The Learned Women by Molière
page 46 of 91 (50%)
page 46 of 91 (50%)
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TRI. ON A CARRIAGE OF THE COLOUR OF AMARANTH GIVEN TO ONE OF HIS LADY
FRIENDS. [2] PHI. His titles have always something rare in them. ARM. They prepare one for a hundred flashes of wit. TRI. _Love for his bonds so dear a price demands, E'en now it costs me more than half my lands, And when this chariot meets your eyes, Where so much gold emboss'd doth rise That people all astonished stand, And Lais rides in triumph through the land..._ [2] [This epigram is also by Cotin. It is called, _'Madrigal sur un carosse de couleur amarante, achete pour une dame.'_ "L'amour si cherement m'a vendu son lien Qu'il me coute deja la moitie de mon bien, Et quand tu vois ce beau carrosse, Ou tant d'or se releve en bosse, Qu'il etonne tout le pays, Et fait pompeusement triompher ma Lais, Ne dis plus qu'il est amarante, Dis plutot qu'il est de ma rente."] PHI. Ah! Lais! what erudition! |
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