The Poetical Works of Thomas Aird
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But where's our enemy?
Wold. He'll never hurt thee more. To Mervyn now I'll take thee home.
Lady Mer. Now then, the evil days Are past, and we'll be glad ! {Exeunt.
ACT V.
Scene I. — The Mouth of Afrds cave.
Afra, striking her harp.
Afra. Wo for them going down ! I see them down, Far down the steep of shadows, to the dark And swift-flowing Ferry of Sorrows !
The hour is come !
[Afra descends the Mountain in haste.
Scene II. — A Room in Mervyn Castle.
Lord Wold and Lady Mervyn.
Lady Mer. Oh yes,... I'm better : Thank his powers of healing !
Glad, active hope — well may it now be mine !— Will do the rest, as the Leech says, and master The virulent venom.
Wold. Yonder's the dawn now.
I must be gone.
Lady Mer. Trust me, 'tis not the dawn.
Rest till the morning break.
Wold. Farewell, my Isabella ; I'll soon get rest enough !
• s Digitized by Google 274 THE TRAGIC POEM OF WOLD.
Lady Mer. Say you this sadly ?
Ah me ! What is't ? There's something in your look ! * Wold, You're young, but just ; and I must tell you all :— My life is forfeit ; I go back to death : My mother let me forth to set you safe ; But I'm her prisoner still, under death's seal : I die at noon : And I must back to Wold Ere the sun's up — such was the pledge I gave her.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But where's our enemy?
Wold. He'll never hurt thee more. To Mervyn now I'll take thee home.
Lady Mer. Now then, the evil days Are past, and we'll be glad ! {Exeunt.
ACT V.
Scene I. — The Mouth of Afrds cave.
Afra, striking her harp.
Afra. Wo for them going down ! I see them down, Far down the steep of shadows, to the dark And swift-flowing Ferry of Sorrows !
The hour is come !
[Afra descends the Mountain in haste.
Scene II. — A Room in Mervyn Castle.
Lord Wold and Lady Mervyn.
Lady Mer. Oh yes,... I'm better : Thank his powers of healing !
Glad, active hope — well may it now be mine !— Will do the rest, as the Leech says, and master The virulent venom.
Wold. Yonder's the dawn now.
I must be gone.
Lady Mer. Trust me, 'tis not the dawn.
Rest till the morning break.
Wold. Farewell, my Isabella ; I'll soon get rest enough !
• s Digitized by Google 274 THE TRAGIC POEM OF WOLD.
Lady Mer. Say you this sadly ?
Ah me ! What is't ? There's something in your look ! * Wold, You're young, but just ; and I must tell you all :— My life is forfeit ; I go back to death : My mother let me forth to set you safe ; But I'm her prisoner still, under death's seal : I die at noon : And I must back to Wold Ere the sun's up — such was the pledge I gave her.
What to read after The Poetical Works of Thomas Aird?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Thomas Aird to read onlineMoreLess
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