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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ACT III Scene. ? Senlis. A cold evening of mid-November; the withered garden of St. Vincents Abbey. To the left a vine arcade. At the back the tower of the chapel rises against the sky, while more to the left the hospice and portress' lodge fiank the convent gate. An old nun is planting pansies in front. Anna's voice is heard through the vine leaves. Anna. O crimson trellis of my vine . . . O my arcade, With flowers all fragrance and with fruit all stain, The freedom and the laughter of your leaves, My prison-bower, preserve me. Not to church 1 turn away from the dusk sisterhood To the garden-alley and the glinting stars; And here I'll pace, Watching the Sisters as they pass along From the apple-trees and vineyards to the rest I have appointed them. To SffiUR Euialie.] You love these flowers ? SffiUR EULALIB. O lady, yes, a little; one must have Something to love, a little. Blessed Jesus Remembers how I gave my youth to Him, How I am His. I have no grief at all; And it is pleasant, stepping on the grass, To plant the heart's-ease. When it blooms next year I may be in my grave. Anna. Your hope, my sister, For springtide; I will put it in my prayers. And my tall Lucia ? Busy with her knife High in the pear-tree She is coming down, Nor turns to count the poplars on the verge, Seven twinkling trees, nor scans the forest wall. Soeur, you are set at vantage. Does the sun Burn low across the fields ? Sceur Lucia. A bitter night, Dreary for snow-fall; but I must not glance Away on to temptation. Tis the rule We keep our eyes fixed on St. Vincent's Tower While we are pruning. Here and there a light Flares from the city windows through the boughs. I must descend. She gathers up her tools, her lopped branches, ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217170994 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217170994 |
| Weight | 0.30 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.20 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 84 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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