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NissNillayhassucccededwhere soma11y weiters haveshe ha  writtena Shakespearean playhat is tresh and vigorou ,wiha humor chatis her own and lines chatarememotable in herown  eshion Inct Miss Milay is moredechion brceasthrough checonenions.gn hhe mediun,an  he owe   \n一The LlleraryReoicu   \nHarpper & Btothets PublishersEstablished 18r7  \n## These Books\n\nEDNA ST.VINCENTMILLAY  \nare now published in auniform editionby  \nHARPER &BROTHERS  \n## The Harp-Weaverand Other Poems\n\nThe title pocm in this new volumeWas awarded the 1922 PuliczerPrize for Poetry.  \n## A Few Figs From Thistlesand Other Poems\n\nThe Lamp and the Bell  \nHARPER &BROTHERSEacablished 1817  \n## THE LAMP AND THE BELL\n\nFrances Stout Kellman'17Kathleen Millay Youngex-'21  \nDorothy Comstock'19Ladies atLillian White'18the Court ofCaroline Goodrich'16LorenzoSylvia Brockway '20Margaret Hughes'18Janet Lane'l8Jeanette Baker'18Ellen Hasbrouck'15and BiancaEleanor Ray Broeniman’99GIULIETTA,servant to BiancaVirginia Archibold'17“LITTLE SNOw-WHITE”Gretchen Tonks“LITTLE RosE-RED”Joy Macracken’36Catherine Barr '20  \nMabel Hastings Humpstone’94TownsmenOlive Remington'19of FioriCaroline Curtis Johnson’83  \nFrances Haldeman Sid-well’84  \nHelen Hoy Greeley'99ELEANORA,a little girl,daughter to LeonoraGILDA,a little girl,sister to  \nBeppoRuth Benedict'20ADELINA,Another little girlMaiserie MacCracken'31NURSEEdith-Ward  \nCourtiers,Ladies-in-Waiting,Soldiers,Pages,Musicians,  \nTowns-people,Children  \n## PROLOGUE\n\n[Anselmo and Luigi]  \nANSELMO.truth in the taleWhat think you,—lies there any  \nThe King will wed again?  \nLUICI.Why not,Anselmo?  \nA king is no less lonely than a collier  \nWhen his wife dies,And his young daughter there,  \nFor all her being a princess,is no less  \nA motherless child,and cries herself to sleep  \nNight after night,as noisily as any,You may be sure.  \nA motherless child loves not,  \nANSELMO.  \nThey say,the second mother.Though the King  \nMay find him comfort in another face,—  \nAs it is well he should—the child,I fancy,  \nIs not so lonely as she is distraught  \nWith grief for the dead Queen,and will not lightlyBe parted from her tears.  \nLUIGI.If tales be true,  \nThe woman hath a daughter,near the age  \nOf his,will be a playmate for the Princess.  \nCURT AIN  \nACT I  \nScene 1  \n[Scene:A garden of the palace at Fiori;fouryears later.]  \n[Discovered seated Laura,Francesca and Fidelio,Lauraembroidering,Fidelio strumming his flute,Francesca lostin thought.]  \nLAURA.You,—Fool!If there be two chords to yourlute,  \n## The Lamp and the Bell\n\nGive us the other for a time!  \nFRANCESCA.And yet,Laura,1W  \nI somewhat fancied that soft sound he made.  \n’Twas all on the same tone,—but 'twas a sweet tone.  \nLAURA.'Tis like you.As for myself,let music change  \nFrom time to time,or have done altogether.  \nSing us the song,Fidelio,that you made  \nLast night,—a song of flowers,and fair skies,  \nAnd nightingales,and love.  \nFIDELIO.I know the song.It is a song of winter.  \nLAURA.How is that?  \nFIDELIO.Because it is a song of summer set  \nTo a sad tune.  \nFRANCESCA.[Sadly]Ah,well,—so that itbe not  \nA song of autumn,I can bear to hear it.  \nLAURA.In any case,music.I am in a mood formusic.  \nI am in a mood where if something be not doneTo startle me,I shall confess my sins.  \n[Enter Carlotta.]  \nCARLOTTA.Ha!I will have that woman yet by thehair!  \nLAURA.What woman,pray,Carlotta?  \nCAR.Ho!What woman!  \nWho but that scullery-wench,that onion-monger,  \nThat slatternly,pale bakress,that foul witch,  \nThe coroneted Fish-Wife of Fiori,  \nHer Majesty,the Queen!  \nFRA.Hush—hush—Carlotta!You could be put to death for less than that!  \nCAR.Not I,my duck.When I am put to death  \nTwill be for more!Oh,I will hav","cbCaio6mBGL5eAYA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaio6mBGL5eAYA","pdf",2810615,76,"English","# Prologue\n# Act I\n## Scene 1","[{\"question\":\"What is the premise introduced in the prologue?\",\"answer\":\"The prologue presents Anselmo and Luigi discussing a king’s loneliness after his wife’s death and the motherless state of the king’s young daughter.\"},{\"question\":\"Where does Act I, Scene 1 take place?\",\"answer\":\"Act I, Scene 1 takes place in a garden of the palace at Fiori, four years later.\"},{\"question\":\"What role does music play in the opening scene?\",\"answer\":\"The characters converse around songs and moods, prompting Fidelio to play; the music then sets a lively transition as new characters enter and interact.\"}]","The Lamp and the Bell | PDF",1790687295,117]