Locrine: a tragedy by Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Prince, now proclaimed for some sweet bastard's sake
Peasant? MADAN. Thy sire was sure less man than snake, Though mine miscall thee brother. CAMBER. Coward or mad? Which might one call thee rather, whose harsh heart Envenoms so thy tongue toward one that had No thought less kindly--toward even thee that art Kindless--than best beseems a kinsman's part? MADAN. Lay not on me thine own foul shame, whose tongue Would turn my blood to poison, while it stung Thy brother's fame to death. I know my sire As shame knows thee--and better no man knows Aught. CAMBER. Have thy will, then: take thy full desire: Drink dry the draught of ruin: bid all blows Welcome: being harsh with friends, be mild with foes, And give shame thanks for buffets. Yet I thought - |
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