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Title: Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern
Year: 1896 (1890s)
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Publisher: N.Y.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ank her for ? To which of us to-dayOwes he the sceptre ? But too well I knowLove is a tyrant; and if other charmsAttract, what matter crowns, or life itself ?Can benefits outweigh the hearts attachment ?I need but search mine own. Did gratitudeConstrain me to his brother, when this wretchBewitched me ? Ah! if other tie were absent,Would the idea of marriage so alarm him ?He gladly would have seconded my wishes,And not have braved destruction by refusal.Just cause — But some one conies to speak with me.What can she want ? Enter Fatima Fatima — Forgive me this intrusion : But there is come a courier from the army;And though the seaward gate was shut, the guards,On bended knees, without delay unlocked itTo orders from the Sultan, to yourselfAddressed,—and strange to say, tis Orcan brings them. Roxana — Orcan! Fatima— Yes, he; of all the Sultans slaves The one most trusted for his faithful service,Blackest of those whom Africs sun has scorched.Madam, he asks impatiently for you:
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JEAN RACINE I 2033 I thought it best to give you timely notice,And lest you should be taken by surprise,I have detained him in your own apartments.Roxana — What new disaster comes to overwhelm me ?What can his bidding be ? What my reply ?Doubtless the Sultan, in his mind perturbed,Has Bajazet condemned a second time.Without my sanction none will dare to takeHis life; for all obey me here. But ought ITo shield him ? Bajazet or Amurath —Which claims allegiance? One have I betrayed;The other may be false to me. Time presses;I must resolve this fatal doubt, nor letThe precious moments pass. Love, when most cautious,Cannot conceal its secret inclination.I will watch Bajazet and Atalide:Then crown the lover, or destroy the traitor. Translation of R. B. Bos well. THE APPEAL OF ANDROMACHE From (Andromaque Scene: The palace of Pyrrhus, at Buthrotum in Epirits. Present: An-dromache, Hermione, Cleone, Cephissa. A ndromache (to JTermiotie) — Why fly you, madam ? Is it not a sightTo please y

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