Locrine: a tragedy by Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Though nought my fame be,--though no praise of mine
Be worth men's tongues for word or thought or act - Shall fame forget my brother Albanact, Or how those Huns who drank his blood for wine Poured forth their own for offering to Locrine? Though all the soundless maze of time were tracked, No men should man find nobler. DEBON. Surely none. No man loved ever more than I thy brothers, Prince. CAMBER. Ay--for them thy love is bright like spring, And colder toward me than the wintering sun. What am I less--what less am I than others, That thus thy tongue discrowns my name of king, Dethrones my title, disanoints my state, And pricks me down but petty prince? DEBON. My lord - CAMBER. Ay? must my name among their names stand scored |
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