Alfred, a DramaLongmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845 - 144 pages |
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... Cheer up , dear soul ! ALICE . A jocund heart needs not to sing aloud , It bears a tacit music in itself ; But if it be not merry , the sad notes That it perforce might give , are better kept Unchorded A 3 ALFRED. ...
... Cheer up , dear soul ! ALICE . A jocund heart needs not to sing aloud , It bears a tacit music in itself ; But if it be not merry , the sad notes That it perforce might give , are better kept Unchorded A 3 ALFRED. ...
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... odds . GODWIN . Sweet Alice ! be not sad . ALICE . I have no cause , No cause for sadness And yet by sighing I do ease my heart . ( Second Forester plays . ) Wide ! wide ! ULF . FIRST FORESTER . Ay , ' twas the wind . 6 [ ACT I. ALFRED .
... odds . GODWIN . Sweet Alice ! be not sad . ALICE . I have no cause , No cause for sadness And yet by sighing I do ease my heart . ( Second Forester plays . ) Wide ! wide ! ULF . FIRST FORESTER . Ay , ' twas the wind . 6 [ ACT I. ALFRED .
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... hearts with his dart , Giving pleasure e'en by pain , For in love the heart will smart ; Healing it as quick again , Or his labour would be vain . ULF . Well sung , Alice ! and now for our song : - FOUR FORESTERS , ULF LEADING . Brown ...
... hearts with his dart , Giving pleasure e'en by pain , For in love the heart will smart ; Healing it as quick again , Or his labour would be vain . ULF . Well sung , Alice ! and now for our song : - FOUR FORESTERS , ULF LEADING . Brown ...
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... heart ! [ Vainly endeavouring to staunch the wound . Vain , vain ! - And dare I say ' tis vain ? he breathes ! UBBO seizes ALICE as if to kill her . [ Saxons driven away - ― I would die so ! Part me not from him ! UBBO . Seize her and ...
... heart ! [ Vainly endeavouring to staunch the wound . Vain , vain ! - And dare I say ' tis vain ? he breathes ! UBBO seizes ALICE as if to kill her . [ Saxons driven away - ― I would die so ! Part me not from him ! UBBO . Seize her and ...
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... heart- no heaven ! for me No bright futurity will ever dawn ! A careless joy is all I have in store , The outside laughing of a reckless heart , Which at the core chews bitter , bitter woe , As ever constant food ! Ay , it is so ...
... heart- no heaven ! for me No bright futurity will ever dawn ! A careless joy is all I have in store , The outside laughing of a reckless heart , Which at the core chews bitter , bitter woe , As ever constant food ! Ay , it is so ...
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