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The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III

Author: : Aphra Behn

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The first English woman to earn her living by her writing, the Restoration author Aphra Behn broke cultural barriers, serving as a literary role model for later generations of women authors. This comprehensive eBook presents Behn's complete works, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Behn's life and worksConcise introductions to the novels and other textsAll 16 plays, with individual contents tablesIncludes Behn's pioneering novelsImages of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the Restoration textsExcellent formatting of the textsIncludes Behn's poetry - spend hours exploring the author's diverse worksFeatures two biographies - discover Behn's literary lifeScholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresPlease visit delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titlesCONTENTS:The PlaysTHE FORC'D MARRIAGETHE AMOROUS PRINCETHE DUTCH LOVERABDELAZERTHE TOWN FOPTHE ROVER, PART 1 AND PART 2SIR PATIENT FANCYTHE FEIGNED COURTESANSTHE YOUNG KINGTHE FALSE COUNTTHE ROUNDHEADSTHE CITY HEIRESSTHE LUCKY CHANCETHE WIDOW RANTERTHE YOUNGER BROTHERTHE EMPEROR OF THE MOONThe FictionTHE FAIR JILTAGNES DE CASTROLOVE-LETTERS BETWEEN A NOBLEMAN AND HIS SISTEROROONOKOMISCELLANEOUS FICTIONAL WORKSThe PoetryTHE POETRY OF APHRA BEHNThe BiographiesMEMOIR OF MRS. BEHN by Montague SummersAFRA BEHN by Edmund GossePlease visit delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Chapter 1 No.1

Blest Age! when ev'ry Purling Stream

Ran undisturb'd and clear,

When no scorn'd Shepherds on your Banks were seen,

Tortur'd by Love, by Jealousie, or Fear;

When an Eternal Spring drest ev'ry Bough,

And Blossoms fell, by new ones dispossest;

These their kind Shade affording all below,

And those a Bed where all below might rest.

The Groves appear'd all drest with Wreaths of Flowers,

And from their Leaves dropt Aromatick Showers,

Whose fragrant Heads in Mystick Twines above,

Exchang'd their Sweets, and mix'd with thousand Kisses,

As if the willing Branches strove

To beautifie and shade the Grove

Where the young wanton Gods of Love

Offer their Noblest Sacrifice of Blisses.

Chapter 2 No.2

Calm was the Air, no Winds blew fierce and loud,

The Skie was dark'ned with no sullen Cloud;

But all the Heav'ns laugh'd with continued Light,

And scattered round their Rays serenely bright.

No other Murmurs fill'd the Ear

But what the Streams and Rivers purl'd,

When Silver Waves o'er Shining Pebbles curl'd;

Or when young Zephirs fan'd the Gentle Breez,

Gath'ring fresh Sweets from Balmy Flow'rs and Trees,

Then bore 'em on their Wings to perfume all the Air:

While to their soft and tender Play,

The Gray-Plum'd Natives of the Shades

Unwearied sing till Love invades,

Then Bill, then sing again, while Love and Musick makes the Day.

Chapter 3 No.3

The stubborn Plough had then,

Made no rude Rapes upon the Virgin Earth;

Who yielded of her own accord her plentious Birth,

Without the Aids of men;

As if within her Teeming Womb,

All Nature, and all Sexes lay,

Whence new Creations every day

Into the happy World did come:

The Roses fill'd with Morning Dew,

Bent down their loaded heads,

T'Adorn the careless Shepherds Grassy Beds

While still young opening Buds each moment grew

And as those withered, drest his shaded Couch a new;

Beneath who's boughs the Snakes securely dwelt,

Not doing harm, nor harm from others felt;

With whom the Nymphs did Innocently play,

No spightful Venom in the wantons lay;

But to the touch were Soft, and to the sight were Gay.

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