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601:00,000['  ]| <Shadwell: "Psyche, a Tragedy": from Summers' edition, excl. Act II>
601:00,000['  ]| <Prologue.>
601:00,001['  ]| As a young wanton when she first begins,
601:00,002['  ]| With shame, and with regret of Conscience sins;
601:00,003['  ]| So$3$ fares our trembling Poet the first time,
601:00,004['  ]| He has committed the lewd sin of Rhime,
601:00,005['  ]| While Custom hardens others in$4$ the Crime.
601:00,006['  ]| It might in$4$ him that$6#2$ boldness too beget,
601:00,007['  ]| To$9$ lay about him without Fear or Wit:
601:00,008['  ]| But humbly he your pardon does implore;
601:00,009['  ]| Already he repents, and says he will$1$ sin no$2$ more.
601:00,010['  ]| His business now is to$9$ shew splendid Scenes,
601:00,011['  ]| To$9$ interpret betwixt the Audience and Machines.
601:00,012['  ]| You must not here expect exalted Thought,
601:00,013['  ]| Nor lofty Verse, nor Scenes with labor wrought:
601:00,014['  ]| His Subject is humble, and his Verse is so$5#2$;
601:00,015['  ]| This Theme no$2$ thundering Raptures would allow,
601:00,016['  ]| Nor would he, if he could, that$6#2$ way pursue.
601:00,017['  ]| He would ride unruly Fancy with a Bit,
601:00,018['  ]| And keep within the bounds of Sense and Wit,
601:00,019['  ]| Those bounds no$2$ boisterous Fustian will$1$ admit.
601:00,020['  ]| And did not gentle Hearers oft dispence
601:00,021['  ]| With all the Sacred Rules of Wit and Sense;
601:00,022['  ]| Such tearing Lines, as crack the Writers Brain,
601:00,023['  ]| And the laborious Actors Lungs over-strain,
601:00,024['  ]| Would, on$4$ our Stages, be roared out in$4$ vain.
601:00,025['  ]| In$4$ all true Wit a due proportion is found,
601:00,026['  ]| To$4$ the just Rules of heighth and distance bound.
601:00,027['  ]| Wit, like$4$ a Faulcon towering in$4$ its flight,
601:00,028['  ]| When once it soars above its lawful height,
601:00,029['  ]| Lessens, till it becomes quite out of sight.
601:00,030['  ]| But of such flights there is no$2$ danger now;
601:00,031['  ]| He would not soar too high, nor creep too low:
601:00,032['  ]| However he hopes you will$1$ excuse his haste,
601:00,033['  ]| For$3$ he this gawdy Trifle wrote so$5#1$ fast;
601:00,034['  ]| Five weeks begun and finished this design,
601:00,035['  ]| In$4$ those few hours he snatched from Friends and Wine;
601:00,036['  ]| And since in$4$ better things he has spent his time,
601:00,036['  ]| With which$6#1$ he hopes ere long to$9$ atone this Crime.
601:00,038['  ]| But he, alas! has several powerful Foes,
601:00,039['  ]| Who$6#1$ are unjustly so$5#2$, and yet he knows,
601:00,040['  ]| They will$1$, whatever he writes, though good, oppose.
601:00,041['  ]| If he the honour has to$9$ please the best,
601:00,042['  ]| It is not his fault if he offends the rest:
601:00,043['  ]| But none of them yet so$5#1$ severe can be,
601:00,044['  ]| As to$9$ condemn this Trifle more than he.
601:01,000['  ]| <ACT I.>
601:01,000['  ]| <The Scene is a very deep Walk in the midst of a mighty Wood,>
601:01,000['  ]| <through which, is seen a Prospect of a very pleasant Country.>
601:01,000['  ]| <Enter Psyche and two Ladies.>
601:01,001[A  ]| <Psyc.> How charming are these Meads and Groves!
601:01,002[A  ]| The Scene of Innocence and Artless Loves;
601:01,003[A  ]| Where Interest no$2$ discord moves.
601:01,004[A  ]| No$2$ stormy passions can the mind invade,
601:01,005[A  ]| No$2$ Sacred Trust is violated here.
601:01,006[V  ]| <1 Lad.> Man does not here his own kind fear,
601:01,007[V  ]| Traps are for$4$ Wolves and Foxes made,
601:01,008[V  ]| And Toils for$4$ Beasts, not Men, are laid;
601:01,009[V  ]| Man is not here by$4$ Man betrayed.
601:01,010[V  ]| <2 Lad.> Here no$2$ man's ruine is with baseness sought,
601:01,011[V  ]| For$3$ in$4$ this happy place no$2$ Court-like Arts are taught.
601:01,012[A  ]| <Psyc.> How pleasant is this undisturbed retreat,
601:01,013[A  ]| With harmless Joys, and Rural Sports,
601:01,014[A  ]| Free from tumultuous Cares that$6#1$ trouble Courts,
601:01,015[A  ]| And all the Factions which$6#1$ disturb the Great.
601:01,016[V  ]| <1 Lad.> How vain their gaudy Pomp and Show,
601:01,017[V  ]| To$4$ which$6#1$ the cheated vulgar bow!
601:01,018[V  ]| Their Splendor and their perishing Pride,
601:01,019[V  ]| Their shining Revels, their adulterate Joys,
601:01,020[V  ]| When in$4$ the midst of all this pomp and noise,
601:01,021[V  ]| In$4$ their unquiet minds still anxious thoughts reside?
601:01,022[V  ]| <2 Lad.> Their Triumphs are disturbed with fears,
601:01,023[V  ]| Their Joys allayed with griefs and cares:
601:01,024[V  ]| Envy and pride possess each Breast,
601:01,025[V  ]| And guilty dreams distract their Rest.
601:01,026[A  ]| <Psyc.> From Sleep to$4$ dangerous Arts they awake;
601:01,027[A  ]| To$9$ undermine each other, all mean ways they take,
601:01,028[A  ]| Each strives who$6#1$ shall his Monarch lead,
601:01,029[A  ]| Though at the price of his own Father's Head:
601:01,030[A  ]| Nor care they how much they their Prince misguide,
601:01,031[A  ]| To$9$ serve their Lust, their Avarice, and Pride.
601:01,032[V  ]| <1 Lad.> Yet there the Mighty are not prosperous long,
601:01,033[V  ]| Though never so$5#1$ cunning, never so$5#1$ strong;
601:01,034[V  ]| Though never so$5#1$ much endeared to$4$ the Crown:
601:01,035[V  ]| Fresh Favourites succeed and pull them down.
601:01,036[A  ]| <Psyc.> As a Black Cloud which$6#1$ the gross Earth exhales,
601:01,037[A  ]| Swelled and opprest with its own weight,
601:01,038[A  ]| Down to$4$ the Earth rent with fierce Lightning falls::
601:01,039[A  ]| So$3$ splendid Favourites in$4$ their envyed height,
601:01,040[A  ]| Big with the swellings of their Pride and Power,
601:01,041[A  ]| Do seldom scape the dismal hour,
601:01,042[A  ]| When by$4$ some new-raised Meteors torn,
601:01,043[A  ]| They from the highest pinacle of fate,
601:01,044[A  ]| Fall to$4$ the most dejected state,
601:01,045[A  ]| And, from the Idols of the World, become the Scorn.
601:01,046[A  ]| These troubles in$4$ my Father's Court I have seen,
601:01,047[A  ]| And never can wish to$9$ be a Queen.
601:01,048[V  ]| <1 Lad.> Can not so$5#1$ many powerful Princes move
601:01,049[V  ]| Psyche's obdurate heart to$4$ Love?
601:01,050[V  ]| <2 Lad.> Not one who$6#1$ can a Prince in$4$ Greece be called,
601:01,051[V  ]| Who$6#1$ is not by$4$ your Eyes enthralled:
601:01,052[V  ]| Each Prince great Psyche does adore,
601:01,053[V  ]| And pity from her heart implore.
601:01,054[V  ]| <1 Lad.> But you with all their Charms unmoved remain,
601:01,055[V  ]| And smile when every Captive shakes his Chain.
601:01,056[A  ]| <Psyc.> Not all the Pomp of Courts can ever remove
601:01,057[A  ]| Me from the Pleasures of the quiet Grove:
601:01,058[A  ]| Each pretty Nymph to$4$ me her Tribute yields
601:01,059[A  ]| Of all the fragrant Treasure of the Fields.
601:01,060[A  ]| Garlands and Wreaths they bring
601:01,061[A  ]| From the sweet bosom of the Spring.
601:01,062[A  ]| And with their rural Numbers sing my Praise,
601:01,063[A  ]| In$4$ soft delights passing their quiet days.
601:01,064[A  ]| Princes in$4$ all the Calms of Peace,
601:01,065[A  ]| Have no$2$ such powerful Charms as these:
601:01,066[A  ]| Shall I for$4$ Courts abandon this soft life,
601:01,067[A  ]| For$4$ splendid Beggary, and for$4$ smiling strife?
601:01,000['  ]| <A Symphony of Recorders and soft Musick.>
601:01,068[A  ]| What Harmony is this which$6#1$ fills the Air?
601:01,069[A  ]| And does my Senses charm?
601:01,070[V  ]| <2 Lad.> Some Entertainment your poor Swains prepare,
601:01,071[V  ]| Which$6#1$ they each day perform.
601:01,000['  ]| <Enter Pan with his Followers, and sings in Recitative.>
601:01,072[W  ]| <Pan sings.> Great Psyche, Goddess of each Field and Grove,
601:01,073[W  ]| Whom every Prince and every God does love:
601:01,074[W  ]| To$4$ your all-commanding hand
601:01,075[W  ]| Pan yields his Sovereign Command.
601:01,076[W  ]| For$4$ you the Satyrs and the Fawns
601:01,077[W  ]| Shall nimbly trip it over the Lawns:
601:01,078[W  ]| For$4$ you the Shepherds Pipe and Sing,
601:01,079[W  ]| And with their Nymphs Dance in$4$ a Ring.
601:01,080[W  ]| Fruits shall they bring, and pretty Garlands weave,
601:01,081[W  ]| And shall the Meads of all their Sweets bereave:
601:01,082[W  ]| Vertumnus and Flora their Tribute shall pay,
601:01,083[W  ]| And to$4$ Psyche shall dedicate this happy day.
601:01,084[W  ]| The Sylvans and Dryads shall Dance all around,
601:01,085[W  ]| And Psyche dread Queen of this place shall be Crowned.
601:01,086[W  ]| My Loved Syrinx and Eccho shall Sing and shall Play,
601:01,087[W  ]| And to$4$ Psyche shall dedicate this happy day.
601:01,088[X  ]| <Chor.> And Pan who$6#1$ before all here did command,
601:01,089[X  ]| Now resigns all his Empire to$4$ Psyche's fair hand.
601:01,000['  ]| <They all kneel and sing the Chorus.>
601:01,000['  ]| <While the following Symphony's playing, Pan Crowns her>
601:01,000['  ]| <with a Garland; his Attendants present her with Fruits,>
601:01,000['  ]| <Flowers, &c.>
601:01,000['  ]| <A short Symphony of Rustick Musick, representing the Cries and notes of>
601:01,000['  ]| <Birds. Then an Entry Danc'd by Four Sylvans and Four Dryads to>
601:01,000['  ]| <Rustick Musick. At the end of the Dance, the Dryads, upon their Knees,>
601:01,000['  ]| <present Psyche with Fruits and Flowers; and the Sylvans present her>
601:01,000['  ]| <with Wreaths of Lawrel, Myrtle and Cyprus. Then Exeunt Sylv. and>
601:01,000['  ]| <Dryads. Then a short Symphony of Rustick Musick, representing an>
601:01,000['  ]| <Eccho. The Dryads and Sylvans presenting their Offerings. One sings.>
601:01,090[X  ]| <1 Voice.> Great Psyche shall find no$2$ such pleasure as here
601:01,091[X  ]| <Eccho.> <No such pleasure as here,>
601:01,092[X  ]| <as here.>
601:01,093[X  ]| <2 Voices.> Where her dutiful Subjects shall all stand in$4$ awe
601:01,094[X  ]| <Eccho.> <shall all stand in awe,>
601:01,095[X  ]| <in awe.>
601:01,096[X  ]| <3 Voices.> Her Frowns and her Smiles shall give us all Law
601:01,097[X  ]| <Eccho.> <shall give us all Law,>
601:01,098[X  ]| <all Law.>
601:01,099[X  ]| <4 Voices.> And from us of Revellion she need have no$2$ fear
601:01,100[X  ]| <Eccho.> <she need have no fear>
601:01,101[X  ]| <no fear.>
601:01,000['  ]| <Voices, Flajolets, Violins, Cornets, Sackbuts, Hoa-boys:>
601:01,000['  ]| <all joyn in Chorus.>
601:01,000['  ]| <Here the Singers mingle with the Dancers.>
601:01,102[X  ]| <Chor.> How happy are those that$6#1$ inhabit this place,
601:01,103[X  ]| Where a sigh is never heard, where no$2$ falshood we meet,
601:01,104[X  ]| Where each single heart agrees with the face.
601:01,105[X  ]| No$2$ Climate was ever so$5#1$ calm and so$5#1$ sweet,
601:01,106[X  ]| <Eccho.> <was ever so calm and so sweet,>
601:01,107[X  ]| <so calm and so sweet,>
601:01,108[X  ]| <so sweet.>
601:01,109[X  ]| <1 Voice.> To$4$ beauteous Psyche all Devotion is due,
601:01,110[X  ]| <Eccho.> <all Devotion is due,>
601:01,111[X  ]| <is due.>
601:01,112[X  ]| <2 Voices.> Our humble Offerings she will$1$ not despise,
601:01,113[X  ]| <Eccho.> <she will not despise,>
601:01,114[X  ]| <despise.>
601:01,115[X  ]| <3 Voices.> Since the Tribute is offered from hearts that$6#1$ are true,
601:01,116[X  ]| <Eccho.> <from hearts that are true,>
601:01,117[X  ]| <are true.>
601:01,118[X  ]| <4 Voices.> From hearts all devoted to$4$ Psyche's bright Eyes,
601:01,119[X  ]| <Eccho.> <to Psyche's bright Eyes,>
601:01,120[X  ]| <bright Eyes.>
601:01,121[X  ]| <Chor.> <How happy are those, &c.>
601:01,000['  ]| <They dance.>
601:01,122[A  ]| <Psyc.> Oh happy Solitude! Oh sweet Retreat!
601:01,123[A  ]| Free from the noise and troubles of the Great!
601:01,124[A  ]| Not all the wealth of all the World shall charm
601:01,125[A  ]| Me from this calm retirment here.
601:01,126[A  ]| Where I enjoy all pleasure, know no$2$ fear,
601:01,127[A  ]| No$2$ Joy can her surprize, nor Danger can alarm.
601:01,128['  ]| <Enter four Women, personating Ambition, Power, Plenty, and Peace.>
601:01,129[A  ]| What new unwelcom Guests are these,
601:01,130[A  ]| That$6#1$ would invade my Peace?
601:01,131[V  ]| <Amb.> We come to$9$ invite you from your vicious ease,
601:01,132[V  ]| To$4$ Courts, where glorious Actions are performed.
601:01,133[V  ]| Leave lazy Groves for$4$ active Palaces,
601:01,134[V  ]| Where you by$4$ great Ambition may be warmed;
601:01,135[V  ]| By$4$ me to$4$ noble thoughts may be inflamed;
601:01,136[V  ]| To$9$ think of Ruling Kings, not silly Swains,
601:01,137[V  ]| Each day your Beauty a new Captive gains,
601:01,138[V  ]| And in$4$ all Courts no$2$ other Beauty is named.
601:01,139[V  ]| <Power.> I from your Solitude do you invite,
601:01,140[V  ]| And I am she for$4$ whom all Monarchs fight,
601:01,141[V  ]| Power, Mankind's supreme delight,
601:01,142[V  ]| Fair Psyche to$4$ the Court, come follow me,
601:01,143[V  ]| Numbers of Tributary Kings shall kneel to$4$ thee.
601:01,144[V  ]| Whatever can be within the prospect of thy Thought,
601:01,145[V  ]| Shall instantly to$4$ thee by$4$ humble Slaves be brought.
601:01,146[V  ]| <Plenty.> Psyche, this lonely Desart quit,
601:01,147[V  ]| The Scene of homeliness and poverty:
601:01,148[V  ]| A splendid Palace does you state befit,
601:01,149[V  ]| Where you shall be adorned by$4$ me,
601:01,150[V  ]| With all the Treasures of the East and West.
601:01,151[V  ]| Thy life shall be but one continued Feast,
601:01,152[V  ]| And every Prince shall be thy Guest:
601:01,153[V  ]| All delicates I will$1$ find for$4$ thy content,
601:01,154[V  ]| Which$6#1$ Luxury, inspired by$4$ Wit, can ever invent.
601:01,155[V  ]| <Peace.> And I to$9$ crown all these,
601:01,156[V  ]| Will$1$ give you everlasting Peace;
601:01,157[V  ]| Peace that$6#1$ no$2$ Fiends shall ever harm,
601:01,158[V  ]| Nor the mad tumults of Mankind allarm:
601:01,159[V  ]| My Olive shall still flourish where you are,
601:01,160[V  ]| For$3$ Peace should always wait upon$4$ the fair.
