Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ROYAL MISCHIEF: ACT 5, SCENE 1, by DELARIVIERE MANLEY


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THE ROYAL MISCHIEF: ACT 5, SCENE 1, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Your orders, sir, are punctually obey'd
Last Line: And embraces on every fatal piece.
Subject(s): Death; Kisses; Plays & Playwrights; Dead, The


Offic Your Orders, Sir, are punctually obey'd
The Visier went undaunted to his Fate,
Nor at the horrid manner was concern'd,
But cry'd, 'twas glorious all he underwent
For Bassima, then as the Orders ran,
Alive we cram'd him in the Fatal Canon,
Which in a moment was discharg'd in Air,
His Carcass shattering in a thousand pieces.
Now dread and Horrour fell on all the Crowd,
At so unhear'd, and unimagin'd Death...
Enter an Officer.
Offi. My Lord, the Princess Selima, distracted
With her Griefs, ranges the fatal Plain,
Gathering the smoaking Relicks of her Lord,
Which singes, as she grasps them; now on the
Horrid Pile, her self had heap'd, I left her
Stretcht along, bestowing burning Kisses
And Embraces on every fatal piece.





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