Polyeucte by Pierre Corneille
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Pauline another's wife?
FABIAN. Yes, Polyeucte is her lord. He came, he saw, he conquered thine adored. SEV. Her choice is not unworthy--his a name Illustrious, from a line of kings he came Cold comfort for a wound no cure can heal! My cause is lost,--foredoomed without appeal! Malignant Jove, to drag me back to-day! Relentless Fate, to quench hope's dawning ray! Take back your gifts! One boon alone I crave, That only boon to none denied--the grave. Yet would I see her, breathe one last good-bye, Would hear once more that voice before I die! My latest breath would still my homage pay, That memory mine, when lost to realms of day. FABIAN. Yet think, my lord-- SEV. Oh, I have thought of all; What worser ill can dull despair befall? She will not see me? FABIAN. Yes, my lord, but-- |
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