The Blood of Rachel, a Dramatization of Esther, and Other Poems. Cotton Noe

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       Cotton Noe

      The Blood of Rachel, a Dramatization of Esther, and Other Poems

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066142629

Table of Contents

       The Blood of Rachel

       ACT I

       ACT II

       ACT III

       POEMS AND SONNETS

       Poems and Sonnets

       THE OLD DOG IRONS

       THE AGE ELECTRIC

       GRANDMOTHER DAYS

       JUST TO DREAM

       AMNEMON

       A ROMANCE OF THE CUMBERLAND

       MORNING GLORIES.

       CHRISTMASTIDE

       KINSHIP

       PRECOCITY

       THE SECRET

       A RHYMELESS SONNET

       AMBITION

       OPPORTUNITY

       HOLIDAY THOUGHTS

       THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW

       FELLOW TRAVELERS

       JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

       CALE YOUNG RICE

       PILATE'S MONOLOGUE

       THE VIRILE SPIRIT

       BLUEBIRD.

       AN AUTUMN MINOR

       SLABS AND OBELISK

       ON BROADWAY

       POSTSCRIPT

       Postscript

       AN EMBER ETCHING

       A TRAGEDY IN BIRDLAND

      PERSONS OF THE DRAMA

Ahasuerus	King of Persia
Vashti	Queen of Persia
Esther	Second Queen of Persia
Haman	Premier
Mordecai	A Jew, afterwards Premier
Zeresh	Wife of Haman
Meheuman	A Chamberlain
Abagtha	Another Chamberlain
Ahafid	Court Poet
Smerdis	Court Fool
Saadi	Young Court Poet
Parshandatha	Lady in Waiting to Zeresh
Zethar	Lady in Waiting to Vashti

      Chamberlains, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, Heralds, Royal Dancers, Nubian Slaves, Waiters, and others.

The Blood of Rachel

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ACT I

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      Scene I

      Place—Shushan, the Capital of Persia.

      Time—478 B.C.

      [A hall in the palace of the king. Enter