Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
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No angel! And the face you think so fair,
'Tis but the dismal frame-work of these rocks That makes it seem so; and the world I come from-- Alas, alas, too many faces there Are but fair vizors to black hearts below, Or only serve to bring the wearer woe! But to yourself--If haply the redress That I am here upon may help to yours. I heard you tax the heavens with ordering, And men for executing, what, alas! I now behold. But why, and who they are Who do, and you who suffer-- SEG. (pointing upwards). Ask of them, Whom, as to-night, I have so often ask'd, And ask'd in vain. ROS. But surely, surely-- SEG. Hark! The trumpet of the watch to shut us in. Oh, should they find you!--Quick! Behind the rocks! To-morrow--if to-morrow-- ROS. (flinging her sword toward him). Take my sword! |
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