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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![The cup; and The falcon](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqqxr6fgz6xghapfwkv3b8fg/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20261003%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261003T030550Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=0e6116270ab7f408998395ebb860328b67f31aafc3dadac1281e4880c41edbda) ## About this work The cup; and The falcon by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside THE CUP A TRAGEDY “The Cup” was produced at the Lyceum Theatre, under the management of Mr. Henry Irving, January 3, 1881, with the following cast:— GALATIANS. Synorix, an ex-Tetrarch Mr. Henry Irving. Sinnatus, a Tetrarch Mr. Terris. Attendant Mr. Harwood. Boy Miss Brown. Maid Miss Harwood. Phœbe Miss Pauncefort. Camma, wife of Sinnatus, afterwards Priestess in the Temple of Artemis Miss Ellen Terry. ROMANS. Antonius, a Roman General Mr. Tyars. Publius Mr. Hudson. Nobleman Mr. Matheson. Messenger Mr. Archer. ACT I. Scene I. —Distant View of a City of Galatia. (Afternoon.) ” II. —A Room in the Tetrarch’s House. (Evening.) ” III. —Same as Scene I. (Dawn.) ACT II. Scene —Interior of the Temple of Artemis. ACT I. Scene I.—Distant View of a City of Galatia. As the curtain rises, Priestesses are heard singing in the Temple. Boy discovered on a pathway among Rocks, picking grapes. A party of Roman Soldiers, guarding a prisoner in chains, come down the pathway and exeunt. Enter Synorix (looking round). Singing ceases. Synorix. Pine, beech and plane, oak, walnut, apricot, Vine, cypress, poplar, myrtle, bowering-in The city where she dwells. She past me here Three years ago when I was flying from My Tetrarchy to Rome. I almost touch’d her— A maiden slowly moving on to music Among her maidens to this Temple—O Gods! She is my fate—else wherefore has my fate Brought me again to her own city?—married Since—married Sinnatus, the Tetrarch here— But if he be conspirator, Rome will chain, Or slay him. I may trust to gain her then When I shall have my tetrarchy restored By Rome, our mistress, grateful that I show’d her The weakness and the dissonance of our clans, And how to crush them easily. Wretched race! And once I wish’d to scourge them to the… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthe-cup-and-the-falcon) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. [Sign in to leave a review](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fvito%2Fworks%2Fthe-cup-and-the-falcon) No reviews yet. 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