Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn (Masters)

Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn – jednoaktówka amerykańskiego poety Edgara Lee Mastersa, opublikowana w zbiorze Dramatic Duologues; Four Short Plays in Verse, wydanym w 1934 w Nowym Jorku nakładem oficyny Samuela Frencha. Bohaterami sztuki są Henryk VIII i jego żona Anna Boleyn. Utwór jest napisany wierszem białym (blank verse), czyli bezrymowym jambicznym dziesięciozgłoskowcem.

This is the course of love from world's beginning:

First eyes that cannot feed enough on us

Who have red lips, bright eyes, and delicate waists;

Then sighs and notes, and longings of smoke and fire;

Then raging which breaks down all obstacles,

And in the terrored hour of consummation

Oaths, promises. But when the deed is done,

And the frail citadel of flesh is taken,

Then does the man despise himself who assaulted

The fort so often with such ill success,

Seeing how fragile were its walls the while;

Yea, and what little treasure has been gained,

So estimated after it is won!

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Bibliografia

• Edgar Lee Masters: Dramatic Duologues; Four Short Plays in Verse. Archive.org, 1934. [dostęp 2017-02-27]. (ang.).