling thus
Alike the eyes and energies of mortals.
The mighty work with tumult, but the _mightiest_
Can stoop to meekness, nor be less divine.
On us the gods bestow their highest gift;
Brave men befit great actions, loud renown,
But god-like is availing sympathy.
’Tis ours to mourn with mourners, to rejoice
With joyous souls, to polish into beauty
The rough unchisell’d gem that else were wasted;
The noble to caress, the wounded heart
With richly flowing love to soothe, and thus,
Through self-denial and untiring meekness,
To rule the mighty masters of the world.
And if we deem th’ alloted sphere of home
Too narrow for our restless energies, and seek
A wider range, we lose our magic sway.
But since to me the dread celestial powers
A woman’s sweetest privilege deny,
I own myself excepted, though from far
With deep-drawn sigh I view your happier lot.
I take the gods to witness that my heart,
My woman’s heart, thirsts not for empty fame,
But rather aches for love! this weary brow
Throbs bleeding from the leaden crown of power,
And fain would seek repose, forgetfulness,
Upon a loving breast; it may not be!
Why squander words? ’tis time the theme were done.
Adieu, my sisters, by grey Wawel’s walls
Remain protected, rest till morn shall kiss
Soft slumber from your eyelids, then come forth
And seek your Wanda on the tumulus
That covers Krakus; thither now I go
To seek for counsel from the immortal gods,
And learn the final answer I must give
To my expectant people!

SCENE III.

WANDA, LESZEK, PEOPLE.

WANDA _ascends the hill, the Chorus retires to the left, a vast crowd
assembles on the right, and stands opposite the tumulus of Krakus_.

CHORUS OF THE PEOPLE.

Twixt queen and people how firm the tie
Of mutual love and loyalty!
Seek ye that magic the wide earth round,
And own that in Poland ’tis strongest found.
Yon mound, half hidden in shadowy haze,
Stands as a herald of better days,
As a word to nations as yet unborn,
An episode bright as the star of morn,
Gilding our history’s chequer’d page,
With beams that shall glitter from age to age.
Ah, better than sounding names and fair
Is the title the kings of Poland bear--
“Loved and loving,” their dearest aim
The hearts of the people to win and claim.
A Polish word is full of meaning,
For the Polish heart is rich in feeling;
Esteem and affection dictate our choice,
When a king is made by the nation’s voice;
And thus, elected by force of merit,
Is safer than those who thrones inherit.
If truth-loving, pious, and brave he prove,
He will ever be served with devotion and love,
And his children’s children we gladly choose,
When at Heaven’s decree the father we lose;
When national the monarch the people is royal,
To king and to fatherland equally loyal,
Since the two are united and blended in one,
And thus our palladium unconquer’d become.
Such! such! was our Krakus, and therefore we swear,
That Wanda, and Wanda alone is his heir!
High rises the tomb where his ashes repose,
Which handfuls of earth all unnumbered compose,
Each brought by a subject and friend as a token
Of fealty and love that can never be broken.
By its green covering sods, lo! we swear it again,
No monarch save Wanda o’er Poland shall reign!

[_A thunderstorm approaches_; WANDA _appears on the summit of the tomb,
kneeling, and with hands uplifted in prayer_. LESZEK _steps forward
from the midst of the People_.

LESZEK.

Around the dreary tomb the night wind moans,--
Moans like the voice of some despairing ghost,
Bearing from Cracow most mysterious echoes;
On thunder wheels the frowning storm rolls on,
Towards hoary Wawel, yet from yonder height
Shines our fair Wanda, like a ’wilder’d star.
What doth the dauntless maiden there alone?
On such a night fell spectres stalk abroad;
Methinks she communes with her father’s shade,
Nor trembles; wherefore no? To angel souls
The spirit world is more a home than ours,
Its forms of light to all their thoughts akin,
And Wanda is an angel!

[WANDA _rises, descends towards the Vistula, and disappears from the
eyes of the spectators, hidden by the declivity. The_ BARD _alone
appears before the People; at the same time the sun rises, and_
WANDA’S _Maidens appear for a moment on the tumulus, and then run
down the hill to the Vistula. Meanwhile the People’s Chorus is again
heard._

PEOPLE’S CHORUS.

As the sunbeams scatter the early dew,
See Wanda’s train, to her orders true!
Yet they seek in vain where she bade them find her;
Each maiden glances before, behind her.
Now the banks of the Vistula rivet their eyes,
And the breeze bears toward us impassion’d cries;
With nameless horror our spirits quail,
What mean those gestures, that frantic wail?

