The Age of Shakespeare by Algernon Charles Swinburne
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I did not tell you so.
_Lodovico_. She's dead, my lord. _Francisco_. Dead! _Monticelso_. Blest lady, thou art now above thy woes! * * * * * _Giovanni_. What do the dead do, uncle? do they eat, Hear music, go a-hunting, and be merry, As we that live? _Francisco_. No, coz; they sleep. _Giovanni_. Lord, Lord, that I were dead! I have not slept these six nights.--When do they wake? _Francisco_. When God shall please. _Giovanni_. Good God, let her sleep ever! For I have known her wake an hundred nights When all the pillow where she laid her head Was brine-wet with her tears. I am to complain to you, sir; I'll tell you how they have used her now she's dead: They wrapped her in a cruel fold of lead, And would not let me kiss her. _Francisco_. Thou didst love her. |
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