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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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Scene IV.—After dark. A Hovel on a heath. At the door of the Hovel.
A Voice Outside.
What lives when it is buried?

A Voice Inside.
Liberty.
What wakes when it is slumbering?

Voice Outside.
Revenge.

Voice Inside.
When the dogs bark, what doth the fox do?

Voice Outside.
Burrow.

Voice Inside.
When the fox burrows, what do the geese?

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Voice Outside.
Cackle.

Voice Inside.
When the geese cackle, what do the cubs cry?

Voice Outside.
Panurge!

Voice Inside.
Enter Lucius Junius Brutus!

(The Modern Brutus enters the Hovel.)
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