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Excerpt from Longfellow's Poetical Works, Vol. 4
There were three duels fought in the first act, Three gentlemen receiving deadly wounds, Laying their hands upon their hearts, and saying, 0, I am dead 1 a lover in a Closet, An old hidalgo, and a gay Don Juan, A Doha Inez with a black mantilla, Followed at twilight by an unknown lover, Who looks intently where he knows she is not Don C. Of course, the Preciosa danced to night Lara. And never better. Every footstep fell As lightly as a sunbeam on the water. I think the girl extremely beautiful. Don C. Almost beyond the privilege Of woman 2 I saw her in the Prado yesterday. Her step was royal, - queen-like, - and her face As beautiful as a saint's in Paradise. Lora. May not a saint fall from her Paradise, And be no more a saint? Don C. Why do you ask Lara. Because I have heard it said this angel fell. 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.
