This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...cut from its stalk. A life whose pleasures are unplucked is mad, And throws away the little life affords. (Tries to seize Penelope) Let me, then, give you pleasure, for I can. (Odysseus is about to leap upon Leiocritus. Agelaus enters from house. He hurls back Leiocritus. They fight. Leiocritus is wounded and crawls ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...cut from its stalk. A life whose pleasures are unplucked is mad, And throws away the little life affords. (Tries to seize Penelope) Let me, then, give you pleasure, for I can. (Odysseus is about to leap upon Leiocritus. Agelaus enters from house. He hurls back Leiocritus. They fight. Leiocritus is wounded and crawls away behind house) AGELAUS (to Penelope, dazed) Come to your senses, Queen Penelope. Stay on the earth. Stop living in the clouds. Penelope (sinking into seat up left) If clouds could hide me from your eyes I'd stay The queen of cloudland, lady of the mists. Agelaus Not when I tell you what I've heard to-day. Penelope What have you heard? Agelaus That your Odysseus is not coming home, But lives in Circe's isle, content with her. Penelope You heard that? How? Agelaus A sailor from the crew, escaped, is here, Old and infirm from following your lord In his hot, break-neck speed in hastening home. Ha! ha! ten years is not enough for him, When ten weeks would be long for fishermen Slowly to sail from Troy to Ithaca. And any sailor's wife would spurn her man, Were he upon that easy voyage a year. Penelope O then Odysseus lives. The gods be praised I Bring here his man.--My husband is alive! Agelaus O no! no! no! I hastened when I heard Lest others should persuade you, now bereft. (Seeing strange look in Penelope's face) But I am slow, I've caught Odysseus' trick And searching you I'm late. My chance is lost? Penelope Were there no other man under the sun And I in terror of the forest beasts, You never could persuade me. (Penelope turns to flee. Agelaiis stands in her way) Let me go. Agelaus I have a right to speak and you to hear. Penelope What right, forsooth, is common to us both? Agelaus The right of mutual lust. I know your need. (Seizes her) (Pen...
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Seller's Description:
Very good- Octavo, 132pp. About very good in the publisher's brown boars with white paper spine. Corners gently worn, spine browned and rubbed, else clean internally. Scarce play authored by this left-wing Episcopal priest. Though well-distributed in libraries, we note no copies in commerce at present, nor in recent auction records.
