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1913 · PDF PAGE 7

The Writing On the Ground

…of God, and Mary’s mouth! How hast thou dared it?” A mock-terrible scene follows, in which Giovanni tries to persuade his friend that it will make no real difference to their relations. Francisco pre- tends to be convinced, but determines to poison himself and his friend. So Francisco proposes to drink the health of Death as a kind of joke, saying= Giovanni; ‘'1 will drink to’our love and Death and thee.’ Francisco: ‘Nay, nay, I favour not that toast, javier What have we two to do with Death?” Francisco : ‘' Sweet feather ! How soon hast thou f…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 5

The Writing On the Ground

…ty of the Soul, forti- fied against all evil, and whose artillery can over- whelm the savage hordes of impurity. We do not think any one will accuse us of flat- tery in saying that Lord Alfred Douglas is just such a person, and this is the more striking pheno- menon as it is so rare to find true moral greatness associated with poetical genius. We write thus in order to direct his attention to a little book published some years ago in Paris, but reprinted in an expur- gated form in England; a book of so abominable a character that I am sure it i…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 6

The Writing On the Ground

…he came Unasked by night ; Iam true Love, I fill The hearts of boy and girl with mutual flame.’ ‘Then sighing said the other, ‘ Have thy will. I am the Love that dare not speak its name.’ '* But the great joke is a tragedy in one act enti- tled. “When the King comes he is welcome.” There are two characters in it, Giovanni and Francisco. Francisco cannot sleep, having a presentiment that something unpleasant is about to happen. Then there is a knock, and at his private door. It cannot be Giovanni, for “that honey-bee is hived in telson It is Gio…

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