Complete Works of Robert Browning (Volume 3) - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1898. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... A TRAGEDY. 1846. I DEDICATE THIS LAST ATTEMPT FOR THE PRESENT AT DRAMATIC POETRY TO A GREAT DRAMATIC POET; "WISHING WHAT I WRITE MAY BE READ BY HIS LIGHT:" IF A PHRASE ORIGINALLY ADDRESSED, BY NOT THE LEAST WORTHY OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES, TO SHAKESPEARE, MAY BE APPLIED HERE, BY ONE WHOSE SOLE PRIVILEGE IS IN A GRATEFUL ADMIRATION, To WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR. London: 1846. PERSONS. Luria, a Moor, Commander of the Florentine Forces. Husain, a Moor, his friend. Puccio, the old Florentine Commander, now Luria's chief officer. Braccio, Commissary of the Republic of Florence. Jacopo (lapo), his secretary. Tiburzio, Commander of the Pisans. Domizia, a noble Florentine lady. Scene. --Luria's Camp between Florence and Pisa. Time, 14--. ACT I. MORNING. Braccio, as dictating to bis Secretary; Puccio standing by. Braccio [to Puccio]. Then, you join battle in an hour? Puccio. Not I; Luria, the captain. Braccio [to the Secretary]. "In an hour, the battle." [To Puccio.] Sir, let your eye run o'er this loose digest, And see if very much of your report Have slipped away through my civilian phrase. Does this instruct the Signory aright How army stands with army? Puccio [taking the paper]. All seems here: -- That Luria, seizing with our city's force The several points of vantage, hill and plain, Shuts Pisa safe from help on every side, 10 And, baffling the Lucchese arrived too late, Must, in the battle he delivers now, Beat her best troops and first of chiefs. Braccio. So sure? Tiburzio 's a consummate captain too! Puccio. Luria holds Pisa's fortune in his hand. Braccio [to the Secretary]. "The Signory hold Pisa in their hand." Your own proved soldiership's our warrant, sir: So, while my secretary ends his task, Have out two horsemen, by the open roads, To post with it to Florence! Puc...

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