601:01,161[A  ]| <Psyc.> Happy are those who$6#1$ know Ambition least.
601:01,162[A  ]| I am only safe and quiet, while my breast
601:01,163[A  ]| Is not with base ambitious thoughts opprest,
601:01,164[A  ]| Too turbulent to$9$ let poor mortals rest.
601:01,165[A  ]| Over all my Tyrant Passions Power I have,
601:01,166[A  ]| And scorn that$6#2$ Power which$6#1$ can but rule a Slave.
601:01,167[A  ]| The use of mighty Riches is but small;
601:01,168[A  ]| Besides I, nothing coveting, have all.
601:01,169[A  ]| Peace, with such vain Companions never dwells,
601:01,170[A  ]| She is only safe in$4$ humble Groves and Cells.
601:01,000['  ]| <Envy with six Furies arise, at which Ambition, Power, Plenty>
601:01,000['  ]| <and Peace run away affrighted.>
601:01,171[V  ]| <1 Lad.> What dreadful Vision does distract our sight!
601:01,172[V  ]| Do not these Fiends your mighty mind surprize?
601:01,173[A  ]| <Psyc.> Their ugly shapes bring wonder to$4$ my eyes,
601:01,174[A  ]| But nothing can my constant mind affright.
601:01,175[V  ]| <Envy sings.> Envy against Psyche such black storms shall raise,
601:01,176[V  ]| As all her powerful beams shall never dispel:
601:01,177[V  ]| Beyond her strength shall be her suffering;
601:01,178[V  ]| Her to$4$ the greatest misery I will$1$ bring,
601:01,179[V  ]| And ever I have done, I will$1$ send her down to$4$ Hell.
601:01,180[V  ]| <1 Fury.> In$4$ Hell, too late she shall repent,
601:01,181[V  ]| And all her arrogance repent.
601:01,182[V  ]| <2 Fury.> We Furies will$1$ torment your Soul,
601:01,183[V  ]| And you shall weep and howl.
601:01,184[V  ]| <1 Fury.> And at the sight of every Snake,
601:01,185[V  ]| Tremble and quake.
601:01,186[V  ]| <2 Fury.> There you shall mourn eternally,
601:01,187[V  ]| And to$4$ the quick shall feel each lash we give:
601:01,188[V  ]| <1 Fury.> There you shall always wish to$9$ dye,
601:01,189[V  ]| And yet in$4$ spight of you shall always live.
601:01,190[X  ]| <Chor. of all.> <There you shall always, &c.>
601:01,000['  ]| <Envy and Furies sink.>
601:01,191[V  ]| <2 Lad.> What horrid words are these we hear?
601:01,192[V  ]| I am almost dissolved with fear:
601:01,193[V  ]| Can Envy this sweet dwelling find?
601:01,194[V  ]| <1 Lad.> Envy the greatest Bane to$4$ all Mankind.
601:01,195[V  ]| What dreadful Fate does she foretel?
601:01,196[V  ]| What Prophecy is this?
601:01,197[V  ]| The gods will$1$ sure do much amiss,
601:01,198[V  ]| Should they permit you to$9$ be snatched to$4$ Hell.
601:01,199[A  ]| <Psyc.> Fate! do thy worst, thou never shalt trouble me,
601:01,200[A  ]| The Innocent within themselves are free:
601:01,201[A  ]| Envy, I can be valiant against thee.
601:01,000['  ]| <Enter Prince Nicander.>
601:01,202[V  ]| <2 Lad.> But see the Prince Nicander does appear:
601:01,203[V  ]| Industrious Love pursues you everywhere.
601:01,204[D  ]| <Nican.> Madam, I to$4$ this Solitude am come,
601:01,205[D  ]| Humbly from you to$9$ hear my latest doom.
601:01,206[A  ]| <Psyc.> The first Command which$6#1$ I did give,
601:01,207[A  ]| Was, that$3$ you should not see me here:
601:01,208[A  ]| The next Command you will$1$ receive,
601:01,209[A  ]| Much harsher will$1$ to$4$ you appear.
601:01,210[D  ]| <Nican.> How long, fair Psyche, shall I sigh in$4$ vain?
601:01,211[D  ]| How long of scorn and cruelty complain?
601:01,212[D  ]| Your eyes enough have wounded me,
601:01,213[D  ]| You need not add your cruelty.
601:01,214[D  ]| You against me too many weapons chuse,
601:01,215[D  ]| Who$6#1$ am defenceless against each you use.
601:01,216[A  ]| <Psyc.> Shall no$2$ concealed retirement keep me free
601:01,217[A  ]| From Loves vexatious importunity?
601:01,218[A  ]| I in$4$ my Father's Court too long endured
601:01,219[A  ]| The ill which$6#1$ I by$4$ absence thought to$9$ have cured?
601:01,220[D  ]| <Nican.> Planets, that$6#1$ cause our Fates, can not be long obscured,
601:01,221[D  ]| Though Comets vanish from our sense,
601:01,222[D  ]| When they have dispersed their fatal influence,
601:01,223[D  ]| And nothing but the sad effects remain,
601:01,224[D  ]| Yet Stars that$6#1$ govern us, would hide themselves in$4$ vain.
601:01,225[D  ]| The momentary Clouds must soon be past,
601:01,226[D  ]| Which$6#1$ would their brightness overcast.
601:01,227[A  ]| <Psy.> Why should Nicander thus pursue in$4$ vain
601:01,228[A  ]| Her, over whose mind he can no$2$ Conquest gain:
601:01,229[A  ]| For$3$ though my Body thus abroad you fee,
601:01,230[A  ]| My Mind shall stay within and keep its privacy.
601:01,231[D  ]| <Nican.> Blame not the passion you yourself create,
601:01,232[D  ]| Which$6#1$ is to$4$ me resistless to$4$ my Fate:
601:01,233[D  ]| Can Psyche own such Cruelties,
601:01,234[D  ]| As vainly Priests impute to$4$ Deities?
601:01,235[D  ]| To$9$ punish the Affections they inspire,
601:01,236[D  ]| As if they would kindle to$9$ put out a fire.
601:01,237[D  ]| If from the Gods we any gifts receive,
601:01,238[D  ]| Our Appetites of Nature they must give.
601:01,239[D  ]| Let Priests for$4$ Self-denial then contend,
601:01,240[D  ]| If we against Nature go, we Heaven offend,
601:01,241[D  ]| Who$6#1$ made that$6#2$ Nature to$9$ pursue its end.
601:01,242[D  ]| Nature's desires Heaven's known prescriptions are,
601:01,243[D  ]| Of greater certainty than others far:
601:01,244[D  ]| Priests Inspirations may but Dreams be found,
601:01,245[D  ]| The effects of Vapors or of Spleens unsound:
601:01,246[D  ]| But Nature can not err in$4$ her own way,
601:01,247[D  ]| And though Priests may, she can not lead astray.
601:01,248[A  ]| <Psyc.> Nature the Gods first uncorrupted made,
601:01,249[A  ]| But to$4$ corruption it was by$4$ Man betrayed;
601:01,250[A  ]| Which$6#1$ when so$5#1$ much exorbitant they found,
601:01,251[A  ]| What first they had made free, they justly bound.
601:01,252[D  ]| <Nican.> If Nature be not what the Gods first meant,
601:01,253[D  ]| Then powerful Man defeated Heavens intent.
601:01,254[D  ]| If the Gods Engine of the World must be
601:01,255[D  ]| Mended by$4$ them, how did they then foresee?
601:01,256[D  ]| Must men, like$4$ Clocks, be altered to$9$ go right?
601:01,257[D  ]| Or though wound up$5$ by$4$ Nature, must stand still?
601:01,258[D  ]| Must we against our own affections fight,
601:01,259[D  ]| And quite against the Bias bend the will$0$?
601:01,260[A  ]| <Psyc.> Against yourself you have pleaded all this time;
601:01,261[A  ]| If not to$9$ follow Nature be a crime,
601:01,262[A  ]| Mine so$5#1$ averse to$4$ Love by$4$ Heaven is made,
601:01,263[A  ]| She above all by$4$ me shall be obeyed.
601:01,000['  ]| <Enter Polynices.>
601:01,264[D  ]| <Nican.> Nature incites all humane kind to$9$ love;
601:01,265[D  ]| Who$6#1$ deny that$6#2$, unnatural must prove.
601:01,266[D  ]| How, Polynices. my great Rival here!
601:01,267[D  ]| This is the only way I can him fear:
601:01,268[D  ]| His Arms are far less dreadful than his Love.
601:01,269[A  ]| <Psyc.> Sir, what could your injurious kindness move,
601:01,270[A  ]| Thus to$9$ disturb the quiet of my life?
601:01,271[A  ]| In$4$ vain, great Princes, is your amorous strife.
601:01,272[E  ]| <Polyn.> If I were singular, you might think me rude:
601:01,273[E  ]| But I can many dangerous Rivals find.
601:01,274[E  ]| A violent Passion makes me thus intrude.
601:01,275[E  ]| Be but to$4$ me as you are to$4$ others, kind;
601:01,276[E  ]| Let not my death alone be here designed.
601:01,277[E  ]| Too fatal was the first surprise
601:01,278[E  ]| I suffered by$4$ your conquering Eyes:
601:01,279[E  ]| Your powerful Charms no$2$ Mortal can resist,
601:01,280[E  ]| I in$4$ an instant loved, and never can desist.
601:01,281[D  ]| <Nican.> Such violent and sudden love
601:01,282[D  ]| Perhaps must soon remove:
601:01,283[D  ]| It is frail as an abortive Birth,
601:01,284[D  ]| And as it soon approached, it soon may fly
601:01,285[D  ]| As when too early flowers come forth,
601:01,286[D  ]| From the first moment of their birth they dye.
601:01,287[D  ]| Mine by$4$ degrees did to$4$ perfection grow,
601:01,288[D  ]| And is too strong to$9$ be resisted now.
601:01,289[E  ]| <Polyn.> That$6#2$ which$6#1$ I have for$4$ that$6#2$ illustrious face,
601:01,290[E  ]| Is Sympathy, not lazy Love,
601:01,291[E  ]| The Steel the Loadstone does as soon embrace,
601:01,292[E  ]| And of itself will$1$ never remove.
601:01,293[D  ]| <Nican.> The Steel you speak of may be snatched from thence
601:01,294[D  ]| With very little violence.
601:01,295[E  ]| <Polyn.> Who$6#2$ shall commit that$6#2$ violence on$4$ me?
601:01,296[D  ]| <Nican.> He who$6#1$ before has conquered thee:
601:01,297[D  ]| Thou didst my Empire, dost my Love invade:
601:01,298[D  ]| My Love shall be my only aid.
601:01,299[D  ]| And I again thy Conqueror can be.
601:01,300[E  ]| <Polyn.> I was by$4$ Fortune then betrayed,
601:01,301[E  ]| But now by$4$ Love am much more powerful made.
601:01,302[E  ]| Oh that$3$ the way for$4$ Psyche to$9$ be won,
601:01,303[E  ]| Were for$4$ me to$9$ possess thy Throne,
601:01,304[E  ]| I would believe it already done!
601:01,305[E  ]| And when with ease I had triumphed over thee,
601:01,306[E  ]| Thou on$4$ thy Knees shouldst beg her Love for$4$ me.
601:01,307[D  ]| <Nican.> Did not her Sacred Presence guard thy life,
601:01,308[D  ]| This fatal place should soon decide our strife:
601:01,309[D  ]| I on$4$ thy conquered Neck would tread,
601:01,310[D  ]| And make thee forfeit soon thy useless head.
601:01,311[D  ]| I would put an end now to$4$ your Love and you:
601:01,312[D  ]| And when, perhaps, I would nothing else to$9$ do,
601:01,313[D  ]| I might vouchsafe to$9$ take your petty Kingdom too.
601:01,314[E  ]| <Polyn.> Should my death soon ensue,
601:01,315[E  ]| Which$6#1$ never can be caused by$4$ you,
601:01,316[E  ]| It might to$4$ you some bold presumptions give,
601:01,317[E  ]| You dare not think such thoughts while yet I live.
601:01,318[E  ]| For$4$ what thou hast already said,
601:01,319[E  ]| Shouldst thou escape me with thy head,
601:01,320[E  ]| Yet I will$1$ soon depopulate thy Land,
601:01,321[E  ]| And leave thee none but Beasts for$4$ thy command;
601:01,322[E  ]| Or may be, If thou fallest into my hand,
601:01,323[E  ]| I openly will$1$ thee in$4$ triumph lead:
601:01,324[E  ]| Thy Cities into Desarts I will$1$ turn,
601:01,325[E  ]| And thou in$4$ Chains shalt tamely see them burn.
601:01,326[D  ]| <Nican.> Gods ~~ 
601:01,327[A  ]| <Psyc.> Princes, let your untimely discord cease;
601:01,328[A  ]| If my esteem you would gain, conclude a Peace.
601:01,329[A  ]| Each to$4$ the other must become a Friend:
601:01,330[A  ]| Though Rivals, yet you must agree;
601:01,331[A  ]| You but for$4$ something in$4$ the Clouds contend,
601:01,332[A  ]| If thus you think to$9$ conquer me.
601:01,333[E  ]| <Polyn.> So$5#1$ absolute is your command,
601:01,334[E  ]| That$3$ I my Rival will$1$ embrace;
601:01,335[E  ]| Your will$0$ no$2$ Lover can withstand.
601:01,336[E  ]| I can do anything but give my rival place.
601:01,337[D  ]| <Nican.> Your Voice may still the fury of the Winds,
601:01,338[D  ]| Or calm the most distempered minds:
601:01,339[D  ]| Wild Beasts at your command in$4$ peace would be,
601:01,340[D  ]| When you make Rivals thus agree.
601:01,000['  ]| <They embrace.>
601:01,341[A  ]| <Psyc.> I never can value Birth or State,
601:01,342[A  ]| It is virtue must my heart obtain:
601:01,343[A  ]| You may each other emulate.
601:01,344[A  ]| In$4$ glorious actions; but must quit all hate,
601:01,345[A  ]| Ere either of you my esteem can gain.
601:01,346[A  ]| The next command I give, must be,
601:01,347[A  ]| Not to$9$ invade my privacy.
601:01,348[A  ]| Princes, farewel, you must not follow me.
601:01,349[D  ]| <Nican.> So$5#1$ sacred are the dread commands you give,
601:01,350[D  ]| From you my death I humbly would receive.
601:01,351[D  ]| For$3$ I can scarcely hear this and live.
601:01,352[E  ]| <Polyn.> Your breath mens minds to$4$ anything may move,
601:01,353[E  ]| When you make Rivals one another love.
601:01,000['  ]| <Exit Psyche.>
601:01,354[E  ]| But see! her envious Sisters do appear,
601:01,355[E  ]| Whose anger less than love we fear.
601:01,000['  ]| <As they are going off in haste,>
601:01,000['  ]| <Enter Cidippe and Aglaura.>
601:01,356[G  ]| <Cid.> Great Princes, whither do you fly so$5#1$ fast?
601:01,357[H  ]| <Aglau.> It is to$4$ their Idol Psyche by$4$ their haste.
601:01,358[G  ]| <Cid.> What Prince-like virtue can you find
601:01,359[G  ]| In$4$ her poor and groveling mind?
601:01,360[H  ]| <Aglau.> Heaven did her Soul for$4$ Cottages create,
601:01,361[H  ]| And for$4$ some vulgar purpose did design:
601:01,362[H  ]| Her mind is too narrow for$4$ a Prince's state,
601:01,363[H  ]| She has no$2$ vertues which$6#1$ in$4$ Courts may shine.
601:01,364[G  ]| <Cidip.> Her Beauty like$4$ her Mind is vulgar too.
601:01,365[G  ]| Like$4$ the dull off-spring of some Village-Pair,
601:01,366[G  ]| She might perhaps some Shephards heart subdue,
601:01,367[G  ]| But should, poor Thing, of Princes looks despair.
601:01,368[H  ]| <Aglau.> A thousand times more charms they here might find,
601:01,369[H  ]| Beauty, that$6#1$ is fit to$9$ attract great Princes eyes.
601:01,370[H  ]| But silly Love, forsooth, hath struck them blind;
601:01,371[H  ]| For$3$ could they see, they would their Love despise.
601:01,372[D  ]| <Nican.> Farewel ~~ Such blasphemies we must not hear,
601:01,373[D  ]| Against the Goddess we adore.
601:01,374[E  ]| <Polyn.> So$5#1$ beautiful to$4$ us she does appear,
601:01,375[E  ]| That$3$ none shall ever charm us more.
601:01,000['  ]| <Exeunt Nicander & Polynices.>
601:01,376[G  ]| <Cidip.> Blasted be her Beauty, and her charms accurst,
601:01,377[G  ]| That$6#1$ must our ruine bring;
601:01,378[G  ]| I am almost with Envy burst.
601:01,379[G  ]| To$9$ see each day she can command a King.
601:01,380[H  ]| <Aglau.> And whilst she lives, we can no$2$ Lovers have:
601:01,381[H  ]| Oh that$3$ her Cradle had become her Grave!
