601:00,000[' ]| 601:00,000[' ]| 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 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 the Crime. 601:00,006[' ]| It might in him that boldness too beget, 601:00,007[' ]| To 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'll sin no more. 601:00,010[' ]| His bus'ness now is to shew splendid Scenes, 601:00,011[' ]| T'interpret 'twixt 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's humble, and his Verse is so; 601:00,015[' ]| This Theme no thund'ring Raptures would allow, 601:00,016[' ]| Nor would he, if he could, that way pursue. 601:00,017[' ]| He'd ride unruly Fancy with a Bit, 601:00,018[' ]| And keep within the bounds of Sense and Wit, 601:00,019[' ]| Those bounds no boisterous Fustian will 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 o'r-strain, 601:00,024[' ]| Wou'd, on our Stages, be roar'd out in vain. 601:00,025[' ]| In all true Wit a due proportion's found, 601:00,026[' ]| To the just Rules of heighth and distance bound. 601:00,027[' ]| Wit, like a Faulcon tow'ring in 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 danger now; 601:00,031[' ]| He would not soar too high, nor creep too low: 601:00,032[' ]| Howe'r he hopes you will excuse his haste, 601:00,033[' ]| For he this gawdy Trifle wrote so fast; 601:00,034[' ]| Five weeks begun and finish'd this design, 601:00,035[' ]| In those few hours he snatch'd from Friends and Wine; 601:00,036[' ]| And since in better things h' has spent his time, 601:00,036[' ]| With which he hopes e're long t' atone this Crime. 601:00,038[' ]| But he, alas! has several pow'rful Foes, 601:00,039[' ]| Who are unjustly so, and yet he knows, 601:00,040[' ]| They will, whate're he writes, though good, oppose. 601:00,041[' ]| If he the honour has to please the best, 601:00,042[' ]| 'Tis not his fault if he offends the rest: 601:00,043[' ]| But none of them yet so severe can be, 601:00,044[' ]| As to condemn this Trifle more then he. 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,001[A ]| 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 discord moves. 601:01,004[A ]| No stormy passions can the mind invade, 601:01,005[A ]| No 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 Wolves and Foxes made, 601:01,008[V ]| And Toils for Beasts, not Men, are laid; 601:01,009[V ]| Man is not here by Man betray'd. 601:01,010[V ]| <2 Lad.> Here no man's ruine is with baseness sought, 601:01,011[V ]| For in this happy place no Court-like Arts are taught. 601:01,012[A ]| How pleasant is this undisturb'd retreat, 601:01,013[A ]| With harmless Joys, and Rural Sports, 601:01,014[A ]| Free from tumultuous Cares that trouble Courts, 601:01,015[A ]| And all the Factions which disturb the Great. 601:01,016[V ]| <1 Lad.> How vain their gaudy Pomp and Show, 601:01,017[V ]| To which the cheated vulgar bow! 601:01,018[V ]| Their Splendor and their per'shing Pride, 601:01,019[V ]| Their shining Revels, their adult'rate Joys, 601:01,020[V ]| When in the midst of all this pomp and noise, 601:01,021[V ]| In their unquiet minds still anxious thoughts reside? 601:01,022[V ]| <2 Lad.> Their Triumphs are disturb'd with fears, 601:01,023[V ]| Their Joys allay'd 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 ]| From Sleep to dang'rous Arts they 'wake; 601:01,027[A ]| To undermine each other, all mean ways they take, 601:01,028[A ]| Each strives who 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 serve their Lust, their Avarice, and Pride. 601:01,032[V ]| <1 Lad.> Yet there the Mighty are not prosp'rous long, 601:01,033[V ]| Though ne'r so cunning, ne'r so strong; 601:01,034[V ]| Though ne'r so much endear'd to the Crown: 601:01,035[V ]| Fresh Favourites succeed and pull them down. 601:01,036[A ]| As a Black Cloud which the gross Earth exhales, 601:01,037[A ]| Swell'd and opprest with its own weight, 601:01,038[A ]| Down to the Earth rent with fierce Lightning falls:: 601:01,039[A ]| So splendid Fav'rites in their envy'd height, 601:01,040[A ]| Big with the swellings of their Pride and Pow'r, 601:01,041[A ]| Do seldom scape the dismal hour, 601:01,042[A ]| When by some new-rais'd Meteors torn, 601:01,043[A ]| They from the highest pinacle of fate, 601:01,044[A ]| Fall to 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 my Father's Court I've seen, 601:01,047[A ]| And ne'r can wish to be a Queen. 