Salome: A Dramatic PoemHurd and Houghton, 1867 - 222 pages |
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... pray , lest we faint , By miseries overcome , of doubts attaint . CHORUS . Lord , let us suffer still , if it may be Our sufferings only drive us nearer Thee . But if , too strong , they tempt us to complain , Ease , pitying One ...
... pray , lest we faint , By miseries overcome , of doubts attaint . CHORUS . Lord , let us suffer still , if it may be Our sufferings only drive us nearer Thee . But if , too strong , they tempt us to complain , Ease , pitying One ...
Page 76
... pray thee talk not so . Destroy not all those flowers of modesty , My blushes , with such overheated words . The delicacy of my soul should be Still unimpaired by any word of sense . LEPIDUS . A madcap art thou . What ! art 76 SALOME .
... pray thee talk not so . Destroy not all those flowers of modesty , My blushes , with such overheated words . The delicacy of my soul should be Still unimpaired by any word of sense . LEPIDUS . A madcap art thou . What ! art 76 SALOME .
Page 78
... pray go on . LEPIDUS . Should Venus ' priestesses be all debased , Profaned by them her pure , primeval worship , The purest worshiper in formal words Should , in their vision , be ... thee ? FRIGIUS . Nay . I pray thee do not , 78 SALOME .
... pray go on . LEPIDUS . Should Venus ' priestesses be all debased , Profaned by them her pure , primeval worship , The purest worshiper in formal words Should , in their vision , be ... thee ? FRIGIUS . Nay . I pray thee do not , 78 SALOME .
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A Dramatic Poem Joseph Converse Heywood. FRIGIUS . Nay . I pray thee do not , for the mad are strong . I would but aid thee with comparisons . What proofs would'st thou have more ? Wert thou content ? LEPIDUS . Ay , almost sad with great ...
A Dramatic Poem Joseph Converse Heywood. FRIGIUS . Nay . I pray thee do not , for the mad are strong . I would but aid thee with comparisons . What proofs would'st thou have more ? Wert thou content ? LEPIDUS . Ay , almost sad with great ...
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... thee excepted , Lepidus , my friend . But read the letter , pray let's know his news . LEPIDUS . ( Reads . ) Salome and Thona are in the city , starving ! Shame ! idlers , craven Romans , lovers false ! Starving ! FRIGIUS . Salome and ...
... thee excepted , Lepidus , my friend . But read the letter , pray let's know his news . LEPIDUS . ( Reads . ) Salome and Thona are in the city , starving ! Shame ! idlers , craven Romans , lovers false ! Starving ! FRIGIUS . Salome and ...
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accursed arms art thou beautiful Behold BERNICE bliss brave breast breath burning Cæsar's canst castle CHORUS Christian clouds crime curse dare dark daughter of Herodias dear death dost thou dread dungeon e'en earth Eloi escape Exeunt Exit eyes fair farewell fear flames friends FRIGIUS gaze Gehenna gentle Go faster gods guard Hades hast thou hath hear heard heart heaven hence holy hope hosts Israel Jerusalem Jews JOSEPHUS KALIPHILUS kiss leave thee LEPIDUS Lord MARAH mercy mocking naught ne'er never o'er Oh woe perchance Pestilence pray thee priests prisoner returning Jews Roman Rome SALOME scourge SEXTUS sigh SOLDIERS soul speak stay storms sweet tears tell thee Temple thence thine thing THONA thou art thou didst thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thou would'st thy love thyself TITUS torture tower UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN unto Vespasian Voice of VENGEANCE Wail walls words wrath
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