601:01,382[G  ]| <Cid.> She by$4$ each Prince is Idolized,
601:01,383[G  ]| Whilst our neglected Beauties may grow old,
601:01,384[G  ]| And not be sought by$4$ them she has despised
601:01,385[H  ]| <Aglau.> Oh that$3$ I live to$9$ hear this story told.
601:01,386[H  ]| This Theme has made my anger bold.
601:01,387[H  ]| I on$4$ her Beauty will$1$ revenge our Cause.
601:01,388[H  ]| We are not safe whilst breath she draws.
601:01,389[H  ]| Her Example of Revenge I will$1$ make.
601:01,390[G  ]| <Cidip.> Must we be thus neglected for$4$ her sake?
601:01,391[G  ]| Venus! redress the wrongs which$6#1$ she hath done:
601:01,392[G  ]| She may in$4$ time insnare your Son,
601:01,393[G  ]| She such an Idol by$4$ Mankind is made.
601:01,394[G  ]| Your power no$2$ more will$1$ be obeyed,
601:01,395[G  ]| Your Sacred beauty they will$1$ neglect,
601:01,396[G  ]| Your Deity will$1$ have no$2$ more respect.
601:01,397[H  ]| <Aglau.> No$2$ Incense more will$1$ on$4$ your Altars smoke,
601:01,398[H  ]| No$2$ Victim more will$1$ burn,
601:01,399[H  ]| Each Prince her Worshipper will$1$ turn.
601:01,400[H  ]| Let this your great Divinity provoke;
601:01,401[H  ]| Revenge yourself, and take our part.
601:01,402[H  ]| Punish her stubborn heart,
601:01,403[H  ]| And by$4$ your utmost fury let her smart.
601:01,000['  ]| <A Symphony of soft Musick.>
601:01,404[G  ]| <Cidip.> What Divine Harmony is this we hear!
601:01,405[G  ]| Such never yet approached my Ear!
601:01,000['  ]| <Venus descends in her Chariot, drawn with Doves.>
601:01,406[H  ]| <Aglau.> See Venus's Chariot hovering in$4$ the Air;
601:01,407[H  ]| The Goddess sure has heard our prayer.
601:01,408[I  ]| <Venus sings.> With kindness I your prayers receive,
601:01,409[I  ]| And to$4$ your hopes success will$1$ give.
601:01,410[I  ]| I have with anger seen Mankind adore
601:01,411[I  ]| Your Sister's beauty, and her scorn deplore,
601:01,412[I  ]| Which$6#1$ they shall do no$2$ more.
601:01,413[I  ]| For$3$ their Idolatry I will$1$ so$5#1$ resent,
601:01,414[I  ]| As shall your wishes to$4$ the full content.
601:01,415[I  ]| Your Father is with Psyche now,
601:01,416[I  ]| And to$4$ Apollo's Oracle they will$1$ go,
601:01,417[I  ]| Her destiny to$9$ know.
601:01,418[I  ]| I by$4$ the God of Wit shall be obeyed,
601:01,419[I  ]| For$3$ Wit to$4$ beauty still is subject made.
601:01,420[I  ]| He will$1$ so$5#1$ resent your cause and mine,
601:01,421[I  ]| That$3$ you will$1$ not repine,
601:01,422[I  ]| But will$1$ applaud the Oracle's design.
601:01,423[G  ]| <Cidip.> Great Goddess, we our thanks return,
601:01,424[G  ]| We after this no$2$ more shall mourn.
601:01,425[H  ]| <Aglau.> Your sacred Power forever we will$1$ obey,
601:01,426[H  ]| And to$4$ your Altars our whole Worship pay.
601:01,000['  ]| <Venus ascends with soft Musick.>
601:01,000['  ]| <Enter Theander with his Followers, and Psyche with two Ladies.>
601:01,427[F  ]| <Thean.> Daughters, no$2$ more you shall contend,
601:01,428[F  ]| This happy day your strife shall end:
601:01,429[F  ]| The Oracle shall ease you of your care;
601:01,430[F  ]| We to$4$ the Temple will$1$ repair,
601:01,431[F  ]| And Psyche will$1$ obey,
601:01,432[F  ]| Whatever the Delphick God shall say.
601:01,433[F  ]| And ~~
601:01,434[F  ]| Whatever Apollo shall command, shall be,
601:01,435[F  ]| I swear by$4$ all the Gods, performed by$4$ me.
601:01,436[A  ]| <Psyc.> And on$4$ my Knees I make this solemn vow,
601:01,437[A  ]| To$4$ his Decree I will$1$ devoutly bow.
601:01,438[A  ]| Let his commands be what they will$1$,
601:01,439[A  ]| I chearfully will$1$ them fulfill.
601:01,440[F  ]| <Thean.> Let us to$4$ Apollo's Temple then repair,
601:01,441[F  ]| And seek the God with Sacrifice and Prayer.
601:01,000['  ]| <Exeunt omnes.>
603:01,000['  ]| <Act III.>
603:01,000['  ]| <The Scene is the Palace of Cupid, . . .>
603:01,000['  ]| <. . . they dance, hammering the Vases upon Anvils.>
603:01,000['  ]| <After the Dance, enter Vulcan.>
603:01,001[W  ]| <Vulcan sings.> Ye bold Sons of Earth, that$6#1$ attend upon$4$ Fire,
603:01,002[W  ]| Make haste with the Palace, lest Cupid should stay;
603:01,003[W  ]| You must not be lazy when Love does require,
603:01,004[W  ]| For$3$ Love is impatient, and brooks no$2$ delay.
603:01,005[W  ]| When Cupid you serve, you must toil and must sweat,
603:01,006[W  ]| Redouble your blows, and you labour repeat.
603:01,007[W  ]| The vigorous young God is not with laziness served,
603:01,008[W  ]| He makes all his Vassals their diligence show,
603:01,009[W  ]| And nothing from him but with pains is deserved;
603:01,010[W  ]| The brisk Youth that$6#1$ falls on$5$, and still follows his blow,
603:01,011[W  ]| Is his favourite still. The considerate Fool,
603:01,012[W  ]| He as useless lays by$5$ for$4$ a pitiful Tool.
603:01,013[W  ]| <1 Cycl.> This Palace is finished, and the other shall be
603:01,014[W  ]| Made fit for$4$ his small Deity.
603:01,015[W  ]| <2 Cycl.> But fire makes us cholerick, and apt to$9$ repine,
603:01,016[W  ]| Unless you will$1$ give us some Wine.
603:01,017[X  ]| <Chor.> With swinging great Bowls,
603:01,018[X  ]| Let us refresh our dry Souls,
603:01,019[W  ]| And then we will$1$ to$9$ work with a Clink, clink, clink;
603:01,020[W  ]| But first let us drink.
603:01,021[W  ]| <Vulcan.> Let each take his Bowl then, and hold it to$4$ his nose,
603:01,022[W  ]| Then let him redouble his blows.
603:01,023[W  ]| <Cycl.> Nay, stint us not so$5#2$, but let each take his two,
603:01,024[W  ]| And twice as much as we can do.
603:01,025[X  ]| <Chor.> <With swinging great Bowls,>
603:01,026[X  ]| <Let's refresh, &c.>
603:01,027[W  ]| <Vulc.> Ye Slaves, will$1$ ye never from drunkenness refrain?
603:01,028[W  ]| Remember Ulysses again.
603:01,029[W  ]| <Cycl.> Ulysses is a Dog, were he here he should find,
603:01,030[W  ]| We would scorn him, and drink ourselves blind.
603:01,031[X  ]| <Chor.> <With swinging great Bowls,>
603:01,032[X  ]| <Let's refresh, &c.>
603:01,000['  ]| <They take their Kans in their hands.>
603:01,033[W  ]| <Pyra.> Here, Harpes, to$4$ you.
603:01,034[W  ]| <Harp.> Here, Brontes, to$4$ you,
603:01,035[W  ]| And so$3$ take each Cyclops his due.
603:01,036[W  ]| <Bron.> To$4$ thee, Steropes.
603:01,037[W  ]| <Ster.> Pyracmon, to$4$ thee.
603:01,038[X  ]| <Omn.> And thus in$4$ our Cups we will$1$ agree.
603:01,039[X  ]| <Chor.> <With swinging great Bowls,>
603:01,040[X  ]| <Let's refresh, &c.>
603:01,041[W  ]| <Vulc.> Be gone, or great Jove will$1$ for$4$ Thunder-bolts stay,
603:01,042[W  ]| The World grows so$5#1$ wicked each day.
603:01,043[W  ]| <Cycl.> He has less need of Thunder than we have of Wine:
603:01,044[W  ]| We would drink, though great Jove should repine.
603:01,045[X  ]| <Chor.> <With swinging great Bowls,>
603:01,046[X  ]| <Let's refresh, &c.>
603:01,000['  ]| <The Cyclops dance again.>
603:01,000['  ]| <Enter Cupid and Zephirus, at which they all run away.>
603:01,047[B  ]| <Cup.> You are my best of Servants, you have done well.
603:01,048[B  ]| Say, Zephirus, how do you like$1$ my Love?
603:01,049[W  ]| <Zeph.> Her Beauty does all mortal forms excel,
603:01,050[W  ]| She should be snatched from Earth to$9$ reign above.
603:01,051[W  ]| But why do you a humane shape now wear?
603:01,052[W  ]| Why will$1$ you not yourself a God appear?
603:01,053[B  ]| <Cup.> At first, invisible I will$1$ be.
603:01,054[B  ]| Then like$4$ a Prince I will$1$ be seen;
603:01,055[B  ]| Me like$4$ a God when she shall see,
603:01,056[B  ]| I will$1$ make her my Immortal Queen.
603:01,057[B  ]| When Love thus slily his approaches makes,
603:01,058[B  ]| He takes fast hold, and long will$1$ stay;
603:01,059[B  ]| But if by$4$ storm he once possession takes,
603:01,060[B  ]| His Empire in$4$ the heart will$1$ soon decay.
603:01,061[B  ]| Here comes my Love, Away,
603:01,062[B  ]| And to$4$ her honour dedicate this day.
603:01,000['  ]| <Exeunt Cupid and Zephyrus.>
603:01,000['  ]| <Enter Psyche.>
603:01,063[A  ]| <Psyc.> To$4$ what enchanted Palace am I brought,
603:01,064[A  ]| Adorned beyond all humane thought?
603:01,065[A  ]| Here Art and Natures utmost powers conspire,
603:01,066[A  ]| To$9$ make the Ornament entire.
603:01,067[A  ]| Wherever I turn me, here my dazzled eye
603:01,068[A  ]| Does nought but Gold, or precious Gems descry:
603:01,069[A  ]| This sure is some divine abode,
603:01,070[A  ]| The splendid Palace of some God:
603:01,071[A  ]| And not a Den where Humane bloud is spilt.
603:01,072[A  ]| This sure was never for$4$ a Serpent built.
603:01,073[A  ]| I am at this no$2$ less amazed,
603:01,074[A  ]| Than at my sudden passage to$4$ the place.
603:01,075[A  ]| With wonder round about I have gazed,
603:01,076[A  ]| And, which$6#1$ is strange, I have seen no$2$ humane face.
603:01,077[A  ]| It is sure some Aery Vision which$6#1$ I see,
603:01,078[A  ]| And I to$4$ this imaginary height
603:01,079[A  ]| Was raised by$4$ Heaven in$4$ cruelty,
603:01,080[A  ]| That$3$ I might suffer a severer Fate.
603:01,081[A  ]| I on$4$ a Precipice of hope was placed,
603:01,082[A  ]| That$3$ so$5#2$ my fall might greater be,
603:01,083[A  ]| And down with violence I shall be cast
603:01,084[A  ]| To$4$ the bottom of despair, the Abyss of misery.
603:01,085[A  ]| Where is the Serpent? when will$1$ he appear?
603:01,086[B  ]| <Cup.> The Serpent which$6#1$ you must embrace is near.
603:01,087[A  ]| <Psyc.> What Divine Harmony invades my Ear?
603:01,088[A  ]| This is a voice I could forever hear.
603:01,089[A  ]| O speak again, and strike my ravished sense
603:01,090[A  ]| With thy harmonious excellence!
603:01,091[A  ]| What Power Divine provokes within my bloud,
603:01,092[A  ]| I know not what, that$6#1$ can not be withstood?
603:01,093[B  ]| <Cup.> Whatever can be pleasant but in$4$ thought, <within.>
603:01,094[B  ]| Shall for$4$ my Love be sought:
603:01,095[B  ]| This shall her Palace, here her Empire be;
603:01,096[B  ]| She shall have Sovereign command over that$6#2$ and me.
603:01,097[A  ]| <Psyc.> No$2$ object of my sense could ever
603:01,098[A  ]| Transport me till this hour;
603:01,099[A  ]| I feel a Passion mixed with Joy and Fear,
603:01,100[A  ]| That$6#1$ is caused by$4$ this unknown invisible Power.
603:01,101[A  ]| Who$6#2$ are you that$6#1$ does charm me so$5#1$?
603:01,102[A  ]| Such pain and pleasure I never felt before;
603:01,103[A  ]| You are by$4$ this some God, I know,
603:01,104[A  ]| And I must you adore ~~  <she kneels.>
603:01,000['  ]| <Enter Cupid and takes her up.>
603:01,105[A  ]| Oh Heaven! what glorious thing is this I see?
603:01,106[A  ]| What unknown Deity?
603:01,107[A  ]| His shape is humane, but his face divine;
603:01,108[A  ]| He calls me Love: but ah! would he were mine.
603:01,109[B  ]| <Cup.> I am the Serpent Heaven for$4$ you designed,
603:01,110[B  ]| Which$6#1$ should on$4$ you his poison breathe.
603:01,111[A  ]| <Psyc.> This poison never can cause my death,
603:01,112[A  ]| For$4$ such a Serpent I would quit Mankind.
603:01,113[A  ]| Yours is the pleasantest Poison ever was felt;
603:01,114[A  ]| My eyes drop showers of joy, my heart will$1$ melt.
603:01,115[A  ]| My mind was never full before,
603:01,116[A  ]| But now my swelling Joys run over;
603:01,117[A  ]| My heart does pant like$4$ a sealed Doves:
603:01,118[A  ]| What is it thus my passion moves?
603:01,119[B  ]| <Cup.> How does my charming fair, my Dove?
603:01,120[B  ]| Let me approach my Dear, my Love:
603:01,121[B  ]| Let me but touch thy snowy hand,
603:01,122[B  ]| And thou shalt all my heart command.
603:01,123[A  ]| <Psyc.> There is no$2$ request of yours I can withstand.
603:01,124[A  ]| Oh I am stung! what is this I feel?
603:01,125[A  ]| It is no$2$ pointed Steel:
603:01,126[A  ]| It is such a pretty tingling smart,
603:01,127[A  ]| Now it invades my heart.
603:01,128[A  ]| Oh it encreases on$4$ me still,
603:01,129[A  ]| And now my blood begins to$9$ chill.
603:01,130[A  ]| But, Oh the pleasure! Oh the pain!
603:01,131[A  ]| And, Oh! might both a thousand years remain!
603:01,132[B  ]| <Cup.> Courage, my Dove, I have thee here,  <embraces her.>
603:01,133[B  ]| Thou needest no$2$ Serpent fear;
603:01,134[B  ]| For$3$ I am all the Serpents thou shalt see,
603:01,135[B  ]| And Love is all the poison I will$1$ enfuse in$4$ thee.
603:01,136[A  ]| <Psyc.> What can it be my senses thus allarms?
603:01,137[A  ]| What have you done to$4$ your hand that$3$ thus it charms?
603:01,138[A  ]| But, Oh your powerful eyes bewitch me more.
603:01,139[A  ]| I never saw or felt such eyes before.
603:01,140[A  ]| Nor know I now what it is I feel or see.
603:01,000['  ]| <He turns his head aside.>
603:01,141[A  ]| Turn not away those eyes that$6#1$ poison me.
603:01,142[A  ]| Those sweet, those piercing amorous eyes,
603:01,143[A  ]| That$6#1$ can so$5#1$ easily a heart surprize.
603:01,144[A  ]| Oh, may my breast this poison never forsake!
603:01,145[A  ]| I am sure no$2$ Antidote I will$1$ take.
603:01,146[A  ]| Why do you sigh? are you transported too?
603:01,147[B  ]| <Cup.> As you by$4$ me, so$3$ am I charmed by$4$ you.
603:01,148[B  ]| Oh let my wandring heart find rest
603:01,149[B  ]| Within thy soft and snowy breast.
603:01,150[B  ]| Thou must to$4$ me thy heart resign,
603:01,151[B  ]| And in$4$ exchange I will$1$ give thee mine.
603:01,152[B  ]| And when my heart within thy breast does sit,
603:01,153[B  ]| Thou must be kind, and nurse, and cherish it.
603:01,154[A  ]| <Psyc.> Oh! how mine flutters; yet I hold it fast,
603:01,155[A  ]| It beats till it itself will$1$ tire;
603:01,156[A  ]| It will$1$ lose itself with violent desire:
603:01,157[A  ]| Do what I can, it will$1$ be gone at last.
