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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Roxane.
I would be loved more simply; for… For that
Which they have all in turns loved in thee? Shame!
Oh! be loved henceforth in a better way!
Christian.
No! the first love was best!
Roxane.
No! the first love was best! Ah! how you err!
'Tis now that I love best—love well! 'Tis that
Which is thy true self, see!—that I adore!
Were your brilliance dimmed…
Christian.
Were your brilliance dimmed… Hush!
Roxane.
Were your brilliance dimmed… Hush! I should love still!
Ay, if your beauty should to-day depart…
Christian.
Say not so!
Roxane.
Say not so! Ay, I say it!
Christian.
Say not so! Ay, I say it! Ugly? How?
Roxane.
Ugly! I swear I'd love you still!
Christian.
Ugly! I swear I’d love you still! My God!
Roxane.
Are you content at last?
