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ALICIA. ‘Then, Crassus, I will always be your friend. Crassus. Ab, that is good! You do not mock me now! Auicia. Creep softly to the land. Kiss but my brow. My curls are wet. ... No, never touch me there! Crassus. Why? Have I not? ALICIA. ‘You have not. Crassus. Just my band. Auta. You disobey your mistress's command? The time is near when you shall see ‘The keyhole of my comedy! Crassus. Hal Ha! Hal ar
Crassus. ©, she’s unwary! ‘ALicra. Is your love forgotten? Crassus, All love is rotten, ALICIA. But your pure love for me you boasted of? Crassus, Ay, that was perfect love. Auicia, You love me then, not her? (Crassus. Indeed I do. Aucia, ‘Swear me the oath anew! Crassus. I swear to love you till the world shall end. 2
…er luscious lips. O but—I cannot see—I long to die Alike for wonder—and for jealousy! Crassus. Vile, filthy whore! I'll catch you at it. ALICIA. Softt Sce how his feathers hold her soul aloft! Crassus. Beast! Have you brought me through the wood for this? Aurora, No wonder I must teach you how to kiss. Crassus. I'll clip his wings. Autcra. Sub pennis, penis! ’Slife! It’s not the wings of him that clip your wife. 38
…lost for ever. Come, the stream steepens. Crassus. This road leads to hell. Anicta. The way to heaven is shorter. Crassus. Who can tell? ALICIA. I have measured it. Crassus. You, girl? Aurcta. It is not hard. Crassvs. ‘What did you make the height of it? 33 c
…s meck me? Auicra. Pity of my youtht I swerve not from, you stumble at, the truth, Crassus. 1 like not jests. This is a serious journey. ALICIA. Why did you make 2 mocker your attorney? The way to Rome leads through the Apennines. Bacchus has horns beneath the crown of vines. If you fear horns, make some polite excuse Net to invoke him by the name Zagreust A Faun (Passing among the trees). ‘Ye thought me a lamb With a crown of thorns: Lam royal, a ram With death in my horns. So mild and soft And feminine, H#
…ngt [She ceases the tune. Crassus. There is another song. Auicia. You do me wrong. For you love Adela! Crassus. By God, girl, not I love Alicia, Aurcia. Ah! you love her sol [Ske daughs. 23
…and beef, and becr, and beef, and beer. Now you have frightened the shy god! Crassus. Why heed? Between your—arms—is all the god I need. ALICIA. Prudish and coarse to the last. Now hush indeed! The stream kisses the lake. We near the shrine. Stir no snapped twig. Let your foot—even yours— Fall like a fawn's. Crassu ‘Your breath is like new wine. Aurcia, Hush now! no porpoise gambols! Crassus. How obscure’s The glimmer of the lake. Is that the isle? 36
Crassus. You are a witch. I want your love; you give Only love's comedy. ALICIA. The way to live Is to find comedy and tragedy In everything. But if you cannot see Through to the Bacchanal spirit, this should suit. Here is the blacksmith hammeringa flute. Crassus. Oh love, love, kiss me! Aurcta. I will forge a ring Of bloom of blood-kisses upon your neck, Till it is like a garden of roses in late spring. Crassus. “Soft, and stung softly, fairer for a fleck.” Auicra. O marvellous nation! Vanity, dullness, slobber, and quotation! Crassus. Why do …