We leave the hated and the hating,
Existence sad in toil and strife;
The great, the good, the brave are waiting
To hail our opening life.
Earth's faded sounds our ears forsaking,
A moment's silence death shall be;
Then to heaven's jubilee awaking,
Faith ends in victory.
[Exeunt Martyrs, &c, &c. Cordenius with his Officers and Soldiers still remaining; the Officers on the front, and Cordenius apart from them in a thoughtful posture.
FIRST OFFICER.
Of that deluded band.
SECOND OFFICER.
In dens and deserts, courting, with enchantments.
The intercourse of demons?
THIRD OFFICER.
Cruel and wild. To crucify a babe,
And, while it yet hangs shrieking on the rood,
Fall down and worship it! device abominable!
FIRST OFFICER.
THIRD OFFICER.
Of the possess'd and mad.
