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The Queen-Mother

Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)
  
THE QUEEN-MOTHER.
  
[dedication]
  
[castlist]
  
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ACT I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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Scene IV.
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ACT II.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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Scene V.
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Scene VI.
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Scene VI.

Outside the Louvre.
Enter Denise.
Den.
I cannot find a man; the cries are thick;
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I come too late. Alas, I fear the king
Hath put the order forward; I may see him
And so prevent some peril; and though they slay me,
I die of my misdoing. Yet I fear death
Most piteously, wear passion on my cheek
White as a coward's. I'll yet forth and look;
For in the temper of this bloody time
Must sleep my help or end; I may discover him
And that may be some grace; now God be good,
Or I am so far bruised this way, as death
Can bite no sharper.

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