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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: WHICH ? So, the three Court-ladies began Their trial of who judged best In esteeming the love of a man: Who preferred with most reason was thereby con- fessed Boy-Cupid's exemplary catcher and eager; An Abbe crossed legs to decide on the wager. First the Duchesse: Mine for me ? Who were it but God's for Him, And the King's for ? who but he ? Both faithful and loyal, one grace more shall brim His cup with perfection: a lady's true lover, He holds ? save his God and his king ? none above her. I require outspoke the Marquise ? Pure thoughts, ay, but also fine deeds: Play the paladin must he, to please My whim, and ? to prove my knight's service exceeds Your saint's and your loyalist's praying and kneeling? Show wounds, each wide mouth to my mercy appeal- ing. Then the Comtesse: My choice be a wretch, Mere losel in body and soul, Thrice accurst What care I, so he stretch Arms to me his sole saviour, love's ultimate goal, Out of earth and men's noise ? names of ' infidel, ' ' traitor, ' Cast up at him? Crown me, crown's adjudicator And the Abbe uncrossed his legs, Took snuff, a reflective pinch, Broke silence: The question begs Much pondering ere I pronounce. Shall I flinch ? The love which to one and one only has reference Seems terribly like what perhaps gains God's preferTHE CARDINAL AND THE DOG. Ceescenzio, the Pope's Legate at the High Council, Trent, ? Year Fifteen hundred twenty-two, March Twenty- five ? intent On writing letters to the Pope till late into the night, Rose, weary, to refresh himself, and saw a monstrous sight: (I give mine Author's very words: he penned, I re- indite.) A black Dog of vast bigness, eyes flaming, ears that hung Down to the very ground almost, into the chamber ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217725422 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217725422 |
| Weight | 0.25 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.16 In |
| List Price | $20.00 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 68 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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