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Life is a Dream

MacCarthy, Denis Florence (1817-1882)
  
LIFE IS A DREAM.
  
[dedication]
  
[castlist]
  
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ACT THE FIRST.
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ACT THE SECOND.
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ACT THE THIRD.
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Scene X.
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Scene XI.
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Scene XII.
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Scene XIV.

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Scene XII.

Clarin; and Soldiers within.
Voices of some.
Live, long live our victor King!

Voices of others.
Live, long live our liberty!

Clarin.
Live, long live the two, I say!
Me it matters not a pin,
Which doth lose or which doth win,
If I can keep out of the way!—
So aside here I will go,
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Acting like a prudent hero,
Even as the Emperor Nero
Took things coolly long ago.
Or if care I cannot shun,
Let it 'bout mine ownself be;
Yes, here hidden I can see
All the fighting and the fun;
What a cosy place I spy
Mid the rocks there! so secure,
Death can't find me out I'm sure,
Then a fig for death I say!

[Conceals himself, drums beat and the sound of arms is heard.
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