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.I shall flogThey call to me from the vast deep.you myself right now.(He takes a dainty shepherd stick be-They call to me from the vasty deep.longing to Lady Godiva and strikes Blunt across the back.And when the dawn destroys the night Blunt is dazed for a second, then, followed by his fellows,They fill my room with luminous light: dashes hastily out of the room.) And you go too! (pointing toDarling faces dripping dew, Marie.For a moment she hesitates, but as his stick goes upAnd all these faces look like you.she follows the others.Lady Godiva draws herself up haugh-Lady Godiva: Isn t this precious? How wonderful.How true.tily and attempts to follow.But her husband stops her.) YouSurely no Englishman could ever pen such fervid lines.I love stay right here.I am going to tell you things necessary for youhim, Marie, I love him.If I could only see him.Who can he to know.To begin with, you must never meddle with my af-be? Where can I find him? fairs.I am the Lord of Coventry, not you.That I married youMarie Andot: Whoever he is he is certainly a courageous without possessing your love, I know.I suffer daily for that92 THE INTERNATIONAL 93stupendous error.You know I love you.When it comes to that, And all these faces look like you.you are the master, I am the slave.To you I am ridiculous, a They fill my room with luminous light: crude squire unable to touch your heart like the cavaliers of Darling faces dripping dew,France.Well, I don t blame you very much.But one thing I And all these faces look like you.)will not stand for, and that is interference with the manage- The Poet: O if I shall have but the strength to say these linesment of Coventry.I know my people.They hate you.They to her.This is the supreme moment of my life.Never untillove me.You are always good to them.I am always bending now have I realized how truly the word is the ultimate achieve-them to my will.Yet they would die for me, and they would ment of man.Hitherto I have always failed her because of mynot stir a finger for you.You, the beautiful French lady, are inhibition of speech.Now at last I feel that my soul has wings.really powerless over the meanest peasant in my county, while Now at last I know my voice will speak and touch her heart.I am only powerless before you.The word is mine.Presently she shall be here and I will speakLady Godiva: You are not telling the truth.It is you who are to her as I have never spoken before.She will be astoundedblinded.You are so heartless that you cannot see.All you think and delighted.She will suddenly see that she is mine, hasof is taxes, taxes and taxes.You who are so rich are about to always been mine, will always be mine.In that breathlesslevy another tax upon the poor tillers of the soil.They have moment all her sorrows and mine, all her limitations and mine,come to me to aid.They know I would do all in my power to will drop from us like sunlight falling from the sky.For thelighten the burden on their backs.They are a simple, pure- first time in our lives we shall actually be real and splendid.minded folk, worshipping God and bowed by misery and want.For the first time we shall realize how wonderful is life, howLord Leofric: That is not true.They are a prosperous, shrewd, superb we are, how exquisite we can be.There in the distancecheating, evil minded and vicious folk who are only happy I can see her.Even thus she is the most beautiful thing in thewhen some powerful man rules over them as I do.I am going world.There is light all about her.As she draws nearer myto raise the taxes because in Coventry they are the lowest in heart beats with an intensity I had not conceived possible.DearEngland.They know that very well and would not dare to com- God, give me the strength to play my part as it should be played.plain of me.An evil minded race, that s what they are.(He steps behind a tree.There is the sound of hoof beats com-Lady Godiva: You are wrong.I say they are a pure minded ing nearer.Lady Godiva, nude on a black horse and seated onand honest people.I would trust my life to them.They wor- a silken saddle, comes into view.The instant that she appearsship me.I could ride through Coventry naked, and not one the Poet steps in front of her horse and seizes the reins.)would dare to look.I know your people better than you do, The Poet: Lady Godiva, you are the most beautiful womanLord Leofric.in the world.In all this mighty universe there is not again aLord Leofric: Ha, ha, ha.Ride naked through Coventry.If beauty so overwhelming as yours.you ride through Coventry naked and no one looks I shall not Lady Godiva: (In a shocked voice) How dare you, sir?raise the taxes.Ha, ha, ha, here is a rare chance for you, Lady The Poet: I dare everything for you.What are law, conven-Godiva.Ha, ha, ha.tionality, society, rules and morals where you are concerned?Lady Godiva: Very well, to-morrow noon I shall ride naked To behold the most perfect form ever possessed by human be-through Coventry.ing or angel I would gladly pay the price of my life.HavingLord Leofric: But what will people say? It is impossible.I beheld you, Lady Godiva, I have already lived more greatlywas only than any mortal since recorded time.If I have offended, rideLady Godiva: Are you a man of honor? You just said that if your horse across my prostrate body until my life blood stainsI rode through Coventry naked you would not raise the taxes.the dust.Even so I should die supremely happy.A lord should always keep his word.Lady Godiva: Very well, over you I shall ride, albeit you areLord Leofric: I have never broken my word.Very well, ride a comely young man.But you have offended God when youthrough Coventry to-morrow as you say.I shall give orders dared to commit this sacrilege.that no one be on the streets and that the blinds be drawn.The Poet: The greater the crime I have committed for you,Lady Godiva, I wish you well.