Monologue

Beverley Is Discovered Sitting Monologue from The Gamester (1753)

From The Gamester (1753) by Edward Moore

male · contemplative · 1:11 min

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Beverley. Why, what a world is this! The slave that digs for gold, receives his daily pittance, and sleeps contented; while those, for whom he labours, convert their good to mischief; making abundance the means of want. O shame! shame! Had fortune given me but a little, that little had been still my own. But plenty leads to waste; and shallow streams maintain their currents, while swelling rivers beat down their banks, and leave their channels empty. What had I to do with play? I wanted nothing. My wishes and my means were equal. The poor followed me with blessings; love scattered roses on my pillow, and morning waked me to delight.--O, bitter thought! that leads to what I was, by what I am! I would forget both--Who's there? SCENE II.

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30s · sadness · identity · fate · wealth · loss

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