603:01,158[A  ]| Oh give me thine, for$3$ mine will$1$ fly away;
603:01,159[A  ]| Ah give it me! for$3$ if you longer stay,
603:01,160[A  ]| Mine will$1$ be gone, and I shall die.
603:01,161[A  ]| Pray let your heart the want of mine supply.
603:01,162[B  ]| <Cup.> Thou through thy Lips, my Love, must mine receive,
603:01,163[B  ]| And the same way thine to$4$ my breast convey;
603:01,164[B  ]| And when to$4$ me that$6#2$ pretty thing thou shalt give,
603:01,165[B  ]| I will$1$ use it so$5#1$ kindly, it shall not fly away.
603:01,166[A  ]| <Psyc.> Then take it, for$3$ with me it will$1$ not stay.  <They kiss.>
603:01,167[A  ]| What have I done! I am to$9$ blame;
603:01,168[A  ]| I blush and feel a secret shame:
603:01,169[A  ]| But I feel something which$6#1$ overcomes that$6#2$ sense.
603:01,170[A  ]| I am charmed with so$5#1$ much excellence!
603:01,171[A  ]| Some Power Divine thus animates my bloud,
603:01,172[A  ]| And it were a sin, if that$6#2$ should be withstood.
603:01,173[A  ]| Your sacred form so$5#1$ much does move,
603:01,174[A  ]| That$3$ I pronounce aloud, I love.
603:01,175[A  ]| How am I rapt! what is it that$6#1$ does force
603:01,176[A  ]| My Inclination from its proper course?
603:01,177[A  ]| I was to$9$ love an open enemy;
603:01,178[A  ]| But now the more I look on$4$ Thee,
603:01,179[A  ]| The more I love. My first surprise
603:01,180[A  ]| Is heightened still by$4$ thy bewitching eyes.
603:01,181[B  ]| <Cup.> Love's debt was long denyed by$4$ thee,
603:01,182[B  ]| But now he has paid himself with usury.
603:01,183[A  ]| <Psyc.> Should I to$4$ one I know not be thus kind,
603:01,184[A  ]| To$4$ one who$6#1$ will$1$, perhaps, unconstant be;
603:01,185[A  ]| Pray let me so$5#1$ much favour find,
603:01,186[A  ]| To$9$ let me know who$6#1$ it is has conquered me.
603:01,187[B  ]| <Cup.> Do not suspect my constancy,
603:01,188[B  ]| Believe my sighs, and then trust me.
603:01,189[B  ]| Words may be false and full of Art,
603:01,190[B  ]| Sighs are the natural language of the heart.
603:01,191[B  ]| But, pray beware of curiosity,
603:01,192[B  ]| Lest it should ruine Thee and Me.
603:01,193[B  ]| You must not yet know who$6#1$ I am;
603:01,194[B  ]| I will$1$ in$4$ time disclose my name.
603:01,195[B  ]| I in$4$ this Region a vast Empire have,
603:01,196[B  ]| Each Prince you  have seen compared to$4$ me is a Slave.
603:01,197[B  ]| To$4$ me all Grecian Princes Tribute owe,
603:01,198[B  ]| Which$6#1$ they shall pay to$4$ you.
603:01,199[B  ]| A thousand Beauties shall be still at hand,
603:01,200[B  ]| Waiting for$4$ thy command;
603:01,201[B  ]| And without envy, they shall thee adore.
603:01,202[B  ]| The pomp which$6#1$ here thou shalt enjoy, is more
603:01,203[B  ]| Than ever was seen in$4$ Earthly Princes Courts:
603:01,204[B  ]| And pleasures here shall be
603:01,205[B  ]| Beyond all mortal Luxury;
603:01,206[B  ]| Our Recreation shall be heavenly sports.
603:01,207[B  ]| And to$4$ such splendid Joys I thee invite,
603:01,208[B  ]| As do the Gods on$4$ Festivals delight.
603:01,209[B  ]| But first thy palatte shalt thou satisfie,
603:01,210[B  ]| Thy ear shall then be ravished, then thy eye;
603:01,211[B  ]| And all thy other Senses thou shalt feast:
603:01,212[B  ]| Here thou shalt entertain, and I will$1$ be the guest.
603:01,000['  ]| <The following Song is sung by invisible Singers.>
603:01,213[X  ]| All joy to$4$ fair Psyche in$4$ this happy place,
603:01,214[X  ]| And to$4$ our great Master, who$6#1$ her shall embrace:
603:01,215[X  ]| May never his Love nor her Beauty decay,
603:01,216[X  ]| But be warm as the Spring, and still fresh as the Day.
603:01,217[X  ]| <Chor.> No$2$ Mortals on$4$ Earth ever wretched could prove,
603:01,218[X  ]| If still while they lived, they would be always in$4$ love.
603:01,219[X  ]| There is none without Love ever happy can be,
603:01,220[X  ]| Without it each Brute were as happy as we.
603:01,221[X  ]| The knowledge men boast of doth nothing but vex,
603:01,222[X  ]| And their wandring Reason their Minds does perplex.
603:01,223[X  ]| <Chor.> <But no Mortals, &c.>
603:01,224[X  ]| Loves sighs and his tears are mixed with delights,
603:01,225[X  ]| But were he still pestered with cares and with frights,
603:01,226[X  ]| Should a thousand more troubles a Lover invade,
603:01,227[X  ]| By$4$ one happy moment they would fully be paid.
603:01,228[X  ]| <Chor.> <No Mortals, &c.>
603:01,229[X  ]| Then lose not a moment, but in$4$ Pleasure employ it;
603:01,230[X  ]| For$3$ a moment once lost will$1$ always be so$5#2$;
603:01,231[X  ]| Your Youth requires Love, let it fully enjoy it,
603:01,232[X  ]| And push on$5$ your Nature as far as it will$1$ go.
603:01,233[X  ]| <Chor.> <No Mortals, &c.>
603:01,234[A  ]| <Psyc.> How am I rapt! what pleasures do I find!
603:01,235[A  ]| My Love, I have but one request to$4$ thee;
603:01,236[A  ]| Two sisters I have left behind,
603:01,237[A  ]| I hope my Love will$1$ be so$5#1$ kind,
603:01,238[A  ]| That$3$ they the Witnesses may be
603:01,239[A  ]| Of all my pomp and my felicity.
603:01,000['  ]| <Enter Zephyrus.>
603:01,240[B  ]| <Cup.> My Zephyrus is still at hand
603:01,241[B  ]| To$9$ wait for$4$ thy command.
603:01,242[B  ]| Be gone! ~~ 
603:01,243[W  ]| <Zeph.> I will$1$ fly as quick as thought,
603:01,244[W  ]| They suddenly shall to$4$ this place be brought. <Exit Zephyrus.>
603:01,245[B  ]| <Cup.> My Dear, let them not here much time employ,
603:01,246[B  ]| For$3$ I must thy whole heart enjoy.
603:01,247[B  ]| From me, my love, not one poor thought must stray,
603:01,248[B  ]| For$3$ I have given thee all my heart away.
603:01,249[B  ]| But now prepare thy Ears and Eyes,
603:01,250[B  ]| For$3$ I thy senses will$1$ surprise.
603:01,251[B  ]| Along with me, and thou shalt see
603:01,252[B  ]| What Miracles in$4$ Love there be. <Exeunt.>
603:02,000['  ]| <The Scene changes to the principal Street of the City . . . >
603:02,000['  ]| <Enter two Men.>
603:02,001[W  ]| <1 Man.> What shouts are those that$6#1$ echo from the Plain?
603:02,002[W  ]| <2 Man.> The Stranger-Princes have the Monster slain:
603:02,003[W  ]| The People the victorious Champions meet,
603:02,004[W  ]| And them with Shouts and Acclamations greet.
603:02,005[W  ]| <1 Man.> Our freedom these brave Conquerors have restored,
603:02,006[W  ]| The bloud of Men no$2$ more shall be devoured;
603:02,007[W  ]| No$2$ more young Ladies shall be snatched away
603:02,008[W  ]| To$9$ be the cruel Serpents prey.
603:02,009[W  ]| <2 Man.> For$4$ this the large Triumphal Arch was built,
603:02,010[W  ]| For$4$ this the Joyful People meet in$4$ throngs,
603:02,011[W  ]| The Princes Triumph for$4$ the bloud they spilt,
603:02,012[W  ]| And celebrate the Conquest with loud Songs.
603:02,013[W  ]| They in$4$ this place a Sacrifice prepare,
603:02,014[W  ]| To$9$ pay their vows and thanks to$4$ the God of War.
603:02,000['  ]| <A Consort of Loud Martial Musick.>
603:02,000['  ]| <Enter the Priests of Mars, one carrying the Serpents Head upon the>
603:02,000['  ]| <Spear . . . Then>
603:02,000['  ]| <Nicander, Polynices, Cydippe, Aglaura, Train and Guards. The Priests>
603:02,000['  ]| <sing this following song, and dance to't.>
603:02,015[X  ]| Let us loudly rejoyce,
603:02,016[X  ]| With glad heart and with voice;
603:02,017[X  ]| For$3$ the Monster is dead,
603:02,018[X  ]| And here is his head.
603:02,019[X  ]| No$2$ more shall our Wives
603:02,020[X  ]| Be afraid of their Lives,
603:02,021[X  ]| Nor our Daughters by$4$ Serpents miscarry.
603:02,022[X  ]| The Oracle then
603:02,023[X  ]| Shall bestow them on$4$ Men,
603:02,024[X  ]| And they not with Monsters shall marry.
603:02,025[X  ]| Let us lowdly rejoyce
603:02,026[X  ]| With glad heart and with voice;
603:02,027[X  ]| For$3$ the Monster is dead,
603:02,028[X  ]| And here is his head.
603:02,029[W  ]| <Praesul. sings.> Great God of War to$4$ thee
603:02,030[W  ]| We offer up$5$ our thanks and prayer
603:02,031[W  ]| For$3$ by$4$ thy mighty Deity
603:02,032[W  ]| Triumphing Conquerors we are.
603:02,033[X  ]| <Chor.> Thou art great among this heavenly race,
603:02,034[X  ]| And only to$4$ the Thunderer givest place.
603:02,035[W  ]| <Praesul.> Jove is thy father, but does not exceed
603:02,036[W  ]| Thy Deity on$4$ any score.
603:02,037[W  ]| Thou, when thou wilt, canst make the whole world bleed,
603:02,038[W  ]| And thou canst heal their breaches by$4$ thy power.
603:02,039[X  ]| <Chor.> It is thou that$6#1$ must to$4$ Armies give success,
603:02,040[X  ]| Thou that$6#1$ must Kingdoms too with safety bless,
603:02,041[X  ]| Thou that$6#1$ must bring, and then must guard their peace.
603:02,000['  ]| <They dance . . . After the Dance ~~ >
603:02,042[W  ]| <Praes. sings.> While we to$4$ Mars his praises sing,
603:02,043[W  ]| A Horse, the appointed Victim, bring.
603:02,000['  ]| <Mars and Venus meet in the Air in their Chariots,>
603:02,000['  ]| <his drawn by Horses, and hers by Doves.>
603:02,044[I  ]| <Venus sings.> Great God of War, if thou dost not despise
603:02,045[I  ]| The power of my victorious eyes,
603:02,046[I  ]| Reject this Sacrifice.
603:02,047[I  ]| My Deity they disrespect,
603:02,048[I  ]| My Altars they neglect,
603:02,049[I  ]| And Psyche only they adore,
603:02,050[I  ]| Whom they shall see no$2$ more.
603:02,051[I  ]| Have I left such influence on$4$ your heart,
603:02,052[I  ]| As to$9$ enjoyn you would take my part.
603:02,053[I  ]| By$4$ some known token punish their offence,
603:02,054[I  ]| And let them know their insolence.
603:02,055[J  ]| <Mars.> So$5#1$ much your influence on$4$ me remains,
603:02,056[J  ]| That$3$ still I glory in$4$ my chains.
603:02,057[J  ]| Whatever you command shall be
603:02,058[J  ]| A sovereign Law to$4$ me.
603:02,059[J  ]| These saucy Mortals soon shall see
603:02,060[J  ]| What it is to$9$ disrespect your Deity.
603:02,061[J  ]| To$9$ show how much for$4$ you I them despise,
603:02,062[J  ]| Since they with Venus dare contend,
603:02,063[J  ]| Ye powers of Hell your Furies send,
603:02,064[J  ]| And interrupt their Sacrifice.
603:02,000['  ]| <Mars and Venus fly away.>
603:02,000['  ]| <Furies descend and strike the Altar, and break it, and every one>
603:02,000['  ]| <flies away with a fire-brand in's hand.>
603:02,065[W  ]| <1 Pr.> What dreadful prodigies are these!
603:02,066[W  ]| Hence from this bloudy rage let us flie,
603:02,067[W  ]| And in$4$ his Temple let us try
603:02,068[W  ]| If we his angry Godhead can appease.
603:02,069[D  ]| <Nican.> What Magick Charms do this sad place infest,
603:02,070[D  ]| And us in$4$ all our actions thus molest?
603:02,071[E  ]| <Polyn.> The power of Hell it sure must be
603:02,072[E  ]| That$6#1$ thus against us wages war;
603:02,073[E  ]| For$3$ when fair Psyche we would free,
603:02,074[E  ]| It still does mischiefs against us prepare.
603:02,075[E  ]| But no$2$ Enchantment yet our courage binds,
603:02,076[E  ]| No$2$ accidents can alter valiant minds.
603:02,077[D  ]| <Nican.> In$4$ spite of Hell we will$1$ go on$5$ in$4$ quest
603:02,078[D  ]| Of our loved Psyche, who$6#1$ is charmed from hence.
603:02,079[H  ]| <Aglau.> You might from all your fruitless toyls have rest
603:02,080[H  ]| If of your present fortune you had a sense.
603:02,081[G  ]| <Cid.> Our Father, who$6#1$ is now at point of death,
603:02,082[G  ]| Does in$4$ his Will$0$ us two to$4$ you bequeath.
603:02,083[H  ]| <Aglau.> Envy itself will$1$ sure confess,
603:02,084[H  ]| Our Beauties and our Vertues are not less,
603:02,085[H  ]| Than the mean Idols you so$5#1$ much adore,
603:02,086[H  ]| And whom ye never can see more;
603:02,087[H  ]| The monster you have slain did her devour.
603:02,088[E  ]| <Polyn.> We by$4$ his ravenous Maw did find to*day,
603:02,089[E  ]| The Monster had not yet made her his prey.
603:02,090[G  ]| <Cid.> What if he had, we two are left behind,
603:02,091[G  ]| And by$4$ the Gods you are for$4$ us designed.
603:02,092[D  ]| <Nican.> Heaven has not yet to$4$ me revealed that$6#2$ mind,
603:02,093[D  ]| My Inclinations still are hers I find.
603:02,094[D  ]| The honour is great we might by$4$ you enjoy,
603:02,095[D  ]| But it would all our vows and all our love destroy.
603:02,096[E  ]| <Polyn.> To$4$ Psyche I have offered my whole heart,
603:02,097[E  ]| She has for$4$ no$2$ other left me the least part.
603:02,098[E  ]| Pardon that$3$ I the honour must refuse;
603:02,099[E  ]| No$2$ Mortals can their own affections chuse;
603:02,100[E  ]| Love, Heavens high power does into us infuse.
603:02,101[D  ]| <Nican.> When we lost Psyche, solemnly we swore,
603:02,102[D  ]| The search of her we never would give over.
603:02,103[E  ]| <Polyn.> Should we not find her, we our lives must spend,
603:02,104[E  ]| Which$6#1$ in$4$ the unwearied search of her must end.
603:02,105[H  ]| <Aglau.> Think you with safety you shall us despise?
603:02,106[H  ]| Though we are too weak to$9$ wound you with our eyes,
603:02,107[H  ]| Our full revenge shall both of you pursue,
603:02,108[H  ]| And give what to$4$ your insolence is due.
603:02,109[G  ]| <Cid.> Your heads shall pay for$4$ the affront you give,
603:02,110[G  ]| And you shall dye, or we will$1$ cease to$9$ live.
603:02,111[D  ]| <Nican.> If danger could our courages remove,
603:02,112[D  ]| We were not fit to$9$ aspire to$4$ Psyche's love.
603:02,113[E  ]| <Polyn.> Our absence now you must excuse,
603:02,114[E  ]| We in$4$ our search no$2$ farther time must lose. <Exeunt Nican. Polyn.>
603:02,115[H  ]| <Aglau.> I have a trusty Villain which$6#1$ I will$1$ send,
603:02,116[H  ]| Who$6#1$ in$4$ disguise shall their unwary steps attend;
603:02,117[H  ]| And then an ambush shall for$4$ them be laid,
603:02,118[H  ]| That$3$ their base lives may be to$4$ us betrayed.
603:02,119[G  ]| <Cid.> The powers of all this Kingdom we will$1$ engage,
603:02,120[G  ]| To$9$ sacrifice their lives to$4$ our insatiate rage.
