Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
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Well said, well said! Basilio, my father--well--Clotaldo Is he my kinsman too? CHAMB. Oh, my good Lord, A General simply in your Highness' service, Than whom your Highness has no trustier. SEG. Ay, so you said before, I think. And you With that white wand of yours-- Why, now I think on't, I have read of such A silver-hair'd magician with a wand, Who in a moment, with a wave of it, Turn'd rags to jewels, clowns to emperors, By some benigner magic than the stars Spirited poor good people out of hand From all their woes; in some enchanted sleep Carried them off on cloud or dragon-back Over the mountains, over the wide Deep, And set them down to wake in Fairyland. CHAMB. Oh, my good Lord, you laugh at me--and I Right glad to make you laugh at such a price: You know me no enchanter: if I were, I and my wand as much as your Highness', As now your chamberlain-- |
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