(Lady Godiva looks at him in- the better.But before you slay me, Lady Godiva, permit me totently.Then she walks towards the window.He stars at her, recite these simple lines inspired by the constancy of my de-then abruptly walks out of the room.She gazes after him until votion for your own dear self.I know how inadequately I ex-the Curtain Falls.) press a longing which the greatest poet could not fitly de-scribe.SCENE II.Lady Godiva: But be quick, I am beginning to feel chilly.The following day.Noon.(He attempts to place his blue silk mantle about her.) Stop,(A road in Coventry.Some trees to the right.A young man you shall not touch me.Read your lines, young man.very handsomely dressed in blue silk steps out from the little The Poet:wood.He is a poet.He is also Lord Leofric, who has shaved In all my dreams awake or in slumber off his mighty beard and clothed himself in the delicate gar- Faces haunt me, my soul encumber.ments of a gentleman.He has a manuscript in one hand and is They bend above me as I sleepintent upon memorizing this poem: They call to me from the vast deep.In all my dreams awake or in slumber And when the dawn destroys the nightFaces haunt me, my soul encumber.They fill my room with luminous light: They fill my room with luminous light: Darling faces dripping dew,They call to me from the vast deep.And all these faces look like you.93 94 THE INTERNATIONALLady Godiva: O, my darling, you have come to me at last.distance.)You are the poet of my dreams, the knight of my longings.Lady Godiva: Coventry Castle! I came from there.Who areCome here.Kiss me.(He puts his arms about her.Their lips you?meet.The minutes roll.Six minutes pass ere the first kiss is The Poet: I am Lord Leofric.ended.) Now darling, place your mantle about me.Let us fly.Lady Godiva: What, my husband?Take me to your castle [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.I shall flogThey call to me from the vast deep.you myself right now.(He takes a dainty shepherd stick be-They call to me from the vasty deep.longing to Lady Godiva and strikes Blunt across the back.And when the dawn destroys the night Blunt is dazed for a second, then, followed by his fellows,They fill my room with luminous light: dashes hastily out of the room.) And you go too! (pointing toDarling faces dripping dew, Marie.For a moment she hesitates, but as his stick goes upAnd all these faces look like you.she follows the others.Lady Godiva draws herself up haugh-Lady Godiva: Isn t this precious? How wonderful.How true.tily and attempts to follow.But her husband stops her.) YouSurely no Englishman could ever pen such fervid lines.I love stay right here.I am going to tell you things necessary for youhim, Marie, I love him.If I could only see him.Who can he to know.To begin with, you must never meddle with my af-be? Where can I find him? fairs.I am the Lord of Coventry, not you.That I married youMarie Andot: Whoever he is he is certainly a courageous without possessing your love, I know.I suffer daily for that92 THE INTERNATIONAL 93stupendous error.You know I love you.When it comes to that, And all these faces look like you.you are the master, I am the slave.To you I am ridiculous, a They fill my room with luminous light: crude squire unable to touch your heart like the cavaliers of Darling faces dripping dew,France.Well, I don t blame you very much.But one thing I And all these faces look like you.)will not stand for, and that is interference with the manage- The Poet: O if I shall have but the strength to say these linesment of Coventry.I know my people.They hate you.They to her.This is the supreme moment of my life.Never untillove me.You are always good to them.I am always bending now have I realized how truly the word is the ultimate achieve-them to my will.Yet they would die for me, and they would ment of man.Hitherto I have always failed her because of mynot stir a finger for you.You, the beautiful French lady, are inhibition of speech.Now at last I feel that my soul has wings.really powerless over the meanest peasant in my county, while Now at last I know my voice will speak and touch her heart.I am only powerless before you.The word is mine.Presently she shall be here and I will speakLady Godiva: You are not telling the truth.It is you who are to her as I have never spoken before.She will be astoundedblinded.You are so heartless that you cannot see.All you think and delighted.She will suddenly see that she is mine, hasof