601:01,048[V ]| <1 Lad.> Cannot so many pow'rful Princes move 601:01,049[V ]| Psyche's obdurate heart to Love? 601:01,050[V ]| <2 Lad.> Not one who can a Prince in Greece be call'd, 601:01,051[V ]| Who is not by your Eyes enthrall'd: 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 unmov'd remain, 601:01,055[V ]| And smile when every Captive shakes his Chain. 601:01,056[A ]| Not all the Pomp of Courts can e'r remove 601:01,057[A ]| Me from the Pleasures of the quiet Grove: 601:01,058[A ]| Each pretty Nymph to 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 soft delights passing their quiet days. 601:01,064[A ]| Princes in all the Calms of Peace, 601:01,065[A ]| Have no such powerful Charms as these: 601:01,066[A ]| Shall I for Courts abandon this soft life, 601:01,067[A ]| For splendid Beggary, and for smiling strife? 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,068[A ]| What Harmony is this which 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 they each day perform. 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,072[W ]| 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 your all-commanding hand 601:01,075[W ]| Pan yields his Sovereign Command. 601:01,076[W ]| For you the Satyrs and the Fawns 601:01,077[W ]| Shall nimbly trip it o're the Lawns: 601:01,078[W ]| For you the Shepherd's Pipe and Sing, 601:01,079[W ]| And with their Nymphs Dance in 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 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 Crown'd. 601:01,086[W ]| My Lov'd Syrinx and Eccho shall Sing and shall Play, 601:01,087[W ]| And to Psyche shall dedicate this happy day. 601:01,088[X ]| And Pan who before all here did command, 601:01,089[X ]| Now resigns all his Empire to Psyche's fair hand. 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,090[X ]| <1 Voice.> Great Psyche shall find no such pleasure as here 601:01,091[X ]| 601:01,092[X ]| 601:01,093[X ]| <2 Voices.> Where her dutiful Subjects shall all stand in awe 601:01,094[X ]| 601:01,095[X ]| 601:01,096[X ]| <3 Voices.> Her Frowns and her Smiles shall give us all Law 601:01,097[X ]| 601:01,098[X ]| 601:01,099[X ]| <4 Voices.> And from us of Revellion she need have no fear 601:01,100[X ]| 601:01,101[X ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,102[X ]| How happy are those that inhabit this place, 601:01,103[X ]| Where a sigh is ne'r heard, where no falshood we meet, 601:01,104[X ]| Where each single heart agrees with the face. 601:01,105[X ]| No Climate was ever so calm and so sweet, 601:01,106[X ]| 601:01,107[X ]| 601:01,108[X ]| 601:01,109[X ]| <1 Voice.> To beauteous Psyche all Devotion is due, 601:01,110[X ]| 601:01,111[X ]| 601:01,112[X ]| <2 Voices.> Our humble Offerings she will not despise, 601:01,113[X ]| 601:01,114[X ]| 601:01,115[X ]| <3 Voices.> Since the Tribute is offer'd from hearts that are true, 601:01,116[X ]| 601:01,117[X ]| 601:01,118[X ]| <4 Voices.> From hearts all devoted to Psyche's bright Eyes, 601:01,119[X ]| 601:01,120[X ]| 601:01,121[X ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,122[A ]| 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 fear, 601:01,127[A ]| No Joy can her surprize, nor Danger can alarm. 601:01,128[' ]| 601:01,129[A ]| What new unwelcom Guests are these, 601:01,130[A ]| That wou'd invade my Peace? 