603:02,121[H  ]| <Aglau.> They dearly shall by$4$ their example show,
603:02,122[H  ]| How soon rejected Love to$4$ dangerous Rage can grow. <Exeunt ambo.>
603:01,000['  ]| <ACT IV.>
604:01,000['  ]| <The Scene is a stately Garden belonging to the Magnificent Palace . . . >
604:01,000['  ]| <Enter Aglaura, Cydippe, Psyche with her Train.>
604:01,001[H  ]| <Aglau.> Enough the Splendor of your Court we have seen,
604:01,002[H  ]| Such never was known by$4$ any earthly Queen.
604:01,003[G  ]| <Cyd.> But we your Conquering Love would behold,
604:01,004[G  ]| Of whom such charming stories you have told.
604:01,005[A  ]| <Psyc.> Oh! he is the brightest thing your eyes ever saw;
604:01,006[A  ]| Beauty he has might give the whole World Law.
604:01,007[A  ]| And then such tender kindness you shall see;
604:01,008[A  ]| For$3$ he delights in$4$ nothing but in$4$ me.
604:01,009[A  ]| We sport and revel all the day,
604:01,010[A  ]| In$4$ soft delights melting the hours away.
604:01,011[A  ]| And such resistless ways he has to$9$ charm.
604:01,012[A  ]| We kiss, embrace, and arm in$4$ arm,
604:01,013[A  ]| With amorous sighs, and soft discourse,
604:01,014[A  ]| Our fainting Passions still we reinforce:
604:01,015[A  ]| When I would speak, my words he does devour;
604:01,016[A  ]| And when he speaks, I kiss him over and over.
604:01,017[A  ]| And when from kissing we our lips remove,
604:01,018[A  ]| He tells a thousand pretty Tales of Love.
604:01,019[A  ]| And all the while his beauty I survey,
604:01,020[A  ]| And he so$5#1$ greedily beholds my eyes,
604:01,021[A  ]| As he would devour them. But a moment stay,
604:01,022[A  ]| And he will$1$ you, as he did me, surprise.  <Exit Psyche..>
604:01,023[H  ]| <Aglau.> What cursed Fate is this, that$6#1$ did ordain,
604:01,024[H  ]| That$3$ she should have such pleasure, we such pain?
604:01,025[H  ]| O that$3$ I had infection in$4$ my breath,
604:01,026[H  ]| I my own life would lose to$9$ give her death.
604:01,027[G  ]| <Cid.> Base Fortune! that$6#1$ on$4$ Psyche would bestow
604:01,028[G  ]| So$5#1$ vast a share of happiness,
604:01,029[G  ]| And give her elder Sisters so$5#1$ much less,
604:01,030[G  ]| That$3$ she should be so$5#1$ high, and we so$5#1$ low.
604:01,031[H  ]| <Aglau.> Such glory yet no$2$ Monarch ever saw;
604:01,032[H  ]| Such humble Vassals, such obedient awe,
604:01,033[H  ]| Such shining Palaces yet never have been
604:01,034[H  ]| Such pomp the Sun in$4$ all his progress never has seen.
604:01,035[G  ]| <Cid.> A thousand Beauties wait for$4$ her command,
604:01,036[G  ]| As many heavenly Youths are still at hand:
604:01,037[G  ]| And to$4$ our envious eyes she chose
604:01,038[G  ]| These hated objects to$9$ expose.
604:01,039[H  ]| <Aglau.> When we to$4$ our great joy believed,
604:01,040[H  ]| That$3$ she destroyed had been,
604:01,041[H  ]| Oh how the Ridling God has us deceived;
604:01,042[H  ]| We see her here like$4$ some immortal Queen,
604:01,043[H  ]| Whom all her subjects serve not, but adore.
604:01,044[G  ]| <Cid.> Oh! I shall die with envy: say no$2$ more,
604:01,045[G  ]| But of some quick revenge let us meditate,
604:01,046[G  ]| To$9$ interrupt their happy state:
604:01,047[G  ]| Let us by$4$ some Art cause fatal Jealousies
604:01,048[G  ]| Between these prosperous Lovers to$9$ arise.
604:01,000['  ]| <Enter Cupid and Psyche, with many Attendants.>
604:01,049[H  ]| <Aglau.> They are here: What divine Object strikes my eyes?
604:01,050[G  ]| <Cid.> What heavenly thing does my weak heart surprise?
604:01,051[H  ]| <Aglau.> Her hated sight I can no$2$ longer bear.
604:01,052[G  ]| <Cid.> Oh with what Joy I could her heart-strings tear!
604:01,053[H  ]| <Aglau.> This is the goodliest Creature Heaven ever made;
604:01,054[H  ]| And I will$1$ summon Hell up$5$ to$4$ my aid.
604:01,055[H  ]| But I will$1$ Psyche's life destroy;
604:01,056[H  ]| And I will$1$ then this God-like Youth enjoy.
604:01,057[G  ]| <Cid.> When I am dead, he may be had by$4$ thee:
604:01,058[G  ]| But know, Aglaura, I will$1$ never live to$9$ see
604:01,059[G  ]| This goodly thing enjoyed by$4$ anyone but me.
604:01,060[B  ]| <Cup.> Ladies ~~ 
604:01,061[B  ]| You such a welcome in$4$ this place shall find,
604:01,062[B  ]| As fits the greatness of your Sisters mind;
604:01,063[B  ]| And by$4$ your entertainment I will$1$ show,
604:01,064[B  ]| What I to$4$ my loved Psyche owe:
604:01,065[B  ]| For$4$ her shall Quires of Cupids sing,
604:01,066[B  ]| For$4$ her the Sphears shall their loud Musick bring.
604:01,000['  ]| <SONG.>
604:01,067[X  ]| Let old Age in$4$ its envy and malice take pleasure,
604:01,068[X  ]| In$4$ business that$6#1$ is sower, and in$4$ hoarding up$5$ treasure:
604:01,069[X  ]| By$4$ dullness seem wise, be still peevish and nice;
604:01,070[X  ]| And what they can not follow, let them rail at as vice.
604:01,071[X  ]| Wise Youth will$1$ in$4$ Wine and in$4$ Beauty delight,
604:01,072[X  ]| Will$1$ revel all day, and will$1$ sport all the night.
604:01,073[X  ]| For$3$ never to$9$ love, would be never to$9$ live,
604:01,074[X  ]| And Love must from Wine its new vigour receive.
604:01,075[X  ]| How insipid were life without those delights,
604:01,076[X  ]| In$4$ which$6#1$ lusty hot youth spend their dayes and their nights;
604:01,077[X  ]| Of our nauseous dull beings we too soon should be cloyed,
604:01,078[X  ]| Without those blessed joyes which$6#1$ Fools only avoid.
604:01,079[X  ]| Unhappy grave Wretches who$6#1$ live by$4$ false measure,
604:01,080[X  ]| And for$4$ empty vain shadows refuse real pleasure;
604:01,081[X  ]| To$4$ such Fools while vast joys on$4$ the witty are waiting,
604:01,082[X  ]| Life is a tedious journey without ever baiting.
604:01,083[B  ]| <Cup.> Now see what is to$4$ Psyche's beauty due,
604:01,084[B  ]| And what the Almighty power of Love can show:
604:01,085[B  ]| These senseless Figures motion shall receive;
604:01,086[B  ]| Psyche's bright beams can life to$4$ Statues give.
604:01,087['  ]| <Ten Statues leap from their Pedestals, and dance. Ten Cupids>
604:01,088['  ]| <rise from the Pedestals. strew all the Stage with Flowers, and>
604:01,089['  ]| <fly all several ways. During the Dance, Cupid and Psyche retire.>
604:01,090[G  ]| <Cid.> What with divine Magnificence
604:01,091[G  ]| They in$4$ this place treat every sense?
604:01,092[H  ]| <Aglau.> Excess of Love and Hate disturb my rest,
604:01,093[H  ]| Which$6#1$ equally divide my breast.
604:01,094[G  ]| <Cid.> You may hate her, and other Princes love;
604:01,095[G  ]| But your affection must from him remove,
604:01,096[G  ]| Or the utmost rage of a revengeful Rival prove.
604:01,097[H  ]| <Aglau.> Mountains shall sooner leap or fly,
604:01,098[H  ]| The Sun may prove inconstant, but not I:
604:01,099[H  ]| All my presumptuous Rivals I will$1$ destroy;
604:01,100[H  ]| I can not live, unless I him enjoy.
604:01,101[G  ]| <Cid.> Then suddenly resign your hated breath;
604:01,102[G  ]| You shall not live to$9$ cause my death.
604:01,103[G  ]| Your fruitless Love shall soon be lost.
604:01,104[G  ]| You to$4$ your elder Sister shall give place,
604:01,105[G  ]| For$3$ I will$1$ this Celestial Youth embrace,
604:01,106[G  ]| Though it the lives of half the world should cost.
604:01,107[H  ]| <Aglau.> The power of Hell shall never change my design;
604:01,108[H  ]| I would a thousand Lives before one Love resign.
604:01,109[G  ]| <Cid.> But Psyche's Life and Love must have an end,
604:01,110[G  ]| Or we in$4$ vain for$4$ him contend,
604:01,111[G  ]| Whatever against each other we design,
604:01,112[G  ]| Against the common Enemy let us joyn.
604:01,113[H  ]| <Aglau.> Should we kill her, it would provoke his hate,
604:01,114[H  ]| And on$4$ ourselves pull down a certain Fate.
604:01,115[H  ]| Let us poison them with jealousie;
604:01,116[H  ]| And Lovers had much better die,
604:01,117[H  ]| Than suffer that$6#2$ extremity.
604:01,000['  ]| <Enter Psyche.>
604:01,118[A  ]| <Psyc.> Now Sisters! how do you approve my Dear?
604:01,119[G  ]| <Cid.> You are secure: but give us leave to$9$ fear.
604:01,120[A  ]| <Psyc.> Fear not: you are in$4$ my Protection now.
604:01,121[H  ]| <Aglau.> We fear not for$4$ ourselves, but you.
604:01,122[A  ]| <Psyc.> For$4$ me! I am so$5#1$ full of Joy,
604:01,123[A  ]| That$3$ nothing can my happiness destroy.
604:01,124[A  ]| I have my Love, and that$6#2$ is enough for$4$ me.
604:01,125[A  ]| My Life is one continued Extasie.
604:01,126[A  ]| His love to$4$ me is infinite,
604:01,127[A  ]| Each moment does transcend
604:01,128[A  ]| Ages of common gross delight,
604:01,129[A  ]| For$4$ which$6#1$ dull sensual Men so$5#1$ much contend.
604:01,130[G  ]| <Cid.> Why does he still conceal his name?
604:01,131[G  ]| It argues little love, or else much shame.
604:01,132[A  ]| <Psyc.> You can not doubt his love, he is so$5#1$ kind;
604:01,133[A  ]| Envy in$4$ him no$2$ cause of shame can find:
604:01,134[A  ]| What need I care who$6#1$ it is I love,
604:01,135[A  ]| Since all that$6#1$ see him must my choice approve.
604:01,136[H  ]| <Aglau.> This violent Love may soon decay,
604:01,137[H  ]| And he for$4$ some new Mistriss may
604:01,138[H  ]| Your easie heart betray.
604:01,139[G  ]| <Cid.> When he shall please to$9$ frown,
604:01,140[G  ]| You from this heighth are suddenly thrown down:
604:01,141[G  ]| And when he thus shall have abandoned you,
604:01,142[G  ]| On$4$ whom will$1$ you inflict the vengeance due?
604:01,143[A  ]| <Psyc.> Could I this fatal change survive,
604:01,144[A  ]| I sure should be the wretchedest thing alive.
604:01,145[H  ]| <Aglau.> True Love has no$2$ reserve, this is some cheat;
604:01,146[H  ]| Your wisdom is small, though your affection is great.
604:01,147[G  ]| <Cid.> The Impostor does by$4$ Magick Art surprise!
604:01,148[G  ]| And this is all delusion of our eyes.
604:01,149[G  ]| The Miracles each moment does produce,
604:01,150[G  ]| Sufficiently may make this clear;
604:01,151[G  ]| Your Lover does no$2$ Natural Causes use.
604:01,152[G  ]| All Natures Order is inverted here.
604:01,153[H  ]| <Aglau.> You see that$3$ his Attendants are
604:01,154[H  ]| The winged Spirits of the Air.
604:01,155[H  ]| He is sure some Demon, which$6#1$ commands the Winds,
604:01,156[H  ]| And him the Clouds obey:
604:01,157[H  ]| How easily may he delude our minds,
604:01,158[H  ]| Who$6#1$ our bodies can by$4$ Winds and Clouds convey.
604:01,159[H  ]| This must be some inchanted place.
604:01,160[G  ]| <Cid.> <aside.> Let him be what he will$1$, I will$1$ him embrace.
604:01,161[G  ]| <To her.> How soon may Fate your seeming Heaven destroy,
604:01,162[G  ]| Which$6#1$ like$4$ a dream reflects imaginary Joy.
604:01,163[A  ]| <Psyc.> Oh I am seized with an unusual fright,
604:01,164[A  ]| A sudden stop is put to$4$ my delight.
604:01,165[H  ]| <Aglau.> This still may be the Serpent you did fear,
604:01,166[H  ]| Though with a humane shape he cheats your eyes;
604:01,167[H  ]| And Heaven by$4$ this more cruel will$1$ appear,
604:01,168[H  ]| After this Joy to$9$ ruine by$4$ surprise.
604:01,169[G  ]| <Cid.> In$4$ wrath the Oracle thy doom declared,
604:01,170[G  ]| Here no$2$ effects we of its anger see:
604:01,171[G  ]| Thou knowest not yet what ruine is prepared,
604:01,172[G  ]| What dreadful Fate Heaven does reserve for$4$ thee.
604:01,173[A  ]| <Psyc.> How I am amazed! Oh my poor trembling heart!
604:01,000['  ]| <Enter Zephyrus.>
604:01,174[W  ]| <Zeph.> My Lord commands your Sisters must depart,
604:01,175[W  ]| And none must his commands deny
604:01,176[H  ]| <Aglau.> What is it I hear! I dye, I dye!
604:01,177[G  ]| <Cid.> But if I dye, I will$1$ not dye alone;
604:01,178[G  ]| She shall not here remain when I am gone.
604:01,179[H  ]| <Aglau.> Hold! take me with thee in$4$ thy brave design;
604:01,180[H  ]| I will$1$ in$4$ the noble execution joyn.
604:01,000['  ]| <Both offer to stab at Psyche, as she looks another way, and>
604:01,000['  ]| <are snatch'd away by Zephyri.>
604:01,181[A  ]| <Psyc.> Ah! what unwelcome change is this I see?
604:01,182[A  ]| Must they so$5#1$ suddenly be snatched from me?
604:01,183['  ]| <Enter Cupid.>
604:01,184[B  ]| <Cup.> Now let us enjoy ourselves, the time invites:
604:01,185[B  ]| True Love alone in$4$ privacy delights.
604:01,186[B  ]| What is it disturbs my Psyche's mind?
604:01,187[B  ]| What fatal change is this I find?
604:01,188[B  ]| Such a black storm me-thinks hangs on$4$ thee now,
604:01,189[B  ]| As I have seen upon$4$ the Morning's brow;
604:01,190[B  ]| Which$6#1$ blushing first had promised a fair day,
604:01,191[B  ]| But strait did nought but dark-swoln Clouds display.
604:01,192[B  ]| Is it your Sisters absence makes you grieve?
604:01,193[B  ]| All such relations you should now forget;
604:01,194[B  ]| Lovers should for$4$ each other only live,
604:01,195[B  ]| And having one another should have no$2$ regret.
604:01,196[A  ]| <Psyc.> So$5#1$ small a thing can not afflict my mind.
604:01,197[B  ]| <Cup.> It is for$4$ some rival then your grief is designed.
604:01,198[A  ]| <Psyc.> This mean suspition proves my Lord unkind!
604:01,199[A  ]| Ah! did your charms but to$4$ yourself appear,
604:01,200[A  ]| You would know that$3$ I no$2$ other chains could wear.
604:01,201[A  ]| No$2$ Rhetorick can paint my Loves excess,
604:01,202[A  ]| Ere mine can be described, it must be less.
604:01,203[B  ]| <Cup.> I love thee too at such a rate,
604:01,204[B  ]| No$2$ Mortal can approach my height.
604:01,205[B  ]| What is it can produce thy grief?
604:01,206[A  ]| <Psyc.> I fear you will$1$ not afford it your relief.
604:01,207[B  ]| <Cup.> If thou by$4$ anything my wrath couldst move,
604:01,208[B  ]| It would be by$4$ thy suspicion of my love.
604:01,209[B  ]| Thou over my heart art grown so$5#1$ absolute,
604:01,210[B  ]| That$3$ no$2$ commands of thine I can dispute:
604:01,211[B  ]| Thou of my power knowest not the large extent;
604:01,212[B  ]| To$9$ ease thy doubt, make an experiment.
604:01,213[A  ]| <Psyc.> No$7$: I shall find a harsh repulse, I fear.
604:01,214[B  ]| <Cup.> By$4$ thy victorious eyes,
604:01,215[B  ]| Which$6#1$ govern now the heart they did surprise;
604:01,216[B  ]| By$4$ the Gods inviolable Oath I swear,
604:01,217[B  ]| By$4$ Styx, all thy commands shall be to$4$ me
604:01,218[B  ]| Sacred, as Heavens decree.
