Dramatic Fragment.
FROM THE UNPUBLISHED TRAGEDY OF "FRANCESCA DA RIMINI."
By George H. Boker.
"Noi leggeveamo un giorno per diletto
Di Lancialotto, come amor lo strinse;
Soli eravamo e senza alcun sospetto."
Dante.
Di Lancialotto, come amor lo strinse;
Soli eravamo e senza alcun sospetto."
Dante.
Scene—A garden of the palace in Rimini. Francesca and Paolo.
Paolo.
But now for the romance. Where left we off?
Francesca.
Where Lancelot and Queen Guenevra strayed
Along the forest, in the youth of May.
You marked the figure of the birds that sang
Their melancholy farewell to the sun,
Rich in his loss, their sorrow glorified,
Like humble mourners o'er a great man's grave.
Was it not there? No, no; 'twas where they sat
Down on the bank, by one impulsive wish
Which neither uttered.
Paolo. (Turning over the book.)
Here it is. (Reads.) "So sat
Guenevra and Sir Lancelot." 'Twere well
To follow them in that. (They sit upon a bank.)
But now for the romance. Where left we off?
Francesca.
Where Lancelot and Queen Guenevra strayed
Along the forest, in the youth of May.
You marked the figure of the birds that sang
Their melancholy farewell to the sun,
Rich in his loss, their sorrow glorified,
Like humble mourners o'er a great man's grave.
Was it not there? No, no; 'twas where they sat
Down on the bank, by one impulsive wish
Which neither uttered.
Paolo. (Turning over the book.)
Here it is. (Reads.) "So sat
Guenevra and Sir Lancelot." 'Twere well
To follow them in that. (They sit upon a bank.)
