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Poetical Works of Robert Bridges (3); The First Part of Nero. Achilles in Scyros. Notes
Poetical Works of Robert Bridges The First Part of Nero Achilles in Scyros Notes - 3 Author:Robert Seymour Bridges Volume: 3 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1901 Original Publisher: Smith, Elder Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where... more » you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Thou must be gone: our business will not suffer My husband stumbling on thee here. This way. [Exit Seleucust being put out. My dream was true : my hopes and schemes inspired Of heaven; yet this is far beyond them all. 741 Wife to two Caesars ; maybe, mother of Caesars. [Noise at door. To sit upon their rare, successive thrones, A manifold Augusta! Here's my husband. What would he say? Two Caesars, ay, two Caesars! [Laughing heard 'without. Enter Otho. OTHO. Good evening, love. Pop. Who laughed with thee without ? OtJb. Lucan. He walked with me from Caesar's supper. Pop. Was Caesar riotous ? Oth. Beyond all bounds. Pop. See what you husbands are. You go abroad For pleasure, and when met among yourselves 750 Push all to excess, and never think how patiently Your wives must mope at home, and wait your coming. And when you do return, up to the door You bring your merriment; but at the door 'Tis left, and in you come, in solemn glumness, To vent the sour reaction of your revels Upon your housekeeper. Oth. Enough, Poppaja ; I would be cheered. Pop. Then I will cheer thee, love. But what's the matter ? Oth. Listen. Thou hast reproached me With going forth alone. What else could be ? j6o Would'st thou consent to sit there at my side, Where I, a man, am oft ashamed to sit ? Would'st thou, could'st thou be one among the women Of Caesar's fancy ? Pop. I spake not seriously. Oth. See, but I do. I tell thee, love, this night Thou wert invited. Pop. I! Oth. He would have pressed it. Pop. Who would have pressed it ? Oth. Caesa...« less