Fortesa the Usurer
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Has falsehood there ! Yet stay ! If it were / Who made him false to her ? Alas, for honor, I must forgive him — tho' my lips are weary With telling Zippa how I thought him perjured !
I cannot trust her more — I'll plot alone !) (Turns, and takes her own picture from the wall.) ISABELLA.
What picture's this, turned to the wall, good signor?
ANGELO.
A painted lie!
ISABELLA.
A lie ! — nay — pardon me !
I spoke in haste. Methought 'twas like a lady I'd somewhere seen ! — a lady — Isabella { But she... was true !
ANGELO.
Then 'tis not she I've drawn.
For that's a likeness of as false a face As ever devil did his mischief under.
ISABELLA.
And yet methinks 'tis done most lovingly !
You must have thought it fair to dwell so on it.
ANGELO.
Your convent has the picture of a saint Tempted, while praying, by the shape of woman.
The painter knew that woman was the devil, Yet drew her like an angel !
SCENE I.] THE USURER. 83 Isabella, (aside.) (It is true He praised my beauty as a painter may — No more — in words.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Has falsehood there ! Yet stay ! If it were / Who made him false to her ? Alas, for honor, I must forgive him — tho' my lips are weary With telling Zippa how I thought him perjured !
I cannot trust her more — I'll plot alone !) (Turns, and takes her own picture from the wall.) ISABELLA.
What picture's this, turned to the wall, good signor?
ANGELO.
A painted lie!
ISABELLA.
A lie ! — nay — pardon me !
I spoke in haste. Methought 'twas like a lady I'd somewhere seen ! — a lady — Isabella { But she... was true !
ANGELO.
Then 'tis not she I've drawn.
For that's a likeness of as false a face As ever devil did his mischief under.
ISABELLA.
And yet methinks 'tis done most lovingly !
You must have thought it fair to dwell so on it.
ANGELO.
Your convent has the picture of a saint Tempted, while praying, by the shape of woman.
The painter knew that woman was the devil, Yet drew her like an angel !
SCENE I.] THE USURER. 83 Isabella, (aside.) (It is true He praised my beauty as a painter may — No more — in words.
What to read after Fortesa the Usurer?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867 to read onlineMoreLess
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