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The Freemason;
And these vile Masons , tailors , snobs , and clerks , Would rob me of my titles—hungry sharks ! They can ' t let other people ' s rank alone , Because they have got no rank of their own ; So I have now renounced Freemasonry , For without title , what becomes of me ? CAROLAnd yet to gain their secrets well you might
. Part with your title for a single night . Surely , Freemasons could not take away You ' re rank for more than that ? COUNT . I cannot say . Name it no more ! I give it up—for I Have lived a Count , and a Count will I die .
CAROL . Then all our hopes are gone , and there s no way r COUNT . I think there is . CAROL . Then tell it me , I pray . COUNT . The ; Baron is in love with you , my dear—You need not blush—he is , ' tis very clear . Now hear me—If he ' s anxious to succeed , One of these days in dulcet tones he'll plead ,
He'll swear to do whatever you command , And ask no greater blessing than your hand , You—then let fall , as if without design , That you expect an off ' ring on your shrine , And without saying so—let him then see—You mean—the secret of Freemasonry . If he refuse , in vain let Mm implore , think of
Send him away , and Mm no more . Now mind all I have said , and you will wrest TMs cursed secret from the Baron ' s breast . \ Eocit .
SCENE VIII . CAROLINE alone . CAROL . Yes ! I will follow his advice , and try The pow'er of love to gain a victory . By frowns and tears soon is man overcome , must he succumb
In vain resisting—soon ; The lords of the creation quickly yield When to oppose them woman takes the field . Yet with what arms fights woman—guns or spears ? No ! with her trusty , weapons—frowns and tears . See the proud man approach with haughty gait , As if at once all foes to subjugate ; commands
Observe his loud , tyrannical , WMle silently before Mm woman : stands ; She strives not with her self-styled master , man , What force effects not , artifice oft can . While man relies on his authority , And lords over patient woman , she Causes salt tears to g lide down from each eye , And , slightly frowning , heaves a heavy sigh .
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The Freemason;
And these vile Masons , tailors , snobs , and clerks , Would rob me of my titles—hungry sharks ! They can ' t let other people ' s rank alone , Because they have got no rank of their own ; So I have now renounced Freemasonry , For without title , what becomes of me ? CAROLAnd yet to gain their secrets well you might
. Part with your title for a single night . Surely , Freemasons could not take away You ' re rank for more than that ? COUNT . I cannot say . Name it no more ! I give it up—for I Have lived a Count , and a Count will I die .
CAROL . Then all our hopes are gone , and there s no way r COUNT . I think there is . CAROL . Then tell it me , I pray . COUNT . The ; Baron is in love with you , my dear—You need not blush—he is , ' tis very clear . Now hear me—If he ' s anxious to succeed , One of these days in dulcet tones he'll plead ,
He'll swear to do whatever you command , And ask no greater blessing than your hand , You—then let fall , as if without design , That you expect an off ' ring on your shrine , And without saying so—let him then see—You mean—the secret of Freemasonry . If he refuse , in vain let Mm implore , think of
Send him away , and Mm no more . Now mind all I have said , and you will wrest TMs cursed secret from the Baron ' s breast . \ Eocit .
SCENE VIII . CAROLINE alone . CAROL . Yes ! I will follow his advice , and try The pow'er of love to gain a victory . By frowns and tears soon is man overcome , must he succumb
In vain resisting—soon ; The lords of the creation quickly yield When to oppose them woman takes the field . Yet with what arms fights woman—guns or spears ? No ! with her trusty , weapons—frowns and tears . See the proud man approach with haughty gait , As if at once all foes to subjugate ; commands
Observe his loud , tyrannical , WMle silently before Mm woman : stands ; She strives not with her self-styled master , man , What force effects not , artifice oft can . While man relies on his authority , And lords over patient woman , she Causes salt tears to g lide down from each eye , And , slightly frowning , heaves a heavy sigh .