604:01,219[A  ]| <Psyc.> I with these amorous vows am doubly pleased,
604:01,220[A  ]| I am of half my grief already eased.
604:01,221[A  ]| By$4$ this all fear of coldness you remove,
604:01,222[A  ]| And then you will$1$ tell me now, who$6#1$ it is I love.
604:01,223[B  ]| <Cup.> Heaven! <Starts.>
604:01,224[A  ]| <Psyc.> It is fit that$3$ I who$6#1$ did great Kings refuse,
604:01,225[A  ]| Should know who$6#1$ is the charming Youth I chuse.
604:01,226[B  ]| <Cup.> What do I hear?
604:01,227[A  ]| <Psyc.> It is true I love, and glory in$4$ my Chains:
604:01,228[A  ]| But to$9$ compleat my joys, it yet remains,
604:01,229[A  ]| That$3$ thou, my Love, wouldst thy dear name expose,
604:01,230[A  ]| And my illustrious choice to$4$ me disclose.
604:01,231[A  ]| Why dost thou frown? thou must my doubts secure,
604:01,232[A  ]| I by$4$ my Love and by$4$ this Kiss conjure,
604:01,233[A  ]| If thou dost love me this assurance give:
604:01,234[A  ]| It is Love, my Dear, makes me inquisitive.
604:01,235[A  ]| Thou shouldst all secrets to$4$ my breast resign,
604:01,236[A  ]| Besides, thou hast sworn this is no$2$ longer thine.
604:01,237[B  ]| <Cup.> I have sworn; and, if you will$1$, I must comply,
604:01,238[B  ]| But then thy fatal curiosity
604:01,239[B  ]| Inevitably ruines Thee and Me.
604:01,240[A  ]| <Psyc.> Is this my Sovereign Empire over thee?
604:01,241[B  ]| <Cup.> You must whatever is within my power command;
604:01,242[B  ]| But your extravagant desires withstand:
604:01,243[B  ]| Unless you will$1$ abandon him you love,
604:01,244[B  ]| And will$1$ forever from my sight remove.
604:01,245[A  ]| <Psyc.> You found a heart too ready to$9$ believe,
604:01,246[A  ]| And would you still that$6#2$ poor weak heart deceive?
604:01,247[B  ]| <Cup.> Must I my fatal secret then resign?
604:01,248[A  ]| <Psyc.> Can you keep your heart, and yet take mine
604:01,249[B  ]| <Cup.> Consider yet what it is you do.
604:01,250[A  ]| <Psyc.> I feared I should be thus refused by$4$ you.
604:01,251[B  ]| <Cup.> Let me not yet my name declare.
604:01,252[A  ]| <Psyc.> Oh unkind Youth! thou makest me now despair,
604:01,253[A  ]| That$3$ thou shalt reward my Love, or ease my care.
604:01,254[B  ]| <Cup.> Consider yet, and let me hold my peace.
604:01,255[A  ]| <Psyc.> Will$1$ your unkind denials never cease?
604:01,256[B  ]| <Cup.> Know then, myself a God I must declare,
604:01,257[B  ]| Whom all the other Deities obey:
604:01,258[B  ]| All things in$4$ Earth, Hell, Water, Air,
604:01,259[B  ]| Must to$4$ my Godhead their devotion pay.
604:01,260[B  ]| I am the God of Love, whom, to$4$ thy cost,
604:01,261[B  ]| Thy foolish curiosity has lost.
604:01,262[B  ]| By$4$ this thou dost my Love to$4$ Anger turn,
604:01,263[B  ]| And must in$4$ fatal desolation mourn.
604:01,264[B  ]| I from thy once loved eyes must flye;
604:01,265[B  ]| For$3$ it is ordained by$4$ cruel destiny,
604:01,266[B  ]| Which$6#1$ rules over all the Gods and me,
604:01,267[B  ]| That$3$ for$4$ thy folly I should thus abandon thee.
604:01,000['  ]| <Cupid flies away. The Garden and Palace vaish, and Psyche is left alone>
604:01,000['  ]| <in a vast Desart, upon the brink of a River in Marish . . . >
604:01,268[A  ]| <Psyc.> Oh! whither art thou fled, my Dear?
604:01,269[A  ]| Why hast thou left me here?
604:01,270[A  ]| Of all my glorious pomp I am bereft,
604:01,271[A  ]| And in$4$ despair am in$4$ a Desart left.
604:01,272[A  ]| Oh my misfortune! oh my crime!
604:01,273[A  ]| I loved a God, and was adored by$4$ him.
604:01,274[A  ]| Myself I banished, and am left forlorn,
604:01,275[A  ]| A fatal subject of injurious scorn;
604:01,276[A  ]| A scorn to$4$ all the Princes I have refused,
604:01,277[A  ]| But my own folly I myself abused.
604:01,278[A  ]| Yet sure the God is much unkind,
604:01,279[A  ]| To$9$ fly himself, yet leave his power behind.
604:01,280[A  ]| My Love remains still to$9$ increase my care,
604:01,281[A  ]| And heighten all the torments of despair.
604:01,000['  ]| <Psyche retires to the River side.>
604:01,000['  ]| <Enter Aglaura, Cidippe, with a Souldier.> 
604:01,282[W  ]| <Sould.> We of your Royal Father are bereft,
604:01,283[W  ]| Who$6#1$ you the Heirs of this great Kingdom left.
604:01,284[W  ]| So$5#1$ much he for$4$ the loss of Psyche grieved,
604:01,285[W  ]| That$3$ he by$4$ death his fatal grief relieved.
604:01,286[H  ]| <Aglau.> But are not yet the Rival Princes slain?
604:01,287[W  ]| <Sould.> We have not followed your Commands in$4$ vain;
604:01,288[W  ]| The Princes are in$4$ sight upon$4$ the Plain:
604:01,289[W  ]| In$4$ quest of Psyche they each path will$1$ trace,
604:01,290[W  ]| And their unwearied search will$1$ bring them to$4$ this place,
604:01,291[W  ]| So$5#1$ many of us here in$4$ ambush lye,
604:01,292[W  ]| As soon as they approach us, they shall dye.
604:01,293[G  ]| <Cid.> Begone, we largely will$1$ reward your Loyalty. <Exit Soldier.>
604:01,294[G  ]| How luckily did Zephyrus convey
604:01,295[G  ]| Us to$4$ this Desart, where we may,
604:01,296[G  ]| To$4$ our great pleasure, standing by$5$,
604:01,297[G  ]| Behold these insolent Rivals die.
604:01,298[H  ]| <Aglau.> Since of all hopes of Love we are bereft,
604:01,299[H  ]| Revenge is all the pleasure we have left.
604:01,300[H  ]| Oh my blessed Eyes! behold yon Face;
604:01,301[H  ]| Psyche is thrown upon$4$ this Desart place.
604:01,302[G  ]| <Cid.> With pleasure I my sufferings embrace,
604:01,303[G  ]| Since her an equal sufferer I find.
604:01,304[G  ]| Is all your splendid Pomp to$4$ this declined?
604:01,305[G  ]| Fate did your Palace to$4$ a Desart turn,
604:01,306[G  ]| And you for$4$ all your arrogance shall mourn.
604:01,307[A  ]| <Psyc.> Am I the object of my Sisters scorn?
604:01,308[A  ]| Ah, had I there your fatal eyes never seen,
604:01,309[A  ]| I still had prosperous in$4$ my Palace been.
604:01,310[A  ]| You urged that$6#2$ curiosity,
604:01,311[A  ]| Which$6#1$ brought this dreadful ruine upon$4$ me.
604:01,312[G  ]| <Cid.> Under our power you now a Slave remain;
604:01,313[G  ]| Our Father is dead, and has left us to$9$ Reign.
604:01,314[A  ]| <Psyc.> No$7$: a more glorious Fate to$4$ me is designed,
604:01,315[A  ]| Since he is gone, I will$1$ not stay long behind.
604:01,316[H  ]| <Aglau.> She shall not if she would;
604:01,317[H  ]| We to$9$ be safe must shed her bloud.
604:01,318[G  ]| <Cid.> Her with her Lovers Heads we will$1$ first surprize,
604:01,319[G  ]| Then to$4$ our rage her life we will$1$ sacrifice.
604:01,000['  ]| <Exit Aglaura and Cidippe, smiling on Psyche.>
604:01,320[A  ]| <Psyc.> No$2$ longer these misfortunes I will$1$ endure;
604:01,321[A  ]| Of all such wounds, death is the sovereign cure.
604:01,322[A  ]| In$4$ this deep Stream that$6#1$ softly by$5$ does glide,
604:01,323[A  ]| All my misfortunes and my faults I will$1$ hide.
604:01,000['  ]| <She offers to throw herself into the River. The God of the River>
604:01,000['  ]| <arises . . . The Naiades round him sing.>
604:01,324[W  ]| <The God sings.> Stay, stay, this act will$1$ much defile my streams
604:01,325[W  ]| With a short patience suffer these extreams.
604:01,326[W  ]| Heaven has for$4$ thee a milder Fate in$4$ store,
604:01,327[W  ]| The time shall be when thou shalt weep no$2$ more.
604:01,328[W  ]| And yet fair Psyche never shall dye.
604:01,329[X  ]| <1 Nymph.> She never shall dye.
604:01,330[X  ]| <2 Nymph.> She never shall dye.
604:01,331[X  ]| <Chor.> She never shall dye.
604:01,332[X  ]| But shall be crowned with immortality.
604:01,333[X  ]| <But shall be, &c.>
604:01,334[W  ]| <The God sings again.> Venus approaches, from her anger fly;
604:01,335[W  ]| More troubles yet your constancy must try,
604:01,336[W  ]| But the happy minute will$1$ ever long arrive,
604:01,337[W  ]| That$6#1$ will$1$ to$4$ you eternal freedom give.
604:01,338[W  ]| And yet fair Psyche never shall dye.
604:01,339[X  ]| <1 Nymph.> She never shall dye.
604:01,340[X  ]| <2 Nymph.> She never shall dye.
604:01,341[X  ]| <Chor.> She never shall dye.
604:01,342[X  ]| But shall be crowned with immortality.
604:01,343[X  ]| <But shall be, &c.>
604:01,344[A  ]| <Psyc.> I need not fly, I have done no$2$ offence,
604:01,345[A  ]| I am strongly guarded by$4$ my Innocence.
604:01,346['  ]| <Venus descends in her Chariot.>
604:01,347[I  ]| <Venus.> Dares Psyche before me appear?
604:01,348[I  ]| From my dread wrath you scorn to$9$ fly:
604:01,349[I  ]| It is Impudence, not constancy.
604:01,350[I  ]| I will$1$ bend your stubborn heart, and make you fear.
604:01,351[A  ]| <Psyc.> Dread Goddess! how have I
604:01,352[A  ]| Provoked so$5#1$ your unwonted cruelty?
604:01,353[I  ]| <Venus.> You did usurp my Honours: men to$4$ you
604:01,354[I  ]| Did give that$6#2$ Worship which$6#1$ to$4$ me was due:
604:01,355[I  ]| For$4$ you they did my Deity despise,
604:01,356[I  ]| And would have raised up$5$ Altars to$4$ your Eyes.
604:01,357[A  ]| <Psyc.> Is Beauty then (Heavens gift) a fault in$4$ me?
604:01,358[A  ]| It is a fault I can not help, you see.
604:01,359[I  ]| <Ven.> Your Pride did first all Earthly Kings refuse,
604:01,360[I  ]| And then my Son, a God, must chuse.
604:01,361[I  ]| How durst you thus my Heavenly Race abuse?
604:01,362[A  ]| <Psyc.> Against all Kings he hardened my poor heart,
604:01,363[A  ]| And for$4$ himself he struck me with his Dart:
604:01,363[A  ]| His Beauty would make hearts of Stone to$9$ melt,
604:01,364[A  ]| And his almighty power yourself have felt.
604:01,365[I  ]| <Ven.> Dare you with me expostulate?
604:01,366[I  ]| I will$1$ make you feel the worst affects of hate:
604:01,367[I  ]| My power you fatally shall know.
604:01,368[I  ]| And for$4$ your insolence to$4$ Hell shall go. <Venus flies away.>
604:01,000['  ]| <Enter Nicander and Polynices.>
604:01,369[D  ]| <Nican.> How long shall we our search pursue,
604:01,370[D  ]| Without all hope that$3$ we shall Psyche find?
604:01,371[E  ]| <Polyn.> Each day our weary labour we renew,
604:01,372[E  ]| And all our life must be for$4$ that$6#2$ designed.
604:01,373[D  ]| <Nican.> What happy Vision does salute my eyes!
604:01,374[E  ]| <Polyn.> It must be Psyche's face that$6#1$ can so$5#1$ much surprize.
604:01,375[D  ]| <Nican.> At length the joy of both our lives is found;
604:01,376[D  ]| Blest Fate! that$6#1$ brought us to$4$ this sacred ground.
604:01,377[E  ]| <Polyn.> Oh Divine Psyche! you are at length restored;
604:01,378[E  ]| We will$1$ defend you now from future harms.
604:01,379[D  ]| <Nican.> Now we have found the Goddess we adored,
604:01,380[D  ]| We will$1$ protect her against all Hells charms.
604:01,381[A  ]| <Psyc.> Oh come not near, Heaven does not me restore;
604:01,382[A  ]| I have committed an unknown offence,
604:01,383[A  ]| For$4$ which$6#1$ I must be snatched from hence,
604:01,384[A  ]| And, Princes! I shall never see you more.
604:01,000['  ]| <Furies rise, and then descend with Psyche.>
604:01,385[D  ]| <Nican.> Oh cruel Fate!
604:01,386[E  ]| <Polyn.> Oh my curst Stars!
604:01,000['  ]| <Enter Soldier.>
604:01,387[W  ]| <Sold.> Fall on$5$, fall on$5$ ~~ 
604:01,000['  ]| <Enter Soldiers, who lay in ambush, and fall upon the Princes, who>
604:01,000['  ]| <kill four or five of them, the rest fly.>
604:01,388[D  ]| <Nican.> This from the envious Sisters must proceed.
604:01,389[E  ]| <Polyn.> It must be their stratagem to$9$ make us bleed.
604:01,390[D  ]| <Nican.> Why should we thus our lives defend,
604:01,391[D  ]| Since Psyche we have forever lost!
604:01,392[E  ]| <Polyn.> It is fit our hated lives should end,
604:01,393[E  ]| But not that$3$ Slaves should of the victory boast.
604:01,394[D  ]| <Nican.> Why I am resolved I will$1$ not this loss survive.
604:01,395[E  ]| <Polyn.> Nor should you think I am so$5#1$ tame to$9$ live.
604:01,396[D  ]| <Nican.> Let us hand in$4$ hand go plunge into the deep,
604:01,397[D  ]| There all our sorrows may forever sleep.
604:01,398[E  ]| <Polyn.> Agreed: and our immortal Souls shall that$6#2$ way go,
604:01,399[E  ]| And meet our much loved Psyche down below.
604:01,000['  ]| <They arm in arm fling themselves into the River.>
604:01,000['  ]| <Enter Aglaura and Cidippe, with Soldiers.>
604:01,400[H  ]| <Aglau.> Villain, what Cowards did you entertain,
604:01,401[H  ]| That$3$ two weak Men could not by$4$ you be slain?
604:01,402[G  ]| <Cid.> Oh Heaven! the Princes are with Psyche fled.
604:01,403[G  ]| Base Slave! thou hast forfeited thy Head. <Soldier runs out.>
604:01,000['  ]| <Cupid descends.>
604:01,404[B  ]| <Cup.> Oh envious Fools, that$6#1$ Psyche thus pursue!
604:01,405[B  ]| You both shall soon a deserved vengeance find;
604:01,406[B  ]| Hells everlasting pangs to$4$ you are due,
604:01,407[B  ]| Since she is gone, you shall not stay behind.
604:01,408[B  ]| Against Psyche you provoked my Mothers rage,
604:01,409[B  ]| And your destruction must my wrath asswage.
604:01,410[B  ]| When from below my Psyche shall return,
604:01,411[B  ]| You with damned Spirits shall forever mourn.
604:01,412[B  ]| Arise ye Furies, snatch them down to$4$ Hell.
604:01,413[B  ]| No$2$ place becomes such envious Hags so$5#1$ well.
604:01,000[B  ]| <Aglaura and Cidippe sink.>
605:01,000['  ]| <ACT V.>
605:01,000['  ]| <The Scene represents Hell . . .  The following Song>
605:01,000['  ]| <is sung by Furies and Devils.>
605:01,001[X  ]| To$4$ what great distresses proud Psyche is brought?
605:01,002[X  ]| Oh the brave mischiefs our malice has wrought!
605:01,003[X  ]| Such Actions become the black Subjects of Hell,
605:01,004[X  ]| Our great Prince of Darkness whoever will$1$ serve well,
605:01,005[X  ]| <Chor.> Must to$4$ all Mortals, nay Gods shew their spight,
605:01,006[X  ]| And in$4$ horrour and torments of others delight.