601:01,131[V ]| We come t' invite you from your vicious ease, 601:01,132[V ]| To Courts, where glorious Actions are perform'd. 601:01,133[V ]| Leave lazy Groves for active Palaces, 601:01,134[V ]| Where you by great Ambition may be warm'd; 601:01,135[V ]| By me to noble thoughts may be inflam'd; 601:01,136[V ]| To 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 all Courts no other Beauty's nam'd. 601:01,139[V ]| I from your Solitude do you invite, 601:01,140[V ]| And I am she for whom all Monarchs fight, 601:01,141[V ]| Power, Mankind's supreme delight, 601:01,142[V ]| Fair Psyche to the Court, come follow me, 601:01,143[V ]| Numbers of Tributary Kings shall kneel to thee. 601:01,144[V ]| What e're can be within the prospect of thy Thought, 601:01,145[V ]| Shall instantly to thee by humble Slaves be brought. 601:01,146[V ]| 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 adorn'd by me, 601:01,150[V ]| With all the Treasures of the East and West. 601:01,151[V ]| Thy life shall be but one continu'd Feast, 601:01,152[V ]| And every Prince shall be thy Guest: 601:01,153[V ]| All delicates I'll find for thy content, 601:01,154[V ]| Which Luxury, inspir'd by Wit, can e'r invent. 601:01,155[V ]| And I to crown all these, 601:01,156[V ]| Will give you everlasting Peace; 601:01,157[V ]| Peace that no 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 Peace should always wait upon the fair. 601:01,161[A ]| Happy are those who know Ambition least. 601:01,162[A ]| I'm 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 let poor mortals rest. 601:01,165[A ]| O'er all my Tyrant Passions Power I have, 601:01,166[A ]| And scorn that Pow'r which 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's only safe in humble Groves and Cells. 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 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 ]| Their ugly shapes bring wonder to my eyes, 601:01,174[A ]| But nothing can my constant mind affright. 601:01,175[V ]| Envy 'gainst Psyche such black storms shall raise, 601:01,176[V ]| As all her pow'rful beams shall ne'r dispel: 601:01,177[V ]| Beyond her strength shall be her suffering; 601:01,178[V ]| Her to the greatest misery I'll bring, 601:01,179[V ]| And e'r I've done, I'll send her down to Hell. 601:01,180[V ]| <1 Fury.> In Hell, too late she shall repent, 601:01,181[V ]| And all her arrogance repent. 601:01,182[V ]| <2 Fury.> We Furies will torment your Soul, 601:01,183[V ]| And you shall weep and howl. 601:01,184[V ]| <1 Fury.> And at the sight of ev'ry 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 the quick shall feel each lash we give: 601:01,188[V ]| <1 Fury.> There you shall always wish to dye, 601:01,189[V ]| And yet in spight of you shall always live. 601:01,190[X ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,191[V ]| <2 Lad.> What horrid words are these we hear? 601:01,192[V ]| I am almost dissolv'd with fear: 601:01,193[V ]| Can Envy this sweet dwelling find? 601:01,194[V ]| <1 Lad.> Envy the greatest Bane to 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 sure do much amiss, 601:01,198[V ]| Should they permit you to be snatch'd to Hell. 601:01,199[A ]| Fate! do thy worst, thou ne'r 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[' ]| 601:01,202[V ]| <2 Lad.> But see the Prince Nicander does appear: 601:01,203[V ]| Industrious Love pursues you every where. 601:01,204[D ]| Madam, I to this Solitude am come, 601:01,205[D ]| Humbly from you to hear my latest doom. 601:01,206[A ]| The first Command which I did give, 601:01,207[A ]| Was, that you should not see me here: 601:01,208[A ]| The next Command you will receive, 601:01,209[A ]| Much harsher will to you appear. 601:01,210[D ]| How long, fair Psyche, shall I sigh in 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 am defenceless against each you use. 601:01,216[A ]| Shal no conceal'd retirement keep me free 601:01,217[A ]| From Loves vexatious importunity? 601:01,218[A ]| I in my Father's Court too long endur'd 601:01,219[A ]| The ill which I by absence thought t' have cur'd? 601:01,220[D ]| Planets, that cause our Fates, cannot be long obscur'd, 601:01,221[D ]| Though Comets vanish from our sense, 601:01,222[D ]| When they've dispers'd their fatal influence, 601:01,223[D ]| And nothing but the sad effects remain, 601:01,224[D ]| Yet Stars that govern us, wou'd hide themselves in vain. 601:01,225[D ]| The momentary Clouds must soon be past, 601:01,226[D ]| Which wou'd their brightness overcast. 