is taxes, taxes and taxes.You who are so rich are about to always been mine, will always be mine.In that breathlesslevy another tax upon the poor tillers of the soil.They have moment all her sorrows and mine, all her limitations and mine,come to me to aid.They know I would do all in my power to will drop from us like sunlight falling from the sky.For thelighten the burden on their backs.They are a simple, pure- first time in our lives we shall actually be real and splendid.minded folk, worshipping God and bowed by misery and want.For the first time we shall realize how wonderful is life, howLord Leofric: That is not true.They are a prosperous, shrewd, superb we are, how exquisite we can be.There in the distancecheating, evil minded and vicious folk who are only happy I can see her.Even thus she is the most beautiful thing in thewhen some powerful man rules over them as I do.I am going world.There is light all about her.As she draws nearer myto raise the taxes because in Coventry they are the lowest in heart beats with an intensity I had not conceived possible.DearEngland.They know that very well and would not dare to com- God, give me the strength to play my part as it should be played.plain of me.An evil minded race, that s what they are.(He steps behind a tree.There is the sound of hoof beats com-Lady Godiva: You are wrong.I say they are a pure minded ing nearer.Lady Godiva, nude on a black horse and seated onand honest people.I would trust my life to them.They wor- a silken saddle, comes into view.The instant that she appearsship me.I could ride through Coventry naked, and not one the Poet steps in front of her horse and seizes the reins.)would dare to look.I know your people better than you do, The Poet: Lady Godiva, you are the most beautiful womanLord Leofric.in the world.In all this mighty universe there is not again aLord Leofric: Ha, ha, ha.Ride naked through Coventry.If beauty so overwhelming as yours.you ride through Coventry naked and no one looks I shall not Lady Godiva: (In a shocked voice) How dare you, sir?raise the taxes.Ha, ha, ha, here is a rare chance for you, Lady The Poet: I dare everything for you.What are law, conven-Godiva.Ha, ha, ha.tionality, society, rules and morals where you are concerned?Lady Godiva: Very well, to-morrow noon I shall ride naked To behold the most perfect form ever possessed by human be-through Coventry.ing or angel I would gladly pay the price of my life.HavingLord Leofric: But what will people say? It is impossible.I beheld you, Lady Godiva, I have already lived more greatlywas only than any mortal since recorded time.If I have offended, rideLady Godiva: Are you a man of honor? You just said that if your horse across my prostrate body until my life blood stainsI rode through Coventry naked you would not raise the taxes.the dust.Even so I should die supremely happy.A lord should always keep his word.Lady Godiva: Very well, over you I shall ride, albeit you areLord Leofric: I have never broken my word.Very well, ride a comely young man.But you have offended God when youthrough Coventry to-morrow as you say.I shall give orders dared to commit this sacrilege.that no one be on the streets and that the blinds be drawn.The Poet: The greater the crime I have committed for you,Lady Godiva, I wish you well.(Lady Godiva looks at him in- the better.But before you slay me, Lady Godiva, permit me totently.Then she walks towards the window.He stars at her, recite these simple lines inspired by the constancy of my de-then abruptly walks out of the room.She gazes after him until votion for your own dear self.I know how inadequately I ex-the Curtain Falls.) press a longing which the greatest poet could not fitly de-scribe.SCENE II.Lady Godiva: But be quick, I am beginning to feel chilly.The following day.Noon.(He attempts to place his blue silk mantle about her.) Stop,(A road in Coventry.Some trees to the right.A young man you shall not touch me.Read your lines, young man.very handsomely dressed in blue silk steps out from the little The Poet:wood.He is a poet.He is also Lord Leofric, who has shaved In all my dreams awake or in slumber off his mighty beard and clothed himself in the delicate gar- Faces haunt me, my soul encumber.ments of a gentleman.He has a manuscript in one hand and is They bend above me as I sleepintent upon memorizing this poem: They call to me from the vast deep.In all my dreams awake or in slumber And when the dawn destroys the nightFaces haunt me, my soul encumber.They fill my room with luminous light: They fill my room with luminous light: Darling faces dripping dew,They call to me from the vast deep.And all these faces look like you.93 94 THE INTERNATIONALLady Godiva: O, my darling, you have come to me at last.distance.)You are the poet of my dreams, the knight of my longings.Lady Godiva: Coventry Castle! I came from there.Who areCome here.Kiss me.(He puts his arms about her.Their lips you?meet.The minutes roll.Six minutes pass ere the first kiss is The Poet: I am Lord Leofric.ended.) Now darling, place your mantle about me.Let us fly.Lady Godiva: What, my husband?Take me to your castle [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]