La Princes Lointaine (The Princess Far-Away) a Play in Four Acts, in Verse
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[scene n. MELISSINDE. My anger and refusal, why? Some coming storm unnerved me, I suppose. But I have burned a candle and I've prayed. Was there a reason for refusing thus? Did I appear to act ill-humouredly, Or else as if some disappointment, . . . Nol There really was no reason. Am I right? SOEISMONDE. You know there was a reason. MELISSINDE (frightened). Lower, please! SOEISMONDE (smiling, after a short silence). Be not alarmed, for what I mean is this: You almost dread, instinctively, to se...e The one you loved in a resplendent dream Now lowered to a sad reality. With wildly searching eyes, with bluish lips, And shrivelled hands that fever burns and wets. You would retain, for all the days to come, A nobler picture of a nobler love, By seeing not the poet in his shroud. MELISSINDE (eagerly). Oh 1 thanks !— That is the reason, only that I And that is why I answered strangely: Nol — You may admit Sir Knight d' Allamanon. SOEISMONDE (smiling). What for, since you refuse? MELISSINDE.
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