The Phoenix and the Turtle
The Phoenix and the Turtle

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13:

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'The Phoenix and the Turtle' is an allegorical poem about the death of ideal love by William Shakespeare. It is widely considered to be one of his most obscure works and has led to many conflicting interpretations. The poem describes a funeral arranged for the deceased Phoenix and Turtledove, respectively emblems of perfection and of devoted love. Some birds are invited, but others excluded. It goes on to state that the love of the birds created a perfect unity which transcended all logic and material fact. It concludes with a prayer for the dead lovers.

O Mistress Mine
O Mistress Mine

Author: Terence Rattigan

Publisher:

Published: 1949

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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Four years gone Olivia Brown is suddenly startled out of her comfortable complacency to find that she has to explain to her son, almost eighteen, unexpectedly returned from Canada after an absence of four years, that she is living with a man that she loves but one to whom she is not married. The son, though a liberal in politics, is not a liberal in some things. As a matter of fact, he is pretty much a nasty little prig, and anyway, he doesn't like the man. Because of this antagonism, she leaves her lavish surroundings and goes to a drab little flat and does the drab little things women are supposed to do in drab little flats. Meanwhile, the son falls for a girl who is not above going to the Savory; the boy is willing to forget that he is not supposed to like going to the Savoy, if that will win the girl, and the Cabinet Minister returns with a solution to the boy's problems and a proposal of marriage for the mother. -- from page 3.

O Mistress Mine
O Mistress Mine

Author: Sienna Lebrun

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-03-02

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9781798569047

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"'Take off my boots.' I kneel up, take one of Rachel's boots in my hands, and begin to unlace with my fingers. Rachel chuckles even as she slaps me. "Naughty," she winks, as if it is all a game. It is a game. She pushes my head in the direction of her boots.I slide down, take one loop of the laces between my teeth, and tug."When Alex offers himself to Rachel, she isn't sure he has what it takes to please her. Yet he's so sincere that she gives him a chance, overlooking his lack of experience. Rachel guides Alex on an intense journey into submission. And despite the rigors of his new mistress's training, Alex hopes their journey will end in love.

O Mistress Mine
O Mistress Mine

Author: Terence Rattigan

Publisher:

Published: 1949

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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Date of performance not included on program, performances started on 20 September 1948 (source: "Advertiser" newspaper, Saturday, 18 September 1948, page 4), program includes short biograpical information on some cast and crew members plus portraits on two cast members.

Dark Aemilia
Dark Aemilia

Author: Sally O'Reilly

Publisher: Myriad Editions (US&CA)

Published: 2015-04-01

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 1908434422

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"For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright; Who art as black as hell, as dark as night." —William Shakespeare, Sonnet 147 In the boldest imagining of the era since Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth, a finalist for the Italian Premio del Castello del Terriccio, this spellbinding novel of witchcraft, poetry, and passion, brings to life Aemilia Lanyer, the "Dark Lady" of Shakespeare's Sonnets—the playwright's muse and his one true love. The daughter of a Venetian musician but orphaned as a young girl, Aemilia Bassano grows up in the court of Elizabeth I, becoming the Queen's favorite. She absorbs a love of poetry and learning, maturing into a striking young woman with a sharp mind and a quick tongue. Now brilliant, beautiful, and highly educated, she becomes mistress of Lord Hunsdon, the Lord Chamberlain and Queen's cousin. But her position is precarious; when she falls in love with court playwright William Shakespeare, her fortunes change irrevocably. A must-read for fans of Tracy Chevalier (Girl With a Pearl Earring) and Sarah Dunant (The Birth of Venus), Sally O'Reilly's richly atmospheric novel compellingly re-imagines the struggles for power, recognition, and survival in the brutal world of Elizabethan London. She conjures the art of England's first professional female poet, giving us a character for the ages—a woman who is ambitious and intelligent, true to herself, and true to her heart.

Lute Songs of John Dowland
Lute Songs of John Dowland

Author: John Dowland

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 048629935X

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Forty-three of the finest songs by foremost lute performer and composer of the early 17th century; includes two dances for solo guitar, original lute tablature, and complete song texts.