The Banishment of Cicero A Tragedy |
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SCENE IV.
An inner Apartment in Clodia's House.PISO.
I'm here—so mighty is the force of gold.
Gold is the key that opes the bower of Love,
The Sybil branch that charms Hell's centinel;
Our passport to Elysium—
FRUGI, enters unseen by Piso.
FRUGI.
Hah! a man?
Amazement, Piso!—Can I trust my eyes?
Honour forgive me, if I turn a listener;
All means are lawful to detect a villain.
(Steps aside.
PISO.
And now inspire me, Wine, thou friend to Love!
My gold has done its part; complete the work,
And be my God for ever.—Yet what hope,
What hope for age? Curse on this wrinkled front,
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Cursed be Nature rather, trebly curst!
Who keeps not equal pace in our decay,
But pays us for the daily waste she makes
Of this poor body's strength, by throwing on
Fresh fuel to the unabating lusts,
And stirs the hell within us.
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