George H Boker

Francesca Da Rimini George H Boker

Excerpt from Francesca Da Rimini: A Tragedy in Five Acts Paolo. I prithee, Rene, charm our ears again With the same song you sang me yesterday. Here are fresh listeners. Rene. Really, my good lord, My voice is out of joint. A grievous cold [coughs] Paolo. A very grievous, but convenient cold, Which always racks you when you would not sing. Rene. 0, no, my lord! Besides, I hoped to hear My ditty warbled into fairer ears, By your own lips; to better purpose, too. [the Noblemen all laugh] First Nobleman. Rene has hit it. Music runs to waste In ears like ours. Second N ableman. Nay, nay; chaunt on, sweet Count. 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.