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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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IMITATIONS AND PARAPHRASES.
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NONNOS.
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VIRGIL.
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LUCRETIUS.
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DANTE.
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MICHELAGNOLO BUONARROTI
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RONSARD.
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DANISH.
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SERVIAN.

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VII.REMINISCENCES.

He.
And art thou wed, my Belovèd?
My Belovèd of long ago!

She.
I am wed, my Belovèd. And I have given
A child to this world of woe.
And the name I have given my child is thine,
So that, when I call to me my little one,
The heaviness of this heart of mine
For a little while may be gone.
For I say not . . . “Hither, hither, my son!”
But . . . “Hither, my love, my Belovèd!”

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