Locrine: a tragedy by Algernon Charles Swinburne
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page 46 of 141 (32%)
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Treason than all his days did Brute my lord.
My trust shall rest not in thee less than whole. CAMBER. Speak, then: too long thou falterest nigh the goal. DEBON. There is a bower built fast beside a ford In Essex, held in sure and secret ward Of woods and walls and waters, still and sole As love could choose for harbourage: there the king Keeps close from all men now these seven years since The light wherein he lives: and there hath she Borne him a maiden child more sweet than spring. CAMBER. A child her daughter? there now hidden? DEBON. Prince, What ails thee? CAMBER. Nought. This river's name? |
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