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Indlæser... The Complete Works of Lord Byron (Volume 6); Dramatic Pieces and Poemsaf Baron George Noël Gordon Byron
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825. Excerpt: ... ADVERTISEMENT. This production is founded partly on the story of a Novel called -The Three Brothers, - published many years ago, from which M. G. Lewis's -Wood Demon- was also taken--and partly on the -Faust- of the great Goethe. The present publication contains the two first parts only, and the opening chorus of the third. The rest may perhaps appear hereafter. ( DRAMATIS PERSONS. MEN. STRANGER, afterwards Cjssab. ARNOLD. BOURBON. PHILIBERT. CELLINI. WOMEN. BERTHA. OL1MPIA. Spirits, Soldiers, Citizens of Rome, Priests, Peasants, etc. THE DEFORMED TRANSFORMED. PART I. SCENE I.--A FOREST. Enter ARNOLD and bis mother BERTHA. BERTHA. Oct, hunchback ARNOLD. I was born so, mother BERTHA. Out Thou incubus Thou night-mare Of seven sons The sole abortion ARNOLD. Would that I had been so, And never seen the light BERTHA. I would so too But as thou hast--hence, hence--and do thy best. That back of thine may bear its burthen; t is More high, if not so broad as that of others. ARNOLD. I1 bears its burthen;--but, my heart Will it Sustain that which you lay upon it, mother? I love, or, at the least, I loved you: nothing Save you, in nature, can love aught like me. You nursed me--do not kill me BERTHA. Yes--I nursed thee, Because thou wert my first-born, and I knew not If there would be another unlike thee, That monstrous sport of nature. But get hence, And gather wood ARNOLD. I will: but when I bring it, Speak to me kindly. Though my brothers are So beautiful and lusty, and as free As the free chase they follow, do not spurn me: Our milk has been the same. BERTHA. As is the hedge-hog's, Which sucks at midnight from the wholesome dam Of the young bull, until the milkmaid finds The nipple next day sore mad udder dry. Call not thy b... Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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