Transcribed from the 1884 D. Lothrop and Company edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org HOW LISA LOVED THE KING by GEORGE ELIOT author of “daniel deronda,” “middlemarch,” “adam bede,” etc., etc by author of “daniel deronda,” “middlemarch,” “adam bede,” etc., etc WITH NEW ILLUSTRATIONS from original designs from original designs BOSTON D. LOTHROP AND COMPANY franklin and hawley streets franklin and hawley streets p. 6Copyright by D. Lothrop and Company 1884 p. 6 D. Lothrop and Company Presswork by Berwick & Smith, 118 Purchase Street, Boston. p. 7How Lisa loved the King. p. 7 Six hundred years ago, in Dante’s time, Before his cheek was furrowed by deep rhyme; When Europe, fed afresh from Eastern story, Was like a garden tangled with the glory Of flowers hand-planted and of flowers air-sown, Climbing and trailing, budding and full-blown, Where purple bells are tossed amid pink stars, And springing blades, green troops in innocent wars, Crowd every shady spot of teeming earth, Making invisible motion visible birth,— p. 8Six hundred years
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