Colombo

Excerpt from Colombo: A Drama in Four Acts Sidon. - Garcia, welcome home. 'tis to be hoped That fair Seville has showered her best upon Your head, to compensate Cordova for Her loss at your departure. Garc - Your grace's present smile denotes that I Have been the loser. Good Sevillian wine May cheer the ennuyed soul, and fair Sevillian maids may make us wish we had A thousand hearts; but old Cordova is The centre of this earth and gay Sidonia is The sun which gives Cordova light. Fr. Mart - You} grace, from morn to eve you, less, hear The song of parasites as chanted by Our noble dons; but none can strike the lyre With such consummate skill As Don Garcia. He could even com A compliment for mad Colombo. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.