A Blot in the 'Scutcheon by Robert Browning
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Just on his haunches by the wheel!
SIXTH RETAINER. Ay--ay! You, Philip, are a special hand, I hear, At soups and sauces: what's a horse to you? D'ye mark that beast they've slid into the midst So cunningly?--then, Philip, mark this further; No leg has he to stand on! FIRST RETAINER. No? that's comfort. SECOND RETAINER. Peace, Cook! The Earl descends. Well, Gerard, see The Earl at least! Come, there's a proper man, I hope! Why, Ralph, no falcon, Pole or Swede, Has got a starrier eye. THIRD RETAINER. His eyes are blue: But leave my hawks alone! FOURTH RETAINER. So young, and yet So tall and shapely! FIFTH RETAINER. Here's Lord Tresham's self! There now--there's what a nobleman should be! He's older, graver, loftier, he's more like A House's head. SECOND RETAINER. But you'd not have a boy --And what's the Earl beside?--possess too soon That stateliness? |
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