THE WARNING. BEWARE! The Israelite of old, who tore A pander to Philistine revelry,— Upon the pillars of the temple laid His desperate hands, and in its overthrow Destroyed himself, and with him those who made A cruel mockery of his sightless woe; The poor, blind Slave, the scoff and jest of all, There is a poor, blind Samson in this land, Shorn of his strength, and bound in bonds of steel, Who may, in some grim revel, raise his hand, A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies. SCENE 1. THE SPANISH STUDENT. ACT I. The COUNT OF LARA'S chambers, Night. The COUNT in his dressing-gown, smoking and conversing with DON CARLOS. Lara. You were not at the play to-night, Don Carlos; How happened it? Carlos. I had engagements elsewhere. Pray who was there? And Doña Serafina, and her cousins. Lara. It was a dull affair; One of those comedies in which you see, As Lope says, the history of the world Brought down from Genesis to the Day of Judg. ment. There were three duels fought in the first act, Laying their hands upon their hearts, and saying, |