Chastelard, a tragedy by Algernon Charles Swinburne
page 8 of 157 (05%)
page 8 of 157 (05%)
|
MARY SEYTON. Ay, and the queen fell in a little wrath Because she got so many, and tore off Some of them she had plucked unwittingly-- She said, against her will. What fell to you? MARY BEATON. Me? nothing but the stalk of a stripped bunch With clammy grape-juice leavings at the tip. MARY CARMICHAEL. Ay, true, the queen came first and she won all; It was her bunch we took to cheat you with. What, will you weep for that now? for you seem As one that means to weep. God pardon me! I think your throat is choking up with tears. You are not well, sweet, for a lying jest To shake you thus much. MARY BEATON. I am well enough: Give not your pity trouble for my sake. MARY SEYTON. If you be well sing out your song and laugh, Though it were but to fret the fellows there.-- Now shall we catch her secret washed and wet In the middle of her song; for she must weep If she sing through. |
|