Chastelard, a tragedy by Algernon Charles Swinburne
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And would not have them fall too low to find.
Look, they slip forth. [Exeunt DARNLEY and MARY HAMILTON.] MARY SEYTON. For love's sake, after them, And soft as love can. [Exeunt MARY CARMICHAEL and MARY SEYTON.] CHASTELARD. True, a goodly man. What shapeliness and state he hath, what eyes, Brave brow and lordly lip! Were it not fit Great queens should love him? MARY BEATON. See how now, fair lord, I have but scant breath's time to help myself, And I must cast my heart out on a chance; So bear with me. That we twain have loved well, I have no heart nor wit to say; God wot We had never made good lovers, you and I. Look you, I would not have you love me, sir, For all the love's sake in the world. I say, You love the queen, and loving burns you up, And mars the grace and joyous wit you had, Turning your speech to sad, your face to strange, Your mirth to nothing: and I am piteous, I, |
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