. A masque of dead Florentines : wherein some of death's choicest pieces, and the great game that he played therewith, are fruitfully set forth. Then come three scholars together. ICO. Men calld me Paragon ; I challenged Rome ;Rome frownd, I fled : on many a dusty tomeI ponderd, yet found not the true Godhead;But, loving much, God came and laid me dead. Scala. They dubbd me inexpert, and set me slave At lacquey work : my heart to Greek I gave. Had I that fair sort that I coveted ? I strove, I straind to reach, I clutchd—twas dead. A Masque of Dead Florentines 29 LlONARDO. Too curious Too curio
. A masque of dead Florentines : wherein some of death's choicest pieces, and the great game that he played therewith, are fruitfully set forth. Then come three scholars together. ICO. Men calld me Paragon ; I challenged Rome ;Rome frownd, I fled : on many a dusty tomeI ponderd, yet found not the true Godhead;But, loving much, God came and laid me dead. Scala. They dubbd me inexpert, and set me slave At lacquey work : my heart to Greek I gave. Had I that fair sort that I coveted ? I strove, I straind to reach, I clutchd—twas dead. A Masque of Dead Florentines 29 LlONARDO. Too curious Too curious Too curious Art short solace gave my contented not my itself me wearied. The living tire to death : we wait, we dead. Then LlON-ARDO DA VINCI witha long whiteheard. //1walks painfullywith a crutch. Chorus. Blind, blind, blind ! As sheep in the rain. Blind as the Worm that beguiled The Mother of Cain. O foolish Wise! LIGNVA SCIENTI/£. BONIET AALI 30 A Masque of Dead Florentines Then comes La Simonetta, as a virgin of lovely sorrowful countenance,in a white robe. Round her loins is a black snake that carries his tail everin his mouth. She bears a chaplet of yew ; and is attended by seven youngmaids in mourning weeds. Grkf oj Simonetta. SIMi Once a virgin of virgins,Crownd as with fire, and pale,I stoopt to my own undoing,I lay as corn to the flail. The Se even. As a lily-stalk snapt by hailShe fell to her girdles tears could avail.
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