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Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881

"Count Alarcos; a Tragedy"


IV:4:5 SOL.
Hush, hush!
IV:4:6 COUN.
And what is this? where am I?
IV:4:7 SOL.
With thy friends.
IV:4:8 COUN.
It is not home.
IV:4:9 SOL.
If kindness make a home,
Believe it such.
[The PHYSICIAN signifies silence.]

Nay lady, not a word,
Those lips must now be closed. I've seen such eyes
In pictures, girls.
IV:4:10 PHY.
Methinks she'll sleep.
IV:4:11 SOL.
'Tis well.
Maidens, away. I'll be her nurse; and, doctor,
Remain within.
[Exeunt PHYSICIAN and MAIDENS.]

Know you this beauteous dame?
IV:4:12 PAGE.
I have heard minstrels tell that fays are found
In lonely places.
IV:4:13 SOL.
Well, she's magical.
She draws me charm-like to her. Vanish, imp,
And see our chamber still.
[Exit PAGE.]

It is the hour
Alarcos should be here. Ah! happy hour,
That custom only makes more strangely sweet!
His brow has lost its cloud. The bar's removed
To our felicity; time makes amends
To patient sufferers.
[Enter COUNT ALARCOS.]

Hush, my own love, hush!
[SOLISA takes his hand and leads him aside.


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