601:01,227[A ]| Why should Nicander thus pursue in vain 601:01,228[A ]| Her, o'r whose mind he can no Conquest gain: 601:01,229[A ]| For though my Body thus abroad you fee, 601:01,230[A ]| My Mind shall stay within and keep its privacy. 601:01,231[D ]| Blame not the passion you your self create, 601:01,232[D ]| Which is to me resistless to my Fate: 601:01,233[D ]| Can Psyche own such Cruelties, 601:01,234[D ]| As vainly Priests impute to Deities? 601:01,235[D ]| To punish the Affections they inspire, 601:01,236[D ]| As if they'd kindle to 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 Self-denial then contend, 601:01,240[D ]| If we 'gainst Nature go, we Heav'n offend, 601:01,241[D ]| Who made that Nature to pursue its end. 601:01,242[D ]| Nature's desires Heav'n'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 ]| Th' effects of Vapors or of Spleens unsound: 601:01,246[D ]| But Nature cannot err in her own way, 601:01,247[D ]| And though Priests may, she cannot lead astray. 601:01,248[A ]| Nature the Gods first uncorrupted made, 601:01,249[A ]| But to corruption 'twas by Man betray'd; 601:01,250[A ]| Which when so much exorbitant they found, 601:01,251[A ]| What first they had made free, they justly bound. 601:01,252[D ]| If Nature be not what the Gods first meant, 601:01,253[D ]| Then pow'rful Man defeated Heavens intent. 601:01,254[D ]| If the Gods Engine of the World must be 601:01,255[D ]| Mended by them, how did they then foresee? 601:01,256[D ]| Must men, like Clocks, be alter'd to go right? 601:01,257[D ]| Or though wound up by 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? 601:01,260[A ]| Against your self y' have pleaded all this time; 601:01,261[A ]| If not to follow Nature be a crime, 601:01,262[A ]| Mine so averse to Love by Heav'n is made, 601:01,263[A ]| She above all by me shall be obey'd. 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,264[D ]| Nature incites all humane kind to love; 601:01,265[D ]| Who deny that, 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 ]| Sir, what could your injurious kindness move, 601:01,270[A ]| Thus to disturb the quiet of my life? 601:01,271[A ]| In vain, great Princes, is your am'rous strife. 601:01,272[E ]| If I were singular, you might think me rude: 601:01,273[E ]| But I can many dang'rous Rivals find. 601:01,274[E ]| A violent Passion makes me thus intrude. 601:01,275[E ]| Be but to me as you're to others, kind; 601:01,276[E ]| Let not my death alone be here design'd. 601:01,277[E ]| Too fatal was the first surprise 601:01,278[E ]| I suffer'd by your conqu'ring Eyes: 601:01,279[E ]| Your pow'rful Charms no Mortal can resist, 601:01,280[E ]| I in an instant lov'd, and never can desist. 601:01,281[D ]| Such violent and sudden love 601:01,282[D ]| Perhaps must soon remove: 601:01,283[D ]| 'Tis frail as an abortive Birth, 601:01,284[D ]| And as it soon approach'd, 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 degrees did to perfection grow, 601:01,288[D ]| And is too strong to be resisted now. 601:01,289[E ]| That which I have for that 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 it self will ne'r remove. 601:01,293[D ]| The Steel you speak of may be snatch'd from thence 601:01,294[D ]| With very little violence. 