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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: COLOMBE'S BIRTHDAY. Ivy and violet, what do ye here, With blossom and shoot in the warm spring-weather. Hiding the arms of Monchcnci and Vere ? Ha.nmkr. JDeDicatfon. SO ONE LOVES AND HONOURS BARBY CORNWALL MORE THAN ROBERT BROWNING DOES; WHO, HAVING NOTHINR BETTER THAN THIS PLAY TO GIVE HIM IH PROOF OF IT, MUST SAY SO. COLOMBE'S BIRTHDAY. PERSONS. Colombe Of Ravestein, Duchess of Julicrs and Cleves. Sabtne ) Her Attendants. Adolp ) Guibert 'I Gaucelme I Courtiers. Mauproy i Clugnet J Valence, Advocate of Cleves. Prince Berthold, Claimant of th.e Duchy. Melchior, his Confidant. Place, The Pa/ace at Juliers. Time, 16?. ACT I. Morning. Scene.?A corridor leading to the Audience- Chamber. Gaucelme, Clugnet, Mauproy, and other Courtiers round Guibert, who is silently reading a paper: 03 he drops it at the end? Gui. That this should be her birthday; and the day We all invested her, twelve months ago, As the late Duke's true heiress and our liege; And that this also must become the day . . . Oh, miserable lady 1st. Court. Ay, indeed ? 2nd. Court. Well, Guibert ? 3rd. Court. But your news, my friend, your news The sooner, friend, one learns Prince Berthold's pleasure, The better for us all: how writes the Prince ? Give me?I 'll read it for the common good ? Gui. In time, sir?but, till time comes, pardon me Our old Duke just disclosed his child's retreat, Declared her true succession to his rule, And died: this birthday was the day, last year, We convoyed her from Castle Ravestein? That sleeps out trustfully its extreme age On the Meuse' quiet bank, where she lived queen Over the water-buds, ?to Juliers' Court With joy and bustle: here again we stand; Sir Gaucelme's buckle's const...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217030717 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217030718 |
| Weight | 0.45 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.30 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 130 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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