605:01,007[X  ]| How cool are our Flames, and how light are our Chains,
605:01,008[X  ]| If our craft or our cruelty Souls enow gains:
605:01,009[X  ]| In$4$ perpetual howlings and groans we take pleasure,
605:01,010[X  ]| Our joys by$4$ the torments of others we measure.
605:01,011[X  ]| <Chor.> To$9$ rob Heaven of the fair is our greatest delight,
605:01,012[X  ]| To$4$ darkness seducing the Subjects of Light.
605:01,013[X  ]| How little did Heaven of its Empire take care,
605:01,014[X  ]| To$9$ let Pluto take the Rich, Witty, and Fair:
605:01,015[X  ]| While it does for$4$ itself Fools and Monsters preserve,
605:01,016[X  ]| The Blind, Ugly, and Poor, and the Cripple reserve.
605:01,017[X  ]| <Chor.> Heaven all the worst Subjects for$4$ itself does prepare,
605:01,018[X  ]| And leaves all the best for$4$ the Prince of the Air.
605:01,000['  ]| <A Dance of Furies.>
605:01,019[G  ]| <Cidip.> Some ease they find in$4$ the midst of pain,
605:01,020[G  ]| When Hell does a new Subject gain.
605:01,021[H  ]| <Aglau.> But in$4$ the hottest flames this sight would please,
605:01,022[H  ]| And Psyche's howling will$1$ our greatest torments ease.
605:01,023[G  ]| <Cid.> Were mine the hottest Furnace of all Hell,
605:01,024[G  ]| If she were there, my flames I could bear well.
605:01,025[H  ]| <Aglau.> Were I into some dreadful Cavern tost,
605:01,026[H  ]| Where the Damned are bound in$4$ Eternal Frost;
605:01,027[H  ]| Where gnashing teeth and shuddering they lie,
605:01,028[H  ]| Cursing their Births, wishing in$4$ vain to$9$ die:
605:01,029[H  ]| To$9$ see her there would warm my icy chain,
605:01,030[H  ]| And her extream damnation thaw my pain.
605:01,031[G  ]| <Cidip.> But oh our Hell is yet to$9$ come!
605:01,032[G  ]| With horror I expect my doom.
605:01,033[H  ]| <Aglau.> There our eternal Judges are,
605:01,034[H  ]| By$4$ their stern looks of mercy I despair.
605:01,035[A  ]| <Psyc.> Does my too criminal Love deserve this pain?
605:01,036[A  ]| Circled with horror must I here remain?
605:01,037[A  ]| Through thousand terrors I have been conveyed,
605:01,038[A  ]| With dismal yellings, shrieks and groans dismayed:
605:01,039[A  ]| Over troubled Billows of eternal Fire,
605:01,040[A  ]| Where tortured Ghosts must howl, and never expire:
605:01,041[A  ]| Where Souls never rest, but feel fresh torments still,
605:01,042[A  ]| Where furious Fiends their utmost rage fulfil;
605:01,043[A  ]| Tossing poor howling Wretches to$8$ and fro,
605:01,044[A  ]| From raging Fires into eternal Snow.
605:01,045[A  ]| From thence to$4$ Flames, from thence to$4$ Ice again,
605:01,046[A  ]| In$4$ these extreams the encounter equal pain,
605:01,047[A  ]| And no$2$ refreshing intervals can gain.
605:01,048[A  ]| The cursed Fiends still laughing at their moans,
605:01,049[A  ]| Hugging themselves to$9$ hear their shrieks and groans;
605:01,050[A  ]| Upbraiding them with all their crimes on$4$ earth.
605:01,051[A  ]| Each miserable Ghost curses, in$4$ vain, his birth.
605:01,052[A  ]| Encompassed with these horrors round,
605:01,053[A  ]| No$2$ beam of comfort have I found.
605:01,054[A  ]| Oh cruel Venus! wilt thou never relent?
605:01,055[A  ]| Canst thou of Love such an example make?
605:01,056[A  ]| Can Love deserve such punishment?
605:01,057[A  ]| Oh cruel God, thus to$9$ forsake
605:01,058[A  ]| Me at the moment when I need him most!
605:01,059[A  ]| I fear he is forever lost.
605:01,060[A  ]| I could endure the horrors of this place,
605:01,061[A  ]| Could I again behold his much-loved Face.
605:01,062[W  ]| <Pluto sings.> Refrain your Tears, you shall no$2$ Prisoner be;
605:01,063[W  ]| Beauty and Innocence in$4$ Hell are free:
605:01,064[W  ]| They are Treasons, Murders, Rapes, and Thefts that$6#1$ bring
605:01,065[W  ]| Subjects to$4$ the infernal King.
605:01,066[W  ]| You are no$2$ subject of this place.
605:01,067[W  ]| A God you must embrace.
605:01,068[W  ]| From Hell to$4$ Heaven you must translated be,
605:01,069[W  ]| Where you shall live and love to$4$ all eternity.
605:01,070[V  ]| <Proserp.> Psyche, draw near: with thee this Present take,
605:01,071[V  ]| Which$6#1$ given to$4$ Venus, soon thy Peace will$1$ make:
605:01,072[V  ]| Of Beauty, it is a Treasury Divine,
605:01,073[V  ]| And you are the Messenger she did design.
605:01,074[V  ]| Lost Beauty this will$1$ soon restore,
605:01,075[V  ]| And all defects repair:
605:01,076[V  ]| Mortals will$1$ now afresh her Beams adore,
605:01,077[V  ]| And ease her mind of jealousie and care.
605:01,078[V  ]| No$2$ Beauty that$6#1$ has this can ever despair.
605:01,079[W  ]| <Pluto.> Here are your Sisters, who$6#1$ your life once sought:
605:01,080[W  ]| Their malice to$4$ this place has Psyche brought,
605:01,081[W  ]| And against her all these dire mischiefs wrought.
605:01,082[W  ]| Forever here they shall remain,
605:01,083[W  ]| And shall in$4$ Hell suffer eternal pain.
605:01,084[W  ]| But Psyche shall a Deity embrace.
605:01,085[V  ]| <Proserp.> Be gone, fair Psyche!
605:01,086[W  ]| <Pluto.> Be gone, fair Psyche!
605:01,087[X  ]| <Both.> Be gone, fair Psyche! from this place.
605:01,088[X  ]| <Chor. of all.> For$3$ Psyche must the God of Love embrace.
605:01,089[X  ]| For$3$ Psyche must the God of Love embrace.
605:01,090[H  ]| <Aglau.> O mercy, mercy, Sister, we implore;
605:01,091[H  ]| You will$1$ intercede for$4$ a Reprieve.
605:01,092[G  ]| <Cidip.> No$2$ more our malice can fair Psyche grieve;
605:01,093[G  ]| You will$1$ be a Goddess, we must you adore.
605:01,094[W  ]| <Minos.> No$2$ grace for$4$ you she shall obtain,
605:01,095[W  ]| For$3$ you must here remain.
605:01,096[W  ]| Yet for$4$ her sake we will$1$ ease you of some pain.
605:01,097[W  ]| No$2$ raging pangs of sense here you shall know,
605:01,098[W  ]| But must eternal labours undergo;
605:01,099[W  ]| And with the Belides forever live,
605:01,100[W  ]| Still shall wish death, but never dye;
605:01,101[W  ]| Each of you must draw water in$4$ a Sieve
605:01,102[W  ]| To$4$ all Eternity.
605:01,000['  ]| <The envious Sisters sink, with all the Devils and>
605:01,000['  ]| <Furies, and the Throne of Pluto vanishes.>
605:01,103[A  ]| <Psyc.> In$4$ vain, poor Sisters, I deplore your Fate!
605:01,104[A  ]| Though living, you pursued me with your Hate?
605:01,105[A  ]| It is a dark Cloud upon$4$ my happiness.
605:01,106[A  ]| But I will$1$ strive to$9$ forget what is past redress.
605:01,107[A  ]| Were it not for$4$ this, my Joys I could not bear.
605:01,108[A  ]| Immoderate Joy would overthrow,
605:01,109[A  ]| Were it not ballasted with care.
605:01,110[A  ]| My Love! I shall enjoy thee now,
605:01,111[A  ]| Together we shall happy be,
605:01,112[A  ]| And live and love to$4$ all Eternity.
605:01,000['  ]| <Enter the Ghosts of Polynices and Lysander.>
605:01,000['  ]| <Psyche starts.>
605:01,113[A  ]| This was a dismal Tragedy.
605:01,114[A  ]| These are the Princes Ghosts we see:
605:01,115[A  ]| Oh what sad chance has brought you down to$4$ me.
605:01,116[D  ]| <Nican.> We felt the extreams of love and grief,
605:01,117[D  ]| Which$6#1$ never could have found relief:
605:01,118[D  ]| And hand in$4$ hand we plunged into the deep,
605:01,119[D  ]| To$9$ seek repose by$4$ deaths last sleep.
605:01,120[E  ]| <Polyn.> Since you are lost, to$9$ ease us of our care,
605:01,121[E  ]| We both obeyed a generous despair:
605:01,122[E  ]| For$3$ since we could not live for$4$ you,
605:01,123[E  ]| Our miserable lives we could not bear.
605:01,124[E  ]| To$4$ all the insipid World we bad adieu,
605:01,125[E  ]| Since nothing that$6#1$ remained could please us there.
605:01,126[D  ]| <Nican.> Death we enjoyed, and heavy life removed,
605:01,127[D  ]| For$3$ we in$4$ death behold your charms again:
605:01,128[D  ]| Those charms which$6#1$ both in$4$ life and death we loved,
605:01,129[D  ]| Which$6#1$ we had sighed and wept for$4$ there in$4$ vain.
605:01,130[A  ]| <Psyc.> Poor Ghosts! why should you suffer for$4$ my sake?
605:01,131[A  ]| In$4$ vain too it was your death designed,
605:01,132[A  ]| Now I no$2$ recompence can make;
605:01,133[A  ]| And then by$4$ force I was ungrateful and unkind:
605:01,134[A  ]| Could I have loved, your merits were so$5#1$ much,
605:01,135[A  ]| Your equal greatness and your vertues such:
605:01,136[A  ]| I never had fixed my choice on$4$ one of you,
605:01,137[A  ]| But must eternally have wavered betwixt two. <She weeps.>
605:01,138[D  ]| <Nican.> Who$6#2$ would not willingly resign his breath,
605:01,139[D  ]| Who$6#1$ by$4$ a glorious death,
605:01,140[D  ]| The honor of your Tears might gain?
605:01,141[E  ]| <Polyn.> I can not now of Fate complain;
605:01,142[E  ]| Nor would with tedious fools above remain.
605:01,143[E  ]| Nor can you pity now or love implore.
605:01,144[E  ]| Since you from hence must mount above,
605:01,145[E  ]| And must embrace the all powerful God of Love,
605:01,146[E  ]| And at an humble distance we must you adore.
605:01,147[D  ]| <Nican.> Nor can we you of cruelty accuse,
605:01,148[D  ]| Who$6#1$ for$4$ a God all mortal Kings refuse.
605:01,149[E  ]| <Polyn.> Farewel! our Destiny recalls us now,
605:01,150[E  ]| And we to$4$ immortal happiness should go,
605:01,151[E  ]| If without you it could be so$5#2$.
605:01,152[A  ]| <Psyc.> Stay, Princes! and declare where, and what it is,
605:01,153[A  ]| This everlasting place of Bliss?
605:01,154[D  ]| <Nican.> In$4$ cool sweet shades, and in$4$ immortal Groves,
605:01,155[D  ]| By$4$ Chrystal Rivulets, and eternal Springs;
605:01,156[D  ]| Where the most beauteous Queens and greatest Kings,
605:01,157[D  ]| Do celebrate their everlasting Loves.
605:01,158[E  ]| <Polyn.> In$4$ ever peaceful, fresh, and fragrant Bowers,
605:01,159[E  ]| Adorned with never-fading Fruits and Flowers;
605:01,160[E  ]| Where perfumed Winds refresh their heat,
605:01,161[E  ]| And where immortal Quires their Loves repeat.
605:01,162[E  ]| There your great Father we have seen,
605:01,163[E  ]| Where he afresh enjoys his beauteous Queen.
605:01,164[D  ]| <Nican.> Who$6#1$ did for$4$ hopeless Loves themselves destroy,
605:01,165[D  ]| Are there the greatest Heros far;
605:01,166[D  ]| Your God with infinite and endless joy,
605:01,167[D  ]| Rewards their meritorious despair.
605:01,168[E  ]| <Polyn.> Each moment there does far out-go
605:01,169[E  ]| The happiest minute earthly Lovers know.
605:01,170[E  ]| With soft eternal Chains of Love combined
605:01,171[E  ]| There they are ever youthful, ever kind:
605:01,172[E  ]| Their endless pleasure is all Extasie,
605:01,173[E  ]| And not like$4$ Earthly joys disturbed with care;
605:01,174[E  ]| Each fruitful minute does new pleasures bear:
605:01,175[E  ]| From all unwelcome interrpution free;
605:01,176[E  ]| Each moment there more pleasure is designed,
605:01,177[E  ]| Than mortal Lovers can, when first united, find.
605:01,178[A  ]| <Psyc.> It is fit that$3$ you those glorious Crowns should wear,
605:01,179[A  ]| Of Friends and Rivals, the unequalled pair.
605:01,180[D  ]| <Nican.> The splendid Crowns of Lovers we have received,
605:01,181[D  ]| But are by$4$ Heaven of you bereaved.
605:01,182[D  ]| Strangers to$4$ Love we are alone;
605:01,183[D  ]| Our Love is up$5$ to$4$ Adoration grown:
605:01,184[D  ]| Our hours in$4$ contemplation we will$1$ employ,
605:01,185[D  ]| Of the transcendent glory which$6#1$ you share;
605:01,186[D  ]| Our amorous sighs shall turn to$4$ Holy Prayer;
605:01,187[D  ]| While we that$6#2$ friendship, which$6#1$ you made, enjoy.
605:01,188[E  ]| <Polyn.> Forever without you we must remain.
605:01,189[E  ]| And now we must no$2$ longer stay,
605:01,190[E  ]| Lest we contribute to$4$ your pain,
605:01,191[E  ]| And your immortal happiness dely.
605:01,192[E  ]| Farewel forever, and remember me.
605:01,193[D  ]| <Nican.> Farewel forever, and remember me. <Exit Nic. and Polyn.>
605:01,194[A  ]| <Psyc.> Farewel! such Friends and Rivals never were found.
605:01,195[A  ]| How much am I by$4$ Love and Honour bound?
605:01,000['  ]| <Exit Psyc.>
605:02,000['  ]| <The Scene changes to the Marish which was in the former Act.>
605:02,000['  ]| <Enter Psyche.>
605:02,001[A  ]| <Psyc.> These Lovers must forever in$4$ my thoughts remain;
605:02,002[A  ]| And would forever give me pain,
605:02,003[A  ]| Did not the thoughts of him my mind employ,
605:02,004[A  ]| Who will$1$ banish all my cares, and will$1$ compleat my joy.
605:02,005[A  ]| But ah! my sufferings have transformed me so$5#1$,
605:02,006[A  ]| My decayed Face, and languid Eyes;
605:02,007[A  ]| My ruined Beauty he will$1$ not know,
605:02,008[A  ]| Or if he does, he will$1$ my looks despise.
605:02,009[A  ]| But I have here a sacred Treasury,
605:02,010[A  ]| Which$6#1$ all my ruines may repair;
605:02,011[A  ]| Since it can make Venus herself more fair,
605:02,012[A  ]| Is it an offence if it be used by$4$ me?  <She opens the Box.>
605:02,013[A  ]| Oh! what dark fumes oppress my clouded brain!
605:02,014[A  ]| I go, and never shall return again.
605:02,015[A  ]| Farewel, my Love, forever fare thee well. <She swounds.>
605:02,000['  ]| <Cupid descends.>
605:02,016[B  ]| <Cup.> Love over my anger has the Victory gained;
605:02,017[B  ]| Thy pardon is at length obtained:
605:02,018[B  ]| Thy dangers and thy sufferings I have known,
605:02,019[B  ]| My Love has made them all my own:
605:02,020[B  ]| With thee I languished, with thee did complain,
605:02,021[B  ]| With thee I sighed and wept, and suffered all thy pain,
605:02,022[B  ]| Why dost thou hide thy conquering Eyes?
605:02,023[B  ]| Dost thou a Lover and a God despise?
605:02,024[B  ]| Open thy pretty Eies, I am still the same,
605:02,025[B  ]| I still retain my unresisted flame;
605:02,026[B  ]| And all my vows are still paid to$4$ thy sacred name.
605:02,027[B  ]| She is dead, she is dead! O whither art thou gone?
605:02,028[B  ]| O Tyrant death! what has thy bold hand done?
605:02,029[B  ]| O cruel Mother! whose insatiate rage
605:02,030[B  ]| Could thee against such innocence engage?
605:02,031[B  ]| Thou hast, by$4$ this, all ties of duty broke;
605:02,032[B  ]| No$2$ longer I will$1$ endure thy yoke:
605:02,033[B  ]| My filial duty to$4$ revenge shall turn,
605:02,034[B  ]| You soon shall feel what to$4$ my power you owe;
605:02,035[B  ]| With hopeless Love you shall forever burn,
605:02,036[B  ]| Your unregarded pains no$2$ ease shall know:
605:02,037[B  ]| You still shall rage with Love, and to$4$ despair shall bow.
