Isabella or The Pot of Basil - Key Quotes Flashcards
____ Isabel, ____ _____ Isabel!
Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel!
Lorenzo, a ____ _____ in ____ eye.
Lorenzo, a young palmer in Love’s eye!
Without some ___ ___ heart, some ______.
Without some stir of heart, some malady.
With her two brothers this ____ lady dwelt, enriched from _______ ________.
With her two brothers this fair lady dwelt, enriched from ancestral merchandise.
And she forgot the ___, the ___, and ____,
And she ____ the blue ____ ___ trees.
And she forgot the stars, the moon, and sun,
And she forgot the blue above the trees.
And she forgot the ____ ____ breeze.
And she forgot the chilly autumn breeze.
And the new morn she saw not: but __ ____
Hung over her ____ ____ evermore,
and moistened it with ___ unto ___ ____
And the new morn she saw not: but in peace
Hung over her sweet Basil evermore,
And moisten’d it with tears unto the core.
Whence ___, and green, and ______ it grew,
So that it smelt ____ _____ than ___ _____.
Whence thick, and green, and beautiful it grew,
So that it smelt more balmy than its peers.
Piteous she look’d on ___ ___ ______ things,
Asking for her ___ ___ amorously.
Piteous she look’d on dead and senseless things,
Asking for her lost Basil amorously.
‘For cruel ‘tis,’ ___ __,
‘To ____ ___ ___-__ away from me’.
‘For cruel ‘tis,’ said she,
‘To steal my Basil-pot away from me’
And so she ____ and she died ______,
Imploring for __ _____ to ___ ___.
And so she pined and she died forlorn,
Imploring for her Basil to the last.
No heart was there in ______ but did ____
In pity of ____, __ ______.
No heart was there in Florence but did mourn
In pity of her love, so overcast.
Still is the _____ sung - ‘O ______,
__ ___ my ____ ___ from me!’
Still is the burthen sung - ‘O cruelty,
To steal my Basil-pot away from me!’
