Lyra Frivola by A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley
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Till next year's fashions bring thee back,
My Chimneypot, farewell! THE 1713 AGAINST NEWNHAM [This Fragment will be found to contain, in a concentrated form, all the constituent parts of Greek Tragedy. It has an Anagnorisis, because its subject is the Recognition of Women. It also contains _at least one_ Peripeteia: and the action has been strictly confined, chiefly by the Editor of the _Magazine_, within one revolution of the sun.] SCENE: _Interior of a Ladies' College_ LEADER OF THE CHORUS OF LADIES Sisters, from far upon my senses steals A sound of crackers and of Catherine wheels, By which I know the Senate in debate Decides our future and the country's fate: And lo! a herald from the city's stir I see arrive--the usual Messenger. _Enter a Messenger_ _M._ O maiden guardians of this sacred shrine-- _Ch._ Observe the rules: you've had your single line. |
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