title: The Story of Hampton Court Palace
author:  Lucy Worsley 
description: <div>Lucy Worsley is Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces. She is the author of several books, including If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home (2011) and A Very British Murder (2013). She has presented numerous TV programmes about palace life and other history topics for the BBC.<br>David Souden is a consultant in cultural heritage, history and learning. Between 2003 and 2013 he was Head of Access and Learning at Historic Royal Palaces, following an independent career in TV production, writing and history.</div>
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  # Locrine - A Tragedy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Algernon Charles Swinburne
  
  
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  DEDICATION
  
  
  
  
  
  ACT I.
  
  
    
  SCENE I.—Troynovant. A Room in the Palace.
  
  
    
  SCENE II.—Gardens of the Palace.
  
  
  ACT II.
  
  
    
  SCENE I.—The banks of the Ley.
  
  
    
  SCENE II.—Troynovant. A Room in the Palace.
  
  
  ACT III.
  
  
    
  SCENE I.—Troynovant. A Room in the Palace.
  
  
    
  SCENE II.—Gardens of the Palace.
  
  
  ACT IV.
  
  
    
  SCENE I.—The banks of the Ley.
  
  
    
  SCENE II.—Troynovant. A Room in the Palace.
  
  
  ACT V.
  
  
    
  SCENE I.—Fields near the Severn.
  
  
    
  SCENE II.—The banks of the Severn.
  
  
  
      
  
  
  This etext was produced from the 1887 Chatto & Windus edition by
  
  
  David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### DEDICATION
  
  
  
  
  
    
  TO ALICE SWINBURNE.
  
  
    
    
    
    
    
  I.
  
  
    
    
  The love that comes and goes like wind or fire
  
  
    
  Hath words and wings wherewith to speak and flee.
  
  
    
  But love more deep than passio