. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. ptain) as anheiress, and the mistress of Margarittasmansion. The captain marries her, andfinds out that all her swans are only geese. Leonora d^Este and Tasso IV. von Kaidbach, Artist J. L. Raab, Engraver TassoCy LOWLY I come to bring my work to thee,(J And yet I linger before presenting it. Although apparently it seem voell I know it is unfinished , if I cherished once an anxious I should bring thee an imperfect word,A new solicitude constrains me now ;I would not seem ungrateful, nor appearUnduly anxious,
. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. ptain) as anheiress, and the mistress of Margarittasmansion. The captain marries her, andfinds out that all her swans are only geese. Leonora d^Este and Tasso IV. von Kaidbach, Artist J. L. Raab, Engraver TassoCy LOWLY I come to bring my work to thee,(J And yet I linger before presenting it. Although apparently it seem voell I know it is unfinished , if I cherished once an anxious I should bring thee an imperfect word,A new solicitude constrains me now ;I would not seem ungrateful, nor appearUnduly anxious, and as to his friends,A man can say but simply, Here I atn,That they, with kind forbearance, may I can only say, Receive my work ! Of you alone I thought while I composed;You to delight, was still my highest to enrapture, was my final doth not in his friends behold the worldDeserves not that of him the world should is my fatherland and here the sphereIn which my spirit only comes to dwell, Goethes Torquato LEONORA DESTE AND TASSO. ESTIFANIA 393 ETHELBEET —Beaumont and Fletclier, Bule a Wife andHave a Wife (1640). Est-il-Posssible ? A nickname givento Greorge of Denmark (Queen Anneshusband), because bis general remark tothe most startling announcement was, Est-il possible f With this exclamation be ex-bausted tbe vials of bis wi-atb. It wasJames II. wbo gave bim tbe sobriquet. Estmere (2 syl.), king of England. Hewentwitb bis younger brotber Adler totbe court of King Adlands, to crave bisdaugbter in marriage; but King Adlandsreplied tbat Bremor, tbe sowdan, or sultanof Spain, bad forestalled bim. However,tbe lady, being consulted, gave ber voicein favor of tbe king of England. WbileEstmere and bis brotber went to makepreparations for tbe wedding, tbe sow-dan arrived, and demanded tbe lady towife. A messenger was immediately de-patcbed to inform Estmere, and tbe twobrotbers returned, disguised as a harperand his boy. Tbey gained en
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