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Cymbeline

Act I, Scene 3

A room in Cymbeline's palace.
 
[Enter IMOGEN and PISANIO]
 
IMOGEN
          ,             ,     ,   2        ,      2       ,
      I would | thou grewst | unto the | shores of the | haven,
            ,            ,       ,        ,            ,
      And ques|tionedst^eve|ry sail:| if he | should write,
          ,         ,           ,        ,       ,
      And I | not have | it, 'twere | a pap|er lost
          ,        ,      ,     ,              ,
      As of|fered mer|cy is:| what was | the last
          2     ,          ,
      That he spake | to thee?
 
PISANIO
                                   ,          ,           ,
                               It was | his queen,| his queen!
 
IMOGEN
             ,           ,       ,
      Then waved | his hand|kerchief?
 
PISANIO
                                              ,           x
                                       And kissed | it, madam.
 
IMOGEN
        ,          ,       ,  2           ,        ,
      Senseless | Linen,| happier | therein | than I:
            ,         ,
      And that | was all?
 
PISANIO
                              ,             ,   ,
                          No mad|am: for / so long
          ,           ,         ,          ,        ,
      As he | could make | me with | this eye,| or ear,
          ,         ,          ,        ,         ,
      Disting|uish him | from oth|ers, he | did keep
            ,           ,         ,         ,       ,
      The deck,| with glove,| or hat,| or hand|kerchief,
        ,    ,                  ,          ,       2      ,
      Still wav/ing, as | the fits | and stirs | of his mind
              ,        ,           ,     .    T     T    T
      Could best | express | how slow | his soul sailed on,
            ,           ,
      How swift | his ship.
 
IMOGEN
                              T      T      T      ,
                            Thou shouldst have | made him
          ,       ,       ,         ,          ,
      As lit|tle as | a crow,| or less,| ere left
          ,      ,
      To aft|er-eye | him.
 
PISANIO
                            ,       ,      ,
                           mad|am, so | I did.
 
IMOGEN
      ,      2         ,           T     T
      I would have | broke mine | eye-strings:
      <-   T        ,      2        ,     ,          ,         ,    ,
        Cracked | them, but to || look u|pon him,| till the | dimin|ution  ????
           ,           ,       ,      ,              x
      Of space,| had poin|ted him | sharp as | my needle:
       ,    ,                ,            ,        ,
      Nay, fol/lowed him,| till he | had mel|ted from
            ,         ,       ,        ,          ,
      The small|ness of | a gnat,| to air:| and then
              ,           ,          ,          ,       ,     ->
      Have turned | mine eye | and wept.| But good | Pisan||io,
        ,         2     ,        2
      When | shall we hear | from him?
 
PISANIO
                                        ,       ,      ,
                                       Be | assured | madam,
                   ,   ,
      With his / next vant|age.   \\
 
IMOGEN
         ,          ,         ,         ,         ,
      I did | not take | my leave | of him,| but had
             ,        ,         ,     ,   2          ,
      Most^pret|ty things | to say:| ere I could | tell him
       ,              ,         ,        ,         ,
      How I | would think | on him | at cert|ain hours
               ,            ,       ,           ,          ,
      Such^thoughts,| and such:| or I | could make | him swear,
            ,        ,   ,           ,        ,
      The shes | of It|aly | should not | betray
            ,   2      ,          x      ,           ,
      Mine^in|terest, and | his honor:| or have | charged him
        2      ,       ,         ,          T    .  T   T
      At the sixth | hour of | morn, at | noon, at midnight,
        2    ,       ,         ,    ,          ,
      To encount|er me | with or|isons,| for then
         ,        ,        x          ,        ,
      I am | in heav|en for him:| or ere | I could,
        ,              ,         ,          ,        ,
      Give him | that part|ing kiss | which I | had set
       .  T    T    T         ,            ,       ,      ->
      Betwixt two char|ming words,| comes^in | my fath|er,
       ,      ,         ,   2        ,           2      ,
      And | like the | tyrannous | breathing | of the north,
              ,          ,           ,      2
      Shakes^all | our buds | from grow|ing.
 
LADY
                                                   ,      ,
                                             The queen |(madam)
          ,            ,         ,     ,   oo
      Desires | your high|ness' comp|any.|
 
IMOGEN
               ,        ,         ,    ,               ,
      Those things | I bid | you do,| get them | dispatched.
      ,            ,          ,
      I will | attend | the queen.
 
PISANIO
                                    ,          ,
                                   Madam,| I shall.
 
[Exeunt]

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