Excerpt from The Princess Florian. Hownow, hiy Prince, will you not deign to speak? What anxious trouble sits upon your brow? Cyril. We still would know you griefs as well as joys, But you deny us. Prince. My friends, for you DO of all others most deserve that name, I did intend to hide my thoughts from all; But since your eyes do penetrate my soul, Listen, and I'll disclose to you my secret woe. The Southern Princess - you have heard of her, ' To whom I was betrothed at eight years Old Although I ne'er have set my eye on her, She's been my one idea]. And still From time to time came murmurs of her beauty; And still I've worn her picture by my heart, And one dark tress; and all around them both Sweet thoughts would swarm as bees about their queen. For suggestions as to costumes, scenes, etc., see pages 37 - 39. 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.