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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 10 of 10

Chapter 50: Epilogue
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A curated volume presents a set of early modern dramatic works by two collaborators, offering tragedies, comedies, a masque, and linked moral entertainments. The plays stage conflicts over honor, sexual reputation, jealousy, and political power, often mixing serious moral dilemmas with satirical or farcical elements. Scenes alternate between forceful rhetorical passages and lively repartee, with stage directions and lyrical interludes punctuating the action. An editorial preface and appendix situate the texts and provide scholarly notes and variants. The collection showcases theatrical variety: intimate domestic disputes, courtly spectacle, and allegorical moralizations that probe human vanity, desire, and social reputation.


Epilogue

Now as the Husbandman, whose Costs and Pain,
Whose Hopes and Helps lie buried in his Grain,
Waiting a happy Spring to ripen full
His long'd-for Harvest, to the Reapers pull;
Stand we expecting, having sown our Ground
With so much charge, (the fruitfulness not found)
The Harvest of our Labours: For we know
You are our Spring; and when you smile, we grow.
Nor Charge nor Pain, shall bind us from your Pleasures,
So you but lend your hands to fill our Measures.

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