Paracelsus / By Robert Browning.

  • Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
Date:
1835
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Paracelsus / By Robert Browning. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    My homage—thus no less I proffer it, And hid thee enter gloriously thy rest! Par. Festus! Fest. I am for noble Aureole, God ! I am upon his side, come weal or woe ! His portion shall he mine ! He has done well! I would have sinn’d, had I been strong enough. As he has sinn’d! Reward him or I waive Reward! If thou canst find no place for him. He shall be king elsewhere, and I will be His slave for ever! . . . There are two of us ! Par. Dear Festus 1 Fest. Here, dear Aureole ! ever by you Par. Nay, speak on, or I dream again. Speak on ! Some story, any thing—only your voice. I shall dream else. Speak on ! Fest. Thus the Mayne glideth Where my love abideth; Sleep’s no softer : it proceeds On through lawns, on through meads. On and on, whate’er befall. Meandering and musical.