Excerpt from The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart, Vol. 4: The Duchess De La Valliere; The Lady of Lyons, or Love and Pride; Richelieu, or the Conspiracy His clients once have grown his judges now, And watch, like spirits on the Elysian side, Their brother ferried o'er the Stygian tide. 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.