near the remains of the unknown.
The assertion of Lucifer, that the pre-Adamite world was also peopled by
rational beings much more intelligent than man, and proportionably
powerful to the mammoth, etc., etc., is, of course, a poetical fiction
to help him to make out his case.

I ought to add, that there is a "tramelogedia" of Alfieri, called
"Abele."[96] I have never read that, nor any other of the posthumous
works of the writer, except his Life.

RAVENNA, _Sept_. 20, 1821.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

MEN.

ADAM.
CAIN.
ABEL.

SPIRITS.

ANGEL OF THE LORD.
LUCIFER.

WOMEN.

EVE.
ADAH.
ZILLAH.

CAIN: A MYSTERY.

ACT I.

SCENE I.--_The Land without Paradise.--Time, Sunrise_.

ADAM, EVE, CAIN, ABEL, ADAH, ZILLAH, _offering a Sacrifice_.

_Adam_. God, the Eternal! Infinite! All-wise!--
Who out of darkness on the deep didst make
Light on the waters with a word--All Hail!
Jehovah! with returning light--All Hail!

_Eve_. God! who didst name the day, and separate
Morning from night, till then divided never--
Who didst divide the wave from wave, and call
Part of thy work the firmament--All Hail!

_Abel_. God! who didst call the elements into
Earth, ocean, air and fire--and with the day 10
And night, and worlds which these illuminate,
Or shadow, madest beings to enjoy them,
And love both them and thee--All Hail! All Hail!

_Adah_. God! the Eternal parent of all things!
Who didst create these best and beauteous beings,
To be beloved, more than all, save thee--
Let me love thee and them:--All Hail! All Hail!

_Zillah_. Oh, God! who loving, making, blessing all,
Yet didst permit the Serpent to creep in,
And drive my father forth from Paradise, 20
Keep us from further evil:--Hail! All Hail!

_Adam_. Son Cain! my first-born--wherefore art thou silent?

_Cain_. Why should I speak?

_Adam_.