601:01,295[E ]| Who shall commit that violence on me? 601:01,296[D ]| He who before has conquer'd thee: 601:01,297[D ]| Thou didst my Empire, dost my Love invade: 601:01,298[D ]| My Love shall be my onely aid. 601:01,299[D ]| And I again thy Conqueror can be. 601:01,300[E ]| I was by Fortune then betray'd, 601:01,301[E ]| But now by Love am much more pow'rful made. 601:01,302[E ]| Oh that the way for Psyche to be won, 601:01,303[E ]| Were for me to possess thy Throne, 601:01,304[E ]| I wou'd believe't already done! 601:01,305[E ]| And when with ease I'ad triumph'd o'r thee, 601:01,306[E ]| Thou on thy Knees should'st beg her Love for me. 601:01,307[D ]| 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 thy conquer'd Neck would tread, 601:01,310[D ]| And make thee forfeit soon thy useless head. 601:01,311[D ]| I'd put an end now to your Love and you: 601:01,312[D ]| And when, perhaps, I'd nothing else to do, 601:01,313[D ]| I might vouchsafe to take your petty Kingdom too. 601:01,314[E ]| Should my death soon ensue, 601:01,315[E ]| Which never can be caus'd by you, 601:01,316[E ]| It might to you some bold presumptions give, 601:01,317[E ]| You dare not think such thoughts while yet I live. 601:01,318[E ]| For what thou hast already said, 601:01,319[E ]| Shouldst thou escape me with thy head, 601:01,320[E ]| Yet I will soon depopulate thy Land, 601:01,321[E ]| And leave thee none but Beasts for thy command; 601:01,322[E ]| Or may be, If thou fall'st into my hand, 601:01,323[E ]| I openly will thee in triumph lead: 601:01,324[E ]| Thy Cities into Desarts I will turn, 601:01,325[E ]| And thou in Chains shalt tamely see 'em burn. 601:01,326[D ]| Gods ~~ 601:01,327[A ]| Princes, let your untimely discord cease; 601:01,328[A ]| If my esteem you'd gain, conclude a Peace. 601:01,329[A ]| Each to the other must become a Friend: 601:01,330[A ]| Though Rivals, yet you must agree; 601:01,331[A ]| You but for something in the Clouds contend, 601:01,332[A ]| If thus you think to conquer me. 601:01,333[E ]| So absolute is your command, 601:01,334[E ]| That I my Rival will embrace; 601:01,335[E ]| Your will no Lover can withstand. 601:01,336[E ]| I can do any thing but give my rival place. 601:01,337[D ]| Your Voice may still the fury of the Winds, 601:01,338[D ]| Or calm the most distemper'd minds: 601:01,339[D ]| Wild Beasts at your command in peace would be, 601:01,340[D ]| When you make Rivals thus agree. 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,341[A ]| I ne'er can value Birth or State, 601:01,342[A ]| 'Tis virtue must my heart obtain: 601:01,343[A ]| You may each other emulate. 601:01,344[A ]| In 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 invade my privacy. 601:01,348[A ]| Princes, farewel, you must not follow me. 601:01,349[D ]| So sacred are the dread commands you give, 601:01,350[D ]| From you my death I humbly wou'd receive. 601:01,351[D ]| For I can scarcely hear this and live. 601:01,352[E ]| Your breath mens minds to any thing may move, 601:01,353[E ]| When you make Rivals one another love. 601:01,000[' ]| 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[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,356[G ]| Great Princes, whither do you fly so fast? 601:01,357[H ]| 'Tis to their Idol Psyche by their haste. 601:01,358[G ]| What Prince-like virtue can you find 601:01,359[G ]| In her poor and groveling mind? 601:01,360[H ]| Heav'n did her Soul for Cottages create, 601:01,361[H ]| And for some vulgar purpose did design: 601:01,362[H ]| Her mind's too narrow for a Prince's state, 601:01,363[H ]| She has no vertues which in Courts may shine. 601:01,364[G ]| Her Beauty like her Mind is vulgar too. 601:01,365[G ]| Like 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 ]| A thousand times more charms they here might find, 601:01,369[H ]| Beauty, that's fit to attract great Princes eyes. 601:01,370[H ]| But silly Love, forsooth, hath struck them blind; 601:01,371[H ]| For could they see, they would their Love despise. 601:01,372[D ]| Farewel ~~ Such blasphemies we must not hear, 601:01,373[D ]| Against the Goddess we adore. 601:01,374[E ]| So beautiful to us she does appear, 601:01,375[E ]| That none shall ever charm us more. 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,376[G ]| Blasted be her Beauty, and her charms accurst, 601:01,377[G ]| That must our ruine bring; 601:01,378[G ]| I am almost with Envy burst. 601:01,379[G ]| To see each day she can command a King. 601:01,380[H ]| And whilst she lives, we can no Lovers have: 601:01,381[H ]| Oh that her Cradle had become her Grave! 