The Masque of Judgment a Masque-Drama in Five Acts and a Prelude (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Masque of Judgment a Masque-Drama in Five Acts and a Prelude<br><br>A meadow and coppice near the sea; beyond low hills the roofs of a town. Dawn.<br><br>Raphael.<br><br>Another night like this would change my blood<br>To human: the soft tumult of the sea<br>Under the moon, the panting of the stars,<br>The notes of querulous love from pool and clod,<br>In earth and air the dreamy under-hum<br>Of hived hearts swarming, - such another night<br>Would quite unsphere me from my angelhood!<br>Thrice have I touched my lute's least human strings<br>And hushed their throbbing, hearing how they spake<br>Sheer earthly, they that once so heavenly sang<br>Above the pure unclouded psalmody.<br>Sing as thou wilt, then, since thou needs must sing!<br>For ever song grows dearer as I walk<br>These evenings of large sunset, these dumb noons<br>Vastly suspended, these enormous nights<br>Through which earth heaves her bulk toward the dawn.<br>With song I shelter me, who else were left<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.