The Duchess de la Vallière: A Play in Five ActsSaunders and Otley, 1836 - 178 pages |
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ABBESS Aloud altar Athene beauty Bertrand bless blush brave breath canst Carmelite conscience court Courtiers dare dear deem dream DUCHESS DUCHESS DE LA Duke Dunkirk earth Enter Lauzun Enter Louis Ev'n Exit Bragelone Exit Lauzun Exit Louis Exit Madame eyes fair La Valliere farewell father fear feel Fontainebleau forget forgive fortune France friendship gallant Gentleman glory GRAMMONT hath hauberk hear heard heart Heaven honor hour King King's lady last eve look Lord Louis the Fourteenth Louise loved thee MADAME DE LA MADAME DE MONTESPAN MADEMOISELLE MADEMOISELLE DE LA MAID maiden Maids of Honor Majesty Marquis de Montespan methinks mother ne'er never o'er palace pardon passion Perchance poor pray priests Queen Repentance royal SCENE scorn shame Sire smile soft speak sweet thine thou art Thou wert thought trust Valliere's Versailles virtue voice wear woman word youth
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Page 106 - Lord of the silver lilies, canst thou tell If the same fate await not thy descendant ! If some meek son of thine imperial line May make no brother to yon headless spectre ! And when the sage who saddens o'er the end Tracks back the causes, tremble, lest he find The seeds, thy wars, thy pomp, and thy profusion Sowed in a heartless court and breadless people, Grew to the tree from which men shaped the scaffold...