Little plays of StFrancis; a dramatic cycle from the life and legend of StFrancis of Assisi . e. Come, Lucio ! I will be merry again. I will forget [Again the bell begins to toll. Francesco , horrid sound ! How hollow and without of harmony, that message comesOf some brief life now ended. Yet would that bellSound merry among the rest; only aloneIts cry goes mournful! [The bell tolls more insistently. Francescostops and struggles with his fear. Suddenlyhe breaks into a wild Life ! Life ! Let me have life ![Letting fall the two sticks he leans on, he throw

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Little plays of StFrancis; a dramatic cycle from the life and legend of StFrancis of Assisi . e. Come, Lucio ! I will be merry again. I will forget [Again the bell begins to toll. Francesco , horrid sound ! How hollow and without of harmony, that message comesOf some brief life now ended. Yet would that bellSound merry among the rest; only aloneIts cry goes mournful! [The bell tolls more insistently. Francescostops and struggles with his fear. Suddenlyhe breaks into a wild Life ! Life ! Let me have life ![Letting fall the two sticks he leans on, he throwsout his hands, in a gesture of welcome. Hetotters forward: his knees give under falls into lucios seest, I have feet and can run ! Timecpnnot fly so fast as I can. Therefore I will benficrry again ! Merry, merry, Lucio ! [He breaks into wild laughter. The bell tolls of the gate comes the funeral procession ofa young child. The body lies on an open bierborne on the shoulders of children. Themourners follow. The laughter of Francescostops dead. CURTAIN 50 BLIND EYES. The scene is laid within theloggia of the market-squareof Assist, through which away of steps leads up into thechurch. The loggia is raisedabove the square, which, inbright sunlight and filled withbooths, is seen through thearcade. A low balustradejoining pillar to pillar isbroken under the second archfrom the left by entrancesteps, below which, on a lower level, are seen groups of Beggars. Tothe left side of the entrance stands a Blind Beggar in rags ; a shadecovers his eyes, in his right hand he carries a copper bowl for alms:his left arm projecting at an awkward angle is tremulous withparalysis. Between the third and fourth arch stands a table withbenches, and further to the right is seen the door of a wine-shopopening into the loggia. The church entrance lies to the extremeleft. Throughout the action Townsfolk are seen entering or return-ing from Mass; as they pass, the Beggars greet them

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