The Golden Legend
Night and storm.
LUCIFER,
with the Powers of the Air, trying to tear down the Cross.
Lucifer.
HASTEN! hasten!
O ye spirits!
From its station drag the ponderous
Cross of iron, that to mock us
Is uplifted high in air!
Voices.
O, we cannot!
For around it
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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THE GOLDEN LEGEND
PROLOGUE.
THE SPIRE OF STRASBURG CATHEDRAL.
I.
THE CASTLE OF VAUTSBERG ON THE RHINE.
COURT-YARD OF THE CASTLE.
A ROOM IN THE FARM-HOUSE.
ELSIE'S CHAMBER.
THE CHAMBER OF GOTTLIEB AND URSULA.
A VILLAGE CHURCH.
A ROOM IN THE FARM-HOUSE.
IN THE GARDEN.
SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL.
IN THE CATHEDRAL.
THE NATIVITY.
A MIRACLE PLAY.
THE NATIVITY.
THE CONVENT OF HIRSCHAU IN THE BLACK FOREST.
THE SCRIPTORIUM.
THE CLOISTERS.
THE CHAPEL.
THE REFECTORY.
THE NEIGHBORING NUNNERY.
V.
A COVERED BRIDGE AT LUCERNE.
THE DEVIL'S BRIDGE.
THE ST. GOTHARD PASS.
AT THE FOOT OF THE ALPS.
THE INN AT GENOA.
AT SEA.
VI.
THE SCHOOL OF SALERNO.
THE CASTLE OF VAUTSBERG ON THE RHINE.
EPILOGUE.
THE TWO RECORDING ANGELS ASCENDING.