The Human Tragedy ACT I
Personages: Olive— Godfrid— Gilbert
Protagonist: Love
Place:
England
Personages: Olive— Godfrid— Gilbert
Protagonist: Love
Place:
England
Personages: Olympia— Godfrid— Gilbert— Olive
Protagonists: Love— Religion
Place:
Spiaggiascura—Milan—Florence
Though all the world should stand aside,
And leave you to your sorrow,
And you from none, or near, or wide,
A smile or tear could borrow;
``What ails you,
Sister Erin, that your face Is, like your mountains, still bedewed with tears
As though some ancient sorrow or disgrace,
Some unforgettable wrong from far—off years,
When Faith turns false and Fancy grows unkind,
And Fortune, more from fickleness than spite,
Takes the keen savour out of all delight,
And of sweet pulp leaves only bitter rind,
Who would not die for England
This great thought,
Through centuries of Glory handed down By storied vault in monumental fane,
And homeless grave in lone barbaric lands,
`Father, farewell
Be not distressed,
And take my vow, ere I depart,
To found a Convent in my breast,