COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY MARION FORSTER GILMORE MARION FORSTER GILMORE Dedication Dedication TO MY FATHER TO MY FATHER [Thanks are due to the proprietors of The Cosmopolitan Magazine and Leslie's Weekly, for their courtesy in allowing the republication herein of a number of poems which have previously appeared in issues of their copyrighted magazines.] CONTENTS Virginia VIRGINIA VIRGINIA A Tragedy A Tragedy CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY Appius Claudius, Chief of the Ten and lawgiver of the Romans. Marcus Claudius, His client. Oppius, One of the Ten. Virginius, A Roman centurion; a plebeian. Icilius, A tribune of the commons and lover to Virginia. Sicinius, A plebeian soldier and an enemy of the Decemvirs. Horatius, Galba, Marius, Hortensius, Four Roman citizens. Tiberius, A boy of noble birth; brother to Cornelia. The Ten Decemvirs. A Porter. Appius Claudius Marcus Claudius Oppius Virginius