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PIPPA PASSES.
Luigi. And such grace have they, now that the world ends!
The Python at the city, on the throne,
And brave men, God would crown for slaying him,
Lurk in bye-corners lest they fall his prey.
Are crowns yet to be won in this late time,
Which weakness makes me hesitate to reach?
’T is God’s voice calls: how could I stay? Farewell!
The Python at the city, on the throne,
And brave men, God would crown for slaying him,
Lurk in bye-corners lest they fall his prey.
Are crowns yet to be won in this late time,
Which weakness makes me hesitate to reach?
’T is God’s voice calls: how could I stay? Farewell!
Talk by the way, while Pippa is passing from the Turret to the Bishop’s Brother's House, close to the Duomo S. Maria. Poor Girls sitting on the Steps.
1st Girl. There goes a swallow to Venice—the stout seafarer!
Seeing those birds fly, makes one wish for wings.
Let us all wish; you wish first!
Let us all wish; you wish first!2nd Girl. I? This sunset
To finish.
3rd Girl. That old—somebody I know,
Grayer and older than my grandfather,
To give me the same treat he gave last week—
Feeding me on his knee with fig-peckers,
Lampreys and red Breganze-wine, and mumbling
The while some folly about how well I fare,
Let sit and eat my supper quietly:
Since had he not himself been late this morning
Detained at—never mind where,—had he not…
“Eh, baggage, had I not!”—
“Eh, baggage, had I not!”—2nd Girl. How she can lie!
3rd girl. Look there—by the nails!
3rd girl. Look there—by the nails!2nd Girl. What makes your fingers red!
Seeing those birds fly, makes one wish for wings.
Let us all wish; you wish first!
Let us all wish; you wish first!2nd Girl. I? This sunset
To finish.
3rd Girl. That old—somebody I know,
Grayer and older than my grandfather,
To give me the same treat he gave last week—
Feeding me on his knee with fig-peckers,
Lampreys and red Breganze-wine, and mumbling
The while some folly about how well I fare,
Let sit and eat my supper quietly:
Since had he not himself been late this morning
Detained at—never mind where,—had he not…
“Eh, baggage, had I not!”—
“Eh, baggage, had I not!”—2nd Girl. How she can lie!
3rd girl. Look there—by the nails!
3rd girl. Look there—by the nails!2nd Girl. What makes your fingers red!
