Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Who and what is this woman?

LE BRET
Who and what is this woman?

CYRANO
Dangerous
            Mortally, without meaning; exquisite
Without imagining. Nature's own snare
            To allure manhood. A white rose wherein
Love lies in ambush for his natural prey.      ­
Who knows her smile has known a perfect thing.
 She creates grace in her own image, brings­
Heaven to earth in one movement of her hand-­
Nor thou, 0 Venus! balancing thy shell
Over the Mediterranean blue, nor thou,
Diana! marching through broad, blossoming woods,
Art so divine as when she mounts her chair,
And goes abroad through Paris!

LE BRET
Oh, well- of course,

That makes everything clear!

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