601:01,382[G ]| She by each Prince is Idoliz'd, 601:01,383[G ]| Whilst our neglected Beauties may grow old, 601:01,384[G ]| And not be sought by them she has despis'd 601:01,385[H ]| Oh that I live to hear this story told. 601:01,386[H ]| This Theme has made my anger bold. 601:01,387[H ]| I on her Beauty will revenge our Cause. 601:01,388[H ]| We are not safe whilst breath she draws. 601:01,389[H ]| Her Example of Revenge I'll make. 601:01,390[G ]| Must we be thus neglected for her sake? 601:01,391[G ]| Venus! redress the wrongs which she hath done: 601:01,392[G ]| She may in time insnare your Son, 601:01,393[G ]| She such an Idol by Mankind is made. 601:01,394[G ]| Your pow'r no more will be obey'd, 601:01,395[G ]| Your Sacred beauty they'l neglect, 601:01,396[G ]| Your Deity will have no more respect. 601:01,397[H ]| No Incense more will on your Altars smoke, 601:01,398[H ]| No Victim more will burn, 601:01,399[H ]| Each Prince her Worshipper will turn. 601:01,400[H ]| Let this your great Divinity provoke; 601:01,401[H ]| Revenge your self, and take our part. 601:01,402[H ]| Punish her stubborn heart, 601:01,403[H ]| And by your utmost fury let her smart. 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,404[G ]| What Divine Harmony is this we hear! 601:01,405[G ]| Such never yet approach'd my Ear! 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,406[H ]| See Venus's Chariot hovering in the Air; 601:01,407[H ]| The Goddess sure has heard our pray'r. 601:01,408[I ]| With kindness I your pray'rs receive, 601:01,409[I ]| And to your hopes success will 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 they shall do no more. 601:01,413[I ]| For their Idolatry I'll so resent, 601:01,414[I ]| As shall your wishes to the full content. 601:01,415[I ]| Your Father is with Psyche now, 601:01,416[I ]| And to Apollo's Oracle they'll go, 601:01,417[I ]| Her destiny to know. 601:01,418[I ]| I by the God of Wit shall be obey'd, 601:01,419[I ]| For Wit to beauty still is subject made. 601:01,420[I ]| He'll so resent your cause and mine, 601:01,421[I ]| That you will not repine, 601:01,422[I ]| But will applaud the Oracle's design. 601:01,423[G ]| Great Goddess, we our thanks return, 601:01,424[G ]| We after this no more shall mourn. 601:01,425[H ]| Your sacred Pow'r for ever we'll obey, 601:01,426[H ]| And to your Altars our whole Worship pay. 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,000[' ]| 601:01,427[F ]| Daughters, no 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 the Temple will repair, 601:01,431[F ]| And Psyche will obey, 601:01,432[F ]| Whate're the Delphick God shall say. 601:01,433[F ]| And ~~ 601:01,434[F ]| Whate're Apollo shall command, shall be, 601:01,435[F ]| I swear by all the Gods, perform'd by me. 601:01,436[A ]| And on my Knees I make this solemn vow, 601:01,437[A ]| To his Decree I will devoutly bow. 601:01,438[A ]| Let his commands be what they will, 601:01,439[A ]| I chearfully will them fulfill. 601:01,440[F ]| Let's to Apollo's Temple then repair, 601:01,441[F ]| And seek the God with Sacrifice and Pray'r. 601:01,000[' ]| 603:01,000[' ]| 603:01,000[' ]| 603:01,000[' ]| <. . . they dance, hammering the Vases upon Anvils.> 603:01,000[' ]| 603:01,001[W ]| Ye bold Sons of Earth, that attend upon 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 Love is impatient, and brooks no 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's not with laziness serv'd, 603:01,008[W ]| He makes all his Vassals their diligence show, 603:01,009[W ]| And nothing from him but with pains is deserv'd; 603:01,010[W ]| The brisk Youth that falls on, 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 for a pitiful Tool. 603:01,013[W ]| <1 Cycl.> This Palace is finish'd, and the other shall be 603:01,014[W ]| Made fit for his small Deity. 603:01,015[W ]| <2 Cycl.> But fire makes us cholerick, and apt to repine, 603:01,016[W ]| Unless you will give us some Wine. 603:01,017[X ]| With swinging great Bