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hyp but in truth thou wilt not marry her
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i'll stoop for it but when i wear it here set on my forehead like the morning star the world may wonder but it will not laugh
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hyp if thou wear'st nothing else upon thy forehead 't will be indeed a wonder
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hyp which means in prose she's sleeping with her mouth a little open
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vict o would i had the old magician's glass to see her as she lies in childlike sleep
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hark how the loud and ponderous mace of time knocks at the golden portals of the day
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and so once more good night we'll speak more largely of preciosa when we meet again
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must read or sit in revery and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle sea-shore of the mind
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visions of fame that once did visit me making night glorious with your smile where are ye
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o who shall give me now that ye are gone juices of those immortal plants that bloom upon olympus making us immortal
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prec why will you go so soon stay yet awhile
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prec the count of lara o beware that man
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ang alas what can i do
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i cannot choose my friends each word of kindness come whence it may is welcome to the poor
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no one can harm you i am a poor girl whom chance has taken from the public streets
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amid a thousand perils i have worn it here on my heart it is my guardian angel
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prec no thanks to-morrow come to me again
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prec i deserve no thanks thank heaven not me
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prec may they guard thee too and all the poor for they have need of angels
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prec o god my evil genius
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cruz curses upon thee thou art not my child
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prec beltran cruzado hear me once for all
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cruz ay with all speed i hate the crowded town
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as panem et circenses was the cry among the roman populace of old so pan y toros is the cry in spain
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hence i would act advisedly herein and therefore have induced your grace to see these national dances ere we interdict them
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serv the dancing-girl and with her the musicians your grace was pleased to order wait without
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card o what a fair and ministering angel was lost to heaven when this sweet woman fell
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if i intrude upon your better hours i proffer this excuse and here beseech your holy benediction
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card dost thou remember thy earlier days
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arch 't is the alhambra under whose towers the gypsy camp was pitched
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hyp some half-dozen ounces which with due interest
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don c what am i a jew to put my moneys out at usury
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hyp thank you a pretty purse
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don c but tell me come you to-day from alcala
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a damsel has ensnared him with the glances of her dark roving eyes as herdsmen catch a steer of andalusia with a lazo
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don c and is it faring ill to be in love
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the roman emperor claudius had a wife whose name was messalina as i think valeria messalina was her name
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but hist i see him yonder through the trees walking as in a dream
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hyp it has been truly said by some wise man that money grief and love cannot be hidden
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see how he strides away with lordly air like that odd guest of stone that grim commander who comes to sup with juan in the play
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vict how is that young and green-eyed gaditana that you both wot of
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a pretty girl and in her tender eyes just that soft shade of green we sometimes see in evening skies
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hyp but speaking of green eyes are thine green
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hyp he does not think so and don carlos tells me he boasts of his success
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don c some hints of it i heard from his own lips
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i'll cut his lying tongue out of his mouth and throw it to my dog but no no no
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prec begone begone
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lara i thought it but a friendly part to tell you what strange reports are current here in town
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for my own self i do not credit them but there are many who not knowing you will lend a readier ear
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lara malicious tongues are ever busy with your name
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i've no protectors i am a poor girl exposed to insults and unfeeling jests
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i give no cause for these reports i live retired am visited by none
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lara nay nay i will not wound your gentle soul by the report of idle tales
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lay not your hand upon me one step nearer and i will strike
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prec ay in truth far better than you love yourself or me
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lara i swear to you i would not harm you i would only love you
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lara first what right have you to question thus a nobleman of spain
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vict ay here and elsewhere when the wrong of others gives me the right
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prec too well thou knowest the presence of that man is hateful to me
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vict yet i saw thee stand and listen to him when he told his love
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vict indeed thou didst and answeredst them with love
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vict i gave up all for thee myself my fame my hopes of fortune ay my very soul
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laugh at my folly with thy paramour and sitting on the count of lara's knee say what a poor fond fool victorian was
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lara there's nothing in this world so sweet as love and next to love the sweetest thing is hate
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fran good my lord he will be present
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vict and yet hypolito we may be wrong we may be over-hasty in condemning
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hyp nay he is no coward a villain if thou wilt but not a coward
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and therefore be not over-confident he'll task thy skill anon look here he comes
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vict no none
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vict you are disarmed i will not kill you
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put up your swords for to speak frankly to you your cause of quarrel is too slight a thing to move you to extremes
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let me know all all all
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lara if further proof is needful i have here a ring she gave me
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bart no matter show me the house
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lara her pride is humbled and this very night i mean to visit her
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don l yes try don dinero a mighty wooer is your don dinero
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good night good night beloved while i count the weary hours
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ah thou moon that shinest argent-clear above
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puss puss puss
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bart follow that follow that
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come with me puss puss
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all silent in the street and in the garden hark
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prec i must go hence i pray you do not harm me
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shame shame to treat a feeble woman thus
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i cannot stay hark how they mock at me
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they hiss at me like serpents save me save me
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hyp thinking to walk in those arcadian pastures thou hast run thy noble head against the wall
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there rises from below a hand that grasp it and waves it in the air and wailing voices are heard along the shore
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padre cura good day and pray you hear this edict read
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pancho and if in seventy days you are not gone dead or alive i make you all my slaves
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padre c a righteous law a very righteous law
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they never marry never go to mass never baptize their children nor keep lent nor see the inside of a church nor nor
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hyp as we approached i said to my companion that is the padre cura mark my words
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hyp your grace is right you are the better scholar
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padre c from the marquis not from the poet
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your name is ever green in alcala and our professor when we are unruly will shake his hoary head and say alas
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i've turned my back on what was then before me and the bright faces of my young companions are wrinkled like my own or are no more
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padre c fool that i am he was before your time
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padre c well well but i forget you must be hungry
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padre c this gentleman is hungry see thou to it
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