A Sicilian Idyll a Pastoral Play in Two Scenes
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15 A thousand sad sweet thoughts are vocal in me, And long to sing their secrets in thine ear.
Amaryl. [Rising. ] Better go cast thy limbs into the fire, Or dungeon up thy body from the sun, Than scorch thy being in love's bitter flame !
[Crosses, l. , an^ comes down the stage.
Thes. I cannot tell. My mother loved a man : I fear I am her daughter.
Amaryl. I have seen The tedious tragedies of woman's life No poet's tongue dare sing, too mean, too common To tread the scene in pomp of tragic words... ; The sullen agonies, the ageing cares, The dull disease whereof poor famished love Dies dumbly hour by hour a lingering death.
Thes. [Approaching. ] But wherefore should love die, folding his wings Among the household gods, whose homely forms Catch splendour from the rapture of his face ?
Amaryl. Alas ! if love were all that women dream, His were a name worth worship ; and the light Of his stern face would so renew the world, The race of man would grow divine as he ; For we are priestesses of that pure flame Whose temple is the soul ; but our dull shepherds Honour a power unknown with wanton rites And gross initiations, clowns unschooled, Who serve their uncouth image of the god, But not the god indeed.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
15 A thousand sad sweet thoughts are vocal in me, And long to sing their secrets in thine ear.
Amaryl. [Rising. ] Better go cast thy limbs into the fire, Or dungeon up thy body from the sun, Than scorch thy being in love's bitter flame !
[Crosses, l. , an^ comes down the stage.
Thes. I cannot tell. My mother loved a man : I fear I am her daughter.
Amaryl. I have seen The tedious tragedies of woman's life No poet's tongue dare sing, too mean, too common To tread the scene in pomp of tragic words... ; The sullen agonies, the ageing cares, The dull disease whereof poor famished love Dies dumbly hour by hour a lingering death.
Thes. [Approaching. ] But wherefore should love die, folding his wings Among the household gods, whose homely forms Catch splendour from the rapture of his face ?
Amaryl. Alas ! if love were all that women dream, His were a name worth worship ; and the light Of his stern face would so renew the world, The race of man would grow divine as he ; For we are priestesses of that pure flame Whose temple is the soul ; but our dull shepherds Honour a power unknown with wanton rites And gross initiations, clowns unschooled, Who serve their uncouth image of the god, But not the god indeed.
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