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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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VIII.SLEEP AND DEATH.

The morning is growing: the cocks are crowing:
Let me away, love, away!
'Tis not the morning light;
Only the moonbeam white.
Stay, my white lamb, stay,
And sleep on my bosom, sleep!
The breeze is blowing: the cattle are lowing:
Let me away, love, away!
'Tis not the cattle there;
Only the call to prayer.
Stay, my white lamb, stay,
And sleep on my bosom, sleep!
The Turks are warning to the mosk: 'tis morning!
Let me away, love, away!
'Tis not the Turks, sweet soul!
Only the wolves that howl.
Stay, my white lamb, stay,
And sleep on my bosom, sleep!
The white roofs are gleaming: the glad children screaming:
Let me away, love, away!
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'Tis the night-clouds that gleam:
The night winds that scream.
Stay, my white lamb, stay,
And sleep on my bosom, sleep!
My mother in the gateway calls to me . . . “Come straightway!”
And I must away, love, away!
Thy mother's in her bed,
Dumb, holy, and dead.
Stay, my white lamb, stay,
And sleep on my bosom, sleep!
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