The Duke of Gandia by Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Rode thence, and they strode after.
ALEXANDER Man, and thou - Thou? GIORGIO Sire, I set my heart again to sleep: I turned and slept under my boatside. ALEXANDER Man - Dog--devil, if this be truth, and if my fear Lie not--how hadst thou heart to hold thy peace? How comes it that the warders of the shore Knew not of thee, while yet the crime was hot, What crime had made night hell? GIORGIO A thousand times I have seen such sights, but never till this hour Seen him who cared to hear of them. ALEXANDER Till now, |
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