Norma

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Excerpt from Norma: A Tragic Opera in Two ActsThe Romans, having e¿'ected the subjugation of Gaul, committed the government of the conquereii province to Pollio, a Proconsul, who became enamoured of Norma, daughter of the arch-druid (druidism being at that tme the religion of the country), and who, besides the respect awarded her from the consideration of her birth and connections, was regarded by the superstitious multitude as the unerring oracle through whom their grand deity, Irminsul, condescended to convey to his faithful votaries his divine decrees. N orma having been secretly imited to Pollio, the Roman Governor, has become the mother of two children, whom she keeps secret from all, excepting Clotilda. Pollio after wards deserts N orma, and transfers his affections to Adalgisa, a young priestess of the Temple of Irminsul, who permits a similar passion to kindle in her bosom for the faithless Roman, who, after much persuasion, succeeds in gaining her consent to abandon the Temple, and ¿y with him to Rome. Remorse, however, soon takes possession of her bi east, and, in her agony, she resolves to reveal al' to Norma, who is already labouring under the in¿uence of slighted love. Pollio makes his appearance at the instant that Adalgisa is relating her story to Norma, whose anger is transformed into the wildest fury, on being informed by Adalgisa that he is the corrupter of her youthful heart, and she bitteny reproaches Pollio for his infidelity and baseness.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.