Poet Lore, Volume 32Writer's Center, 1921 - Drama |
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... happy , childishly confidential ) .— You see , Agda , the old people they don't want to , we are the ones that must do it . Have you ever thought about the fact that all , who have died for a cause willingly , have been young ? All ...
... happy , childishly confidential ) .— You see , Agda , the old people they don't want to , we are the ones that must do it . Have you ever thought about the fact that all , who have died for a cause willingly , have been young ? All ...
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... happy ? Helge . - No , -but papa , isn't it your own fault ? Ulfstjerna . Yes , it's my fault . My wish - my fate ! And still , can I help it ? I was an instrument — a charming instrument . Once the Master played me , played joyfully ...
... happy ? Helge . - No , -but papa , isn't it your own fault ? Ulfstjerna . Yes , it's my fault . My wish - my fate ! And still , can I help it ? I was an instrument — a charming instrument . Once the Master played me , played joyfully ...
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... happy to think that they would have someone when I'm gone . You'll be here in my place . Agda . Don't talk about it ! Why , that's decided , Helge ! Helge . But if you don't have the courage ? Agda . - Courage ! Why would that be ...
... happy to think that they would have someone when I'm gone . You'll be here in my place . Agda . Don't talk about it ! Why , that's decided , Helge ! Helge . But if you don't have the courage ? Agda . - Courage ! Why would that be ...
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... happy , easy little farce , which viewed seriously is an examination of the nature of the romantic . The stage direction reads : " The scene is where you will , provided the costumes are pretty . " Here , at once , we meet something ...
... happy , easy little farce , which viewed seriously is an examination of the nature of the romantic . The stage direction reads : " The scene is where you will , provided the costumes are pretty . " Here , at once , we meet something ...
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... happy , easy ޓ ޕޓ farce . viewed seriously is an examination of the nature of the ****** The stareddy The scene the costumes Lallie T Here at once , we meet sme any dear cet and Yese a 784 senes of the acts which follow seem ing ...
... happy , easy ޓ ޕޓ farce . viewed seriously is an examination of the nature of the ****** The stareddy The scene the costumes Lallie T Here at once , we meet sme any dear cet and Yese a 784 senes of the acts which follow seem ing ...
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Page 478 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale ; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Page 91 - ... What do I fear? Myself? There's none else by. Richard loves Richard: that is, I am I. Is there a murderer here?
Page 260 - Is it so small a thing To have enjoy'd the sun, To have lived light in the spring, To have loved, to have thought, to have done...
Page 91 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain.
Page 415 - We are the fools of time and terror : Days Steal on us and steal from us ; yet we live, Loathing our life, and dreading still to die. In all the days of this detested yoke — This vital weight upon the struggling heart, Which sinks with sorrow, or beats quick with pain, Or...
Page 91 - Give me another horse, — bind up my wounds, — Have mercy, Jesu ! — Soft ! I did but dream. — 0 coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me ! — The lights burn blue. — It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. What, do I fear myself ? there's none else by : Richard loves Richard ; that is, I am I. Is there a murderer here ? No ; — yes, I am : Then fly. What, from myself ? Great reason why, — Lest I revenge.
Page 91 - I shall despair. — There is no creature loves me ; And, if I die, no soul will pity me : — Nay, wherefore should they?
Page 259 - Right for the polar star, past Orgunje, Brimming, and bright, and large ; then sands begin To hem his watery march, and dam his streams, And split his currents; that for...
Page 260 - And then we shall unwillingly return Back to this meadow of calamity, This uncongenial place, this human life; And in our individual human state Go through the sad probation all again, To see if we will poise our life at last, To see if we will now at last be true To our own only true, deep-buried selves, Being one with which we are one with the whole world...
Page 260 - I say: Fear not! Life still Leaves human effort scope ! But, since life teems with ill, Nurse no extravagant hope; Because thou must not dream, thou need'st not then despair ! A long pause.