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Excerpt from Konigsmark: The Legend of the Hounds and Other Poems Secen. A Hall in the Electoral Palace. Enter Countess Von Platen and Madam Wreyke. Countess Von Platen. In love? I doubt it. If you mean by love That rare, unselfish passion which confounds The sage's logic and the poet's art; That sweet religion of the heart which makes Martyrs of men and saints of women. No; Once in a century the aloe blows; Once in a century humanity Is topped by such a flower. He is a man Less likely to affect a single woman, Because so readily impressed by all. Trust not his pliant nature. You may mould The treacherous clay to any shape; the gem Takes but one form, and keeps it. Madam Wreyke. How is this? A month ago he was your paragon, Your flower of constancy. if Konigmark Were false to you, to love, to anything, 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.