1910 · CLOSE READING
The World’s Tragedy
The World’s Tragedy (1910), PDF p. 156
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THE BLUE DWARF.
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Fighting the leanness of thy lechery
That hags thee — Faugh !
MAGDA
Art thou not lewd with me ?
ISSA
Ay ! and the rot of Egypt pays me for’t.
MAGDA
To match thy rotten soul, thou pimping ort !
Marrowless bone ! Dry fig !
ISSA
Enough, black bitch !
The Seventy shall stone thee for a witch.
MAGDA
More than enough. I’ll call thy darling itch,
Thy—
He fists her in the abdomen.
ISSA
Take the name back to thy bloated belly !
Speak, and I kick thy carcass to a jelly !
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