A Drama. BY SIR COUTTS LINDSAY, BART. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1845. APA 4646 DRAMATIS PERSONE. SAXONS. KING ALFRED. EDMUND, his Nephew. EARLS OF KENT, DEVON, BERKS, AND WILTS. SCENE, Taunton, in Somersetshire, Ethelingay and the neighbouring ALFRED. A ACT I. SCENE I. green Glade of the Forest — Village in the distance — Rural Games going on— · Time after Sunset, the light gradually fading away-Village Bells distantly ringing.-GODWIN, DENULF, ALICE, and SWERTHA under an aged oak, in front; in the interior of the stage, ULF and FORESTERS playing at Quoits. DENULF. Alice, why sing you not? so calm an eve ALICE. A jocund heart needs not to sing aloud, It bears a tacit music in itself; But if it be not merry, the sad notes |