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Orval, or The Fool of Time

And Other Imitations and Paraphrases. By Robert Lytton
Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891)

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ORVAL;
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FIRST EPOCH. BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM.
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SECOND EPOCH. HUSBAND AND WIFE.
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THIRD EPOCH. FATHER AND SON.
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FOURTH EPOCH. MAN AND MAN.
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FIFTH EPOCH. MAN AND FATE.
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IMITATIONS AND PARAPHRASES.
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NONNOS.
  
EUROPA.
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VIRGIL.
  
THE BEES OF ARISTÆUS.
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LUCRETIUS.
  
INVOCATION TO VENUS
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DANTE.
  
THE FIRST CANTO OF THE INFERNO.
  
FRANCESCA DA RIMINO.
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MICHELAGNOLO BUONARROTI
  
THE BIRTH OF LOVE.
  
LOVE VINDICATED.
  
MADRIGALS.
  
CANZONE.
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RONSARD.
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“Voici le bois que ma saincte Angelette.”
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“Cache pour cest nuict.”
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“Page suy moy.”
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“Les espics sont à Ceres.”
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“Ma douce jouvence.”
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DANISH.
  
THE ELVES.
  
LORD OLAF.
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SERVIAN.
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THE BATTLE OF KOSSOVO.
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VII.
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I.THE STAG AND THE VILA.
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II.LOVE AND SLEEP.
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III.TITTLE-TATTLE.
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IV.MATRIMONIAL CONSIDERATIONS.
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V.LOVE CONFERS NOBILITY.
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VI.A SOUL'S SWEETNESS.
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VII.REMINISCENCES.
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VIII.SLEEP AND DEATH.
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IX.A CONJUGAL DISPUTE.
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X.DEGREES OF AFFECTION.
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XI.THE FAIR IKONIA.
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XII.A WISH.
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XIII.IMPERFECTION.
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XIV.EMANCIPATION.
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XV.THE VOICE OF NATURE; OR, WHAT THE FISH SAID TO THE MAIDEN.
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XVI.THE MALADY OF MOIO.
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XVII.A SERVIAN BEAUTY.
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XVIII.A DISCREET YOUNG WOMAN.
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XIX.BOLOZÀNOVITCH THE KNAVE.
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XX.THE WIFE OF HASSAN AGA.
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XXI.SLEEPLESSNESS.
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XXII.NEGLECTED FLOWERS.
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XXIII.PLUCKING A FLOWER.
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XXIV.TRANSPLANTING A FLOWER.
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XXV.A MESSAGE.
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XXVI.ISOLATION.
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XXVII.A REGRET.
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XXVIII.THE BAN OF VARADIN.
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XXIX.FATIMA AND MEHMED.

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XXVI.ISOLATION.

The night is very dark and very lonely:
And as dark, and all as lonely, is my heart:
And the sorrow that is in it night knows only:
For the dawn breaks, and my heart breaks. Far apart
From my old self seems my new self. And my mother
And my sister are in heaven,—so they say:
And the dear one dearer yet than any other
Is far, far away.
The sweet hour of his coming . . . night is falling!
The hour of our awakening . . . bird on bough!
The hour of last embraces . . . friends are calling
“Love, farewell!” . . . and every hour is silent now.
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