Emblems Of Love by Lascelles Abercrombie
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Enjoy them then: who lets you?
_3rd Woman_. Thou dost, Queen. Thou sittest with hands folded in thy robe, And in the midst of delicacies wilt fast. _1st Woman_. We see thine eyes upon them as they were Wickedness. _2nd Woman_. 'Tis rare bounty that we women Halve with the King his festival. _3rd Woman_. And thou, It seems, scarce findest it thankworthy. _Vashti_. Again, Your pardon: but ye need not gaze on me.-- And yet, why am I sorrowful? In truth, Is it a sorrow that so leans upon me? I know not. But my soul knoweth right well That I am watched. _3rd Woman_. Then in thy conscience, Queen, Thou feelest the King requiring thanks of thee. |
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