SCENE IV.

LESZEK, THE PEOPLE, FISHERMAN, _afterwards_ THE BARD.

A FISHERMAN (_coming in hastily_).

A glorious star hath fallen from the heaven,
That heaven our fatherland, the star our queen.
Yes, ours that _was_. Alas! our queen no more,
Save in her people’s hearts; the deed was done
Ere I could rescue, and the waters chill
Round Wanda’s lovely form embraced a corpse;
With reverence from that dreary winding-sheet
I raised it as a sad but sacred charge,
Yielding it over to her stricken train.
Oh mourn for Poland! for her light is quench’d.

LESZEK (_to the_ BARD, _who just appears_).

Minstrel, yon fisherman brings evil tidings.

BARD.

Whose grievous import, scarce one hour ago,
One fleeting hour, from Wanda’s lips I heard.

THE PEOPLE (_impatiently_).

How did you meet with her--where, minstrel, say?
Why did you not prevent the dreadful deed?

BARD.

Throng me not thus with questions, countrymen;
List’ners hear more than eager questioners,
When hearts for mutual satisfaction seek,
The ear must leave the mouth its share of time;
Not in thought only, but in speech and life,
Yield his own way to each; the poet’s soul
Lives ever in another world, although
In outward presence he may dwell with you,
Give him free scope, his words will bring you calmness.
While you choose kings, the bard admires a flower,
And while from pressure of the busy brain
Your full heads ache, his soul responsive thrills
To graceful aspens, trembling, zephyr-kiss’d,
And in the depths of downy dreams soft nestling
Sinks, lost in luxury of reverie.
My dearest hours glide by in yonder wood,
The moon’s pale face down-gazing, and the wind
With the dark fir trees wrestling as it shouts
Its war cry through the shadows: yestere’en,
When all glad mortals were in slumber wrapt,
That wild song deepen’d to a dreary howl;
The storm, approaching, drove me from the wood;
The lofty tomb of Krakus I ascended,
To pray with Manes of the great and good;
The kneeling form of Wanda startled me.
“Minstrel,” she said, “I pray’d th’ immortal gods
To bring thee hither; in the forest depths
I would not seek thee, for it is decreed,
That whilst I linger here one way alone
Is open for me, from this verdant mound
To where the Vistula’s dark waters flow,
To yield me burial; not in vain my prayer:
The sudden tempest, driving thee away
From thy beloved retreat, affords me proof
That Poswist, ruler of the viewless winds,
Hath heard my prayer, and that the powers above
Approve my dread resolve;--my choice shall be
Of Poland’s fate the final arbiter;
So runs my father’s will, and while I live,
Thus swears the people--mine shall be the throne;
Well! I _have_ chosen, and my choice is death.
This very morn my good and loyal people
May crown a worthier king, nor break their faith.
I promised to their prayer a swift reply,
My lifeless corse, borne on the Vistula,
Shall give an answer, dumbly eloquent.
Thou, trusty friend, canst read my inner soul,
And make my motives to the people clear,
Bid them from me a warm and last farewell.”
Thus Wanda! Whosoe’er from his own heart
Hath learnt to read the hearts of other men,
Knows that heroic fire, by words persuasive,
Can be nor quench’d, nor kindled; I avow,
In silence I had listen’d and fulfill’d
The charge entrusted, with a dumb obedience,
Save that, long since, imperious opinion
Hath learnt to moderate her haughty voice
On much once held indubitably clear,
And thus a god-sent caution gave me pause;
My tongue was loosen’d: “Wanda, hear,” I said,
“The voice of conscience oft hath whisper’d me
That all below have their alloted posts,
Nor from these stations guiltless can withdraw,
Till death, the messenger of Heaven, shall come.
The soldier, hasting from the battle-field
Without his general’s express command,
The shameful stigma of deserter bears.
Life is the _loan_, but not the _gift_, of gods;
To them we owe its interest; but who,
Save they, shall dare resume it? Oh, my queen!
If rashly given back, all unrequired,
The gods, perchance, may grant no other boon.”

[WANDA’S _Maidens are seen in the background, carrying her corpse
towards Cracow_.

THE PEOPLE.

Haste! let us yonder sad procession join,
And to our queen, for the last time, give escort;
Make way! and let us go!

LESZEK (_in a tone of reproof_).

Stay! yon cold form is but our Wanda’s body,--
Her spirit lingers in the poet’s words:
Curb your hot haste, and to the nobler part
Give audience; afterward the dear remains
Claim fitting care; forgive the slight delay,
Kind minstrel, and resume the broken thread.

