Tragedie Di Vittorio Alfieri Da Asti Vol 2 Classic Reprint

Author : Charles Lloyd
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ISBN 13 : 9781330573204
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (732 download)

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Download or read book The Tragedies of Vittorio Alfieri, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Tragedies of Vittorio Alfieri, Vol. 2 of 3 Rosmunda. But Clefi, who is now his adversary, Does not now lie immersed in indolence, Clasp'd in a guilty consort's arms, as lay Thy husband Alboino on that night Of memorable horrors. Round his standard The noblest heroes Clefi hath collected: He with his warriors doth at once maintain The sacred cause of violated faith, Of outraged heaven, of multitudes oppressed, And of the infringed laws of Lombardy: And fervently I pray for his success. Ros. The dregs of Lombardy alone have flock'd Round Clefi's mutinous standard; he counts not One man of noble blood among his followers: Indeed, he well deserves that thou shouldst be So strenuous in his cause. For art not thou The daughter of a king? Oh! fortunate My fate, in truth, that made me not thy mother! Sprung; from a monarch, canst thou entertain The vile desire to see the royal power Cast with the throne to earth? Rom. Upon the earth Rather would I behold the throne, than fill'd By a contaminating, guilty upstart. The consort and the daughter of a king, Say, wert not thou? Thou, who hast dared to give Thy hand in marriage to a trait'rous subject? Ros. To any man, that dared avenge my cause This hand of mine was a due recompense. I was constrain'd by dire necessity To luckless nuptials with thy cruel father. Yet reeking with the life-blood of Comundus, My wretched father, Alboino gain'd me 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.