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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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The Sultan Murad o'er Kossovo comes
With banners and drums.
There, all in characters fair,
He wrote a letter; and there
Bade his estaffettes despatch
To bear it to Krouchevatch,
To the white-wall'd town of the Tzar,
To the hands of Prince Lazar.
“Listen, Lazarus, chief of the Serbs, to me!
That which never hath been, that which never shall be,
Is that two lords one land should sway,
And the same rayas two tributes pay.
Send to me, therefore, the tributes and keys;
The golden keys of each white town;
And send me a seven years' tribute with these.
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But if this thou wilt not do,
Then come thou down over Kossovo:
On the field of Kossovo come thou down,
That we may divide the land with our swords.
These are my words.”
When Lazarus this letter had read,
Bitter, bitter were the tears he shed.
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