BARD.

Wanda was silent, but her earnest face
Upon my words intent, some courage kindled:
“In hours of inspiration I can see,”
Thus I continued, “gleams of far-off light,
That, when its perfect splendour is attained,
Shall fill the world with sunbeams; by its blaze
Our boasted present shall be greyest twilight,
And theories which have won our praise shall be
From truth’s fair circle banish’d, as delusions.
Prove thyself, Wanda, well, lest lack of courage,
Or weariness of life, with fair disguise,
Deceive thy mental vision, and assume
The form of patriotic sacrifice.”
“In light, in darkness, truth is still the same;
Should Poland in the future give her verdict,
That Wanda, in her self devotion, err’d,
Example’s voice shall not have vainly sounded.
Obedience to a father’s last commands,
Fulfilment of the people’s solemn oath,
Zeal for my country’s welfare, all conspire
To claim the sacrifice; I yield it freely.
Kind minstrel, cease thine efforts to dissuade,
Give me a father’s blessing, and farewell!”
I bless’d her, turn’d and hasted from the spot,
Pondering the message she had bade me bear.
The brief remainder of the mournful story
Yon fisher told, and all too well ye know it.
My countrymen! it is in vain to murmur,--
One day we all shall see that nought befalls,
Without the will of the immortal gods.

SCENE V.

LESZEK, THE PEOPLE, THE BARD, RZEWNA, MAIDENS.

RZEWNA.

The mournful train of Wanda follows me;
Already we had ta’en the road to Cracow,
But without you, ye fathers of the land,
We would not bear our burden to the city,
Our steps retraced, to you we now confide
The precious relics of our martyred queen!

[_The Funeral passes along the Stage._

CHORUS OF THE PEOPLE.

Save us, her people, how few beside
Will honour the motive for which she died!
How few our Wanda will understand,
In offering her life for her fatherland!

CHORUS OF MAIDENS.

Wanda! Wanda! shall ever our watchword be,
Wanda, martyr and priestess of liberty;
Should time ever tarnish our virtue’s pure gold,
So lovingly cherish’d, so precious of old,
Should maidenly modesty slacken her sway,
Should gentleness vanish, and meekness decay,
All, all shall revive in their glory again,
As the summer-dried verdure, ’neath soft-gushing rain,
When the harp-strings shall thrill to our Wanda’s name,
When echoes the lute to the mournful sound,
Our Wanda reposes ’neath Polish ground.

BARD.

Last sad home,
Fronting the tumulus where rests the father,
For this, his peerless daughter, we will rear
Its likeness, since their memories blend in one;
Listen, my countrymen! The dreadful future--
Dreadful, though glorious,--yet shall give to Cracow
A third sad sepulchre, most drear possession!
Three grassy funeral mounds, in which are hid
The hopes, the sorrows, and the fame of Poland.
Long shall these two in mournful grandeur stand,
Altars to fear of gods and love of men,
Till ancient virtue darken towards its setting:
An awful martyrdom awaits our country,
And when the tumult wild of battle ceases,
Through the clear’d air, and ’mid the rigid stillness,
The third last witness shall be seen uprising!
Yet spring shall follow in the wake of winter,
And through the virtue pure of Poland’s daughters,
Swaying, unconsciously, her hardy sons,
Once more shall they arise and prove their valour;
Our fatherland shall rouse to second life,
And thus the evil spell shall disappear,
Which long o’erwhelm’d her with infernal blight.
Thus, thus decrees the certain voice of fate,
Through the unworthy lips of me, your bard:
We minstrels are the heralds of the gods.
In the sad prelude of the oracle
Lose not the consolation which succeeds:
Listen, ye mourners at the tomb of Krakus,
For him and for his daughter, on the verge
Of the far future’s dim horizon glancing,
I see a star which rays out beams of hope!
List! and your bard shall read its mystic meaning:
“_From the dark earth the golden corn shall spring._”

LESZEK.

Now let us seek a spot the bard shall choose,
Meet to receive our Wanda’s precious clay!

CHORUS OF MAIDENS.

’Mid the flowers of Poland our Wanda shall rest,
As a seed-corn of virtue her mem’ry is blest;
It will bud, it will blossom, with sweetest perfume,
And her glorious example for ages illume,
Teaching childlike obedience, modesty pure,
Fear of gods, love to men, truth and faith to endure;
And to our redemption devoting the song,
Wanda slumbers the flowers of Poland among:
From the seed which to earth we now weeping confide,
The bright corn shall spring in its glory and pride.

[_The Curtain falls._

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