Cecilia Gonzaga (a Drama)

Download or read book Cecilia Gonzaga (a Drama) written by Robert Calverley Trevelyan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cecilia Gonzaga (a Drama) That when my daughter hears your character Profaned and tainted by outrageous slander, Her nature should shrink back and seek escape From her affianced lord, as though he were in truth What now, I trust, he doth but falsely seem? Antonio Indeed, I find it strange - most strange, my lord, She welcomes these preposterous hearsay charges, Mere malice of insinuating tongues. And even were such reports in some part true, To what would this amount, save that I choose My friends to please myself and no man else, Not even his Eminence, and that these friends Are men of spirit, and no puritans? 'Tis not to bring discredit on my court To say 'tis gay - that all men there may use What wholesome social liberty they please. I grant it is no cloister; and 'tis that Maybe condemns it in my bride's strict eyes - That doubtless; since her mad caprice still holds To take the veil and so escape her duty. Gonzaga None can regret more deeply than I do This strange unhappy whim, which yet proceeds About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.