605:02,000[B  ]| <Venus descends in her Chariot.>
605:02,038[I  ]| <Ven.> What insolence is this I hear?
605:02,039[I  ]| This from a Son I can no$2$ longer bear.
605:02,040[I  ]| Resume your Duty, and put on$5$ your fear.
605:02,041[B  ]| <Cup.> Duty to$4$ her, who$6#1$ has made Psyche dye?
605:02,042[B  ]| Revenge shall Piety succeed,
605:02,043[B  ]| Revenge shall make your cruel heart to$9$ bleed.
605:02,044[B  ]| And by$4$ your torments you shall find that$3$ I
605:02,045[B  ]| Am much the greater Deity.
605:02,046[I  ]| <Ven.> Sure the great Thunderer asleep does lye,
605:02,047[I  ]| Or does not hear this Blasphemy.
605:02,048[B  ]| <Cup.> My power can make the Thunderer bow;
605:02,049[B  ]| You all the dire effects of it shall know.
605:02,050[B  ]| For$4$ thee, dear Psyche, full revenge I will$1$ take,
605:02,051[B  ]| And of my mother first I will$1$ the example make.
605:02,052[B  ]| What hellish Rage provoked you to$4$ this deed?
605:02,053[B  ]| Whom Monsters would have spared, you have made bleed.
605:02,054[I  ]| <Ven.> You suffered her my glory to$9$ invade;
605:02,055[I  ]| And when I called Apollo to$4$ my aid,
605:02,056[I  ]| You did the fraudulent God suborne.
605:02,057[I  ]| For$4$ you he that$6#2$ ambiguous Riddle made,
605:02,058[I  ]| And promised Judgement did to$4$ mercy turn;
605:02,059[I  ]| And by$4$ that$6#2$ Oracle I was betrayed.
605:02,060[I  ]| Now to$9$ deceive me is beyond his power,
605:02,061[I  ]| Not all his Art can make her live one hour;
605:02,062[I  ]| For$3$ none but I could Psyche's Life restore.
605:02,063[B  ]| <Cup.> Can you? Oh do, and punish me;
605:02,064[B  ]| If there were any Crime, it was mine.
605:02,065[B  ]| For$4$ her I would lose my immortality.
605:02,066[B  ]| Oh give me her, I will$1$ all my power resign.
605:02,067[B  ]| Here take my Quiver, take my Darts;
605:02,068[B  ]| You when you please shall rule all hearts:
605:02,069[B  ]| You shall the power of Love to$4$ that$6#2$ of Beauty join.
605:02,070[I  ]| <Ven.> Psyche and you have so$5#1$ provoked my hate,
605:02,071[I  ]| Your Prayers as soon may alter Fate.
605:02,072[B  ]| <Cup.> Behold the all-commanding Deity,
605:02,073[B  ]| An humble suppliant on$4$ his knee!
605:02,074[B  ]| Look on$4$ my Love! can you this form destroy?
605:02,075[B  ]| Oh my loved Psyche! Oh my only Joy!
605:02,076[B  ]| Oh give me her! my duty I will$1$ retain,
605:02,077[B  ]| Your Son forever shall your humblest Slave remain!
605:02,078[I  ]| <Ven.> I must be gone, you sigh and beg in$4$ vain.
605:02,079[B  ]| <Cup.> Oh hear my Prayers! do not my Tears despise;
605:02,080[B  ]| Behold the humble offerings of my Eyes.
605:02,081[B  ]| If ever yet true grief you have felt,
605:02,082[B  ]| Your marble heart will$1$ at this object melt.
605:02,083[B  ]| Ah think what pity to$4$ your Son is due!
605:02,084[B  ]| Think but what wonders he has wrought for$4$ you!
605:02,085[B  ]| How many hearts he has wounded for$4$ your sake!
605:02,086[B  ]| Remember this, and then some pity take.
605:02,087[I  ]| <Ven.> No$2$ more for$4$ her will$1$ I neglected be,
605:02,088[I  ]| Nor will$1$ I be affronted more by$4$ thee:
605:02,089[I  ]| I will$1$ be revenged on$4$ all your insolence,
605:02,090[I  ]| And with eternal death I will$1$ punish her offence.
605:02,091[B  ]| <Cup.> Oh cruel Murdress! I will$1$ take her part,
605:02,092[B  ]| And will$1$ revenge myself upon$4$ your heart;
605:02,093[B  ]| Against your Breast I will$1$ sharpen every Dart.
605:02,094[B  ]| You in$4$ despair shall languish and decay:
605:02,095[B  ]| Those feeble charms you have left shall fly away.
605:02,096[B  ]| Languid shall be your looks, and weak your Eyes,
605:02,097[B  ]| Your former Worshippers shall your faint beams despise!
605:02,098[B  ]| No$2$ Lover more you ever shall gain,
605:02,099[B  ]| I will$1$ be deaf whenever you complain;
605:02,100[B  ]| Without Love's power, all Beauty is but vain.
605:02,101[B  ]| Its seeming Essence Beauty does derive
605:02,102[B  ]| Only from the reflection which$6#1$ Love makes
605:02,103[B  ]| Like$4$ that$6#2$ ~~ 
605:02,104[B  ]| Which$6#1$ from reflected Light a colour takes.
605:02,105[B  ]| The Body does no$2$ being to$4$ it give.
605:02,106[B  ]| Tremble at my revenge, for$3$ well you know,
605:02,107[B  ]| What I by$4$ my resistless power can do.
605:02,108[I  ]| <Ven.> Farewel you insolent and daring Boy:
605:02,109[I  ]| A living Psyche you shall never enjoy.
605:02,110['  ]| <She mounts her Chariot and flies away.>
605:02,111[B  ]| <Cup.> Oh cruel Mother! do not fly;
605:02,112[B  ]| Oh think how great must be that$6#2$ misery,
605:02,113[B  ]| Makes an immortal Being wish to$9$ dye.
605:02,114[B  ]| Spight of myself I must forever live,
605:02,115[B  ]| And without her, eternally must grieve:
605:02,116[B  ]| You I conjure by$4$ all the Heavenly Race,
605:02,117[B  ]| By$4$ all the pleasure of each stollen embrace;
605:02,118[B  ]| By$4$ the most ravishing moment of delight
605:02,119[B  ]| You ever had free from your Husbands sight,
605:02,120[B  ]| By$4$ all the joys of day, and raptures of the night,
605:02,121[B  ]| Return, return.
605:02,000['  ]| <Venus being almost lost in the Clouds. Cupid flies up and>
605:02,000['  ]| <gets into her Chariot, and brings her back.>
605:02,122[B  ]| Do but my Psyche's Life restore,
605:02,123[B  ]| And I will$1$ never ask you more:
605:02,124[B  ]| Do it, and all your pleasures I will$1$ renew,
605:02,125[B  ]| And add a thousand which$6#1$ you never knew.
605:02,126[I  ]| <Ven.> At length your sad complaints have softened me ~~ 
605:02,127[I  ]| Psyche shall live ~~ 
605:02,128[B  ]| <Cup.> Oh Heaven.
605:02,129[I  ]| <Ven.> But not for$4$ thee;
605:02,130[I  ]| Nature returns, and I forgive my Boy.
605:02,131[I  ]| Restored you her shall see, but never shall enjoy.
605:02,132[B  ]| <Cup.> What dreadful words are these I hear.
605:02,000['  ]| <Jupiter appears upon his Eagle.>
605:02,133[B  ]| But lo! the mighty Thunderer does appear,
605:02,134[B  ]| To$4$ him your cruelty I will$1$ reveal:
605:02,135[B  ]| To$4$ the great Jupiter I now appeal.
605:02,136[B  ]| Soul of the World, I beg you will$1$ do me right,
605:02,137[B  ]| Against my savage Mothers rage and spight.
605:02,138[K  ]| <Jup.> Goddess of Beauty, you must gentle grow,
605:02,139[K  ]| And your severe Decree recal;
605:02,140[K  ]| To$4$ almighty Love the Universe must bow,
605:02,141[K  ]| And without him must to$4$ confusion fall:
605:02,142[K  ]| On$4$ Earth no$2$ Prince, in$4$ Heaven no$2$ Deity,
605:02,143[K  ]| Is from his powerful Sceptre free.
605:02,144[K  ]| Do not the God of Union provoke,
605:02,145[K  ]| Lest Heaven and Earth feel his revenging stroke.
605:02,146[K  ]| Should he the utmost of his Rage employ,
605:02,147[K  ]| He might the frame of the Universe destroy.
605:02,148[I  ]| <Ven.> Should he a Mortal for$4$ his Wife embrace!
605:02,149[I  ]| And by$4$ this hated Match blemish my heavenly Race!
605:02,150[K  ]| <Jup.> Psyche to$4$ him shall equal be,
605:02,151[K  ]| She is no$2$ Mortal, she shall never dye;
605:02,152[K  ]| For$3$ I will$1$ give her immortality.
605:02,153[I  ]| <Ven.> This puts a happy end to$4$ all our strife.
605:02,154[I  ]| Psyche, arise: from seeming death return,
605:02,155[I  ]| And with my Son enjoy immortal Life,
605:02,156[I  ]| Where you shall ever love, and never mourn. <Psyche revives.>
605:02,157[A  ]| <Psyc.> Who$6#2$ is it calls me from deaths silent night,
605:02,158[A  ]| And makes me thus revisit Light?
605:02,159[A  ]| Oh Gods, am I again blest with thy sight!
605:02,160[B  ]| <Cup.> Forever both your Godheads I will$1$ adore,
605:02,161[B  ]| Who$6#1$ did my Psyche to$4$ my arms restore,
605:02,162[B  ]| Nor Hell nor Heaven shall make me quit thee more.
605:02,163[A  ]| <Psyc.> Do I again view thy Celestial Face!
605:02,164[B  ]| <Cup.> Do I again my Dear, my Love embrace!
605:02,165[K  ]| <Jup.> Come, happy Lovers, you with me shall go,
605:02,166[K  ]| Where you the utmost Joys of Love shall know:
605:02,167[K  ]| Amongst the Gods I Psyche will$1$ translate,
605:02,168[K  ]| And they shall these blest Nuptials celebrate:
605:02,169[K  ]| In$4$ honour of them, I will$1$ summon all
605:02,170[K  ]| The powers of Heaven to$9$ keep a Festival.
605:03,000['  ]| <The SCENE changes to a Heav'n.>
605:03,000['  ]| <In the highest part is the Palace of Jupiter. . . .>
605:03,000['  ]| <Apollo sings.>
605:03,001[C  ]| <Apollo.> Assemble all the Heavenly Quire,
605:03,002[C  ]| And let the God of Love inspire
605:03,003[C  ]| Your Hearts with his Celestial Fire.
605:03,004[C  ]| The God of Love is a happy Lover made,
605:03,005[C  ]| His ravishing delights shall never fade.
605:03,006[X  ]| <Chorus of Apollo's followers.> With his immortal Psyche He
605:03,007[X  ]| Now tasts those Joys which$6#1$ ought to$9$ be
605:03,008[X  ]| As lasting as Eternity.
605:03,009[C  ]| <Apollo.> Come Lovers, from the Elizian Groves,
605:03,010[C  ]| And celebrate these Heavenly Loves.
605:03,000['  ]| <A Symphony of Pipes . . .>
605:03,011[C  ]| <Apollo.> Bacchus with all your jolly Crew,
605:03,012[C  ]| Come revel at these Nuptials too.
605:03,000['  ]| <A Symphony of Hoboys . . .>
605:03,013[C  ]| <Apollo.> Come all ye winged Spirits of the Skies,
605:03,014[C  ]| And all ye mighty Deities.
605:03,000['  ]| <A Symphony of Recorders . . .>
605:03,015[C  ]| <Apollo.> You all his humble Vassals are
605:03,016[C  ]| And in$4$ this Joy should have a share.
605:03,017[X  ]| <Chor.> <With his immortal Psyche He>
605:03,018[X  ]| <Now tastes, &c.>
605:03,019[X  ]| <1 Elisian Lover.> On$4$ Earth by$4$ unkindness are often destroyed
605:03,020[X  ]| The Delights in$4$ the Nymphs, who$6#1$ are so$5#1$ much adored,
605:03,021[X  ]| Or Else the poor Lovers by$4$ kindness are cloyed
605:03,022[X  ]| So$5#1$ faint are the pleasures their Love does afford.
605:03,023[X  ]| <2 Treble.> With Sighs and with Tears,
605:03,024[X  ]| With Jealousies, griefs, and with fears,
605:03,025[X  ]| The wretched poor Lover is tost,
605:03,026[X  ]| For$4$ a few moment's Pleasure his Liberty is lost.
605:03,027[X  ]| <3 Treble.> How short are those moments, yet how few they employed
605:03,028[X  ]| Ah how short! ah how short is the joy!
605:03,029[X  ]| <2 Treble.> <Ah how short! ah how short is the joy!>
605:03,030[X  ]| <1 Treble.> <Ah how short! ah how short is the joy!>
605:03,031[X  ]| <Chor.> Thus wretched Mankind does suffer below,
605:03,032[X  ]| And in$4$ Heaven each Godhead to$4$ Cupid does bow.
605:03,033[X  ]| But Love, Love was never perfect till now.
605:03,000['  ]| <A Symphony of soft Musick of all the Instruments. Then Jupiter>
605:03,000['  ]| <descends in a Machine, with Cupid on one side, and Psyche on the>
605:03,000['  ]| <other. Then a Dance . . . >
605:03,034[J  ]| <Mars sings.> Behold the God, whose mighty power
605:03,035[J  ]| We all have felt, and all adore;
605:03,036[J  ]| To$4$ him I all my Triumphs owe,
605:03,037[J  ]| To$4$ him my Trophies I must yield:
605:03,038[J  ]| He makes victorious Monarchs bow,
605:03,039[J  ]| And from the Conqueror gains the Field.
605:03,040[X  ]| <Chorus . . .> He turns all the Horrors of War to$4$ Delight,
605:03,041[X  ]| And were there no$2$ Love, no$2$ Heroes would fight.
605:03,000['  ]| <A Returnello by Martial Instruments, &c.>
605:03,042[J  ]| <Mars.> Honour to$4$ Battel spurs them on$5$,
605:03,043[J  ]| Honour brings Powers, when War is done:
605:03,044[J  ]| But who$6#2$ would venture Life for$4$ Power,
605:03,045[J  ]| Only to$9$ govern dull Mankind!
605:03,046[J  ]| It is Woman, Woman they adore;
605:03,047[J  ]| For$4$ Beauty they those Dangers find.
605:03,048[X  ]| <Chorus . . .> No$2$ Princes the Toils of Ambition would prove
605:03,049[X  ]| Or Dominion would prize if it were not for$4$ Love.
605:03,000['  ]| <A Returnello again.>
605:03,050[W  ]| <Bacchus.> The Delights of the Bottle, and the Charms of good Wine,
605:03,051[W  ]| To$4$ the power and the pleasures of Love must resign:
605:03,052[W  ]| Though the night in$4$ the joys of good Drinking be past,
605:03,053[W  ]| The debauches but till the next Morning will$1$ last.
605:03,054[X  ]| <Chorus . . .> But Loves great Debauch is more lasting and strong;
605:03,055[X  ]| For$3$ that$6#2$ often lasts a Man all his Life long.
605:03,000['  ]| <A Returnello again.>
605:03,056[W  ]| <Bacchus.> Love and Wine are the Bonds which$6#1$ fasten us all;
605:03,057[W  ]| The World but for$4$ these to$4$ confusion would fall;
605:03,058[W  ]| Were it not for$4$ the Pleasures of Love and good Wine,
605:03,059[W  ]| Mankind for$4$ each trifle their lives would resign.
605:03,060[X  ]| <Chorus.> They would not value dull Life, or would live without thinking;
605:03,061[X  ]| Nor would Kings rule the World, but for$4$ Love and good Drinking.
605:03,000['  ]| <A Returnello again.>
605:03,062[C  ]| <Apollo.> But to$4$ Love! to$4$ Love the great Union they owe
605:03,063[C  ]| All in$4$ Earth and in$4$ Heaven to$4$ his Sceptre must bow.
605:03,064[X  ]| <A general Chorus . . .> All Joy to$4$ this Celestial Pair,
605:03,065[X  ]| Who$6#1$ thus, by$4$ Heaven, united are:
605:03,066[X  ]| It is a great thing worth Heavens Design,
605:03,067[X  ]| To$9$ make Love's Power with Beauty's join.
605:03,000['  ]| <. . . they dance . . . >
605:03,068[K  ]| <Jup.> Forever happy in$4$ your Psyche be,
605:03,069[K  ]| Who$6#1$ now is crowned with Immortality;
605:03,070[K  ]| On$4$ Earth Love never is from Troubles free,
605:03,071[K  ]| But here it is one Eternal Extasie:
605:03,072[K  ]| Amongst all the Joys which$6#1$ Heaven and Earth can find,
605:03,073[K  ]| Love is the most glorious Object of the Mind.