Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart, Vol. 2 of 2: The Duchess De La Valliere; The Lady of Lyons; Not So Bad as We Seem Mdlle. De la Vall. 'tis our last eve, my mother! Mme. De la Vall. Thou regrett'st it, My own Louise! Albeit the court invites thee A court beside whose glories, dull and dim The pomp of Eastern kings, by poets told; A court Mdlle. De la Vall. In which I shall not see my mother! Nor these old walls, in which, from every stone, Childhood speaks eloquent of happy years; Nor vines and woods, which bade me love the earth, Nor yonder spires, which raised that love to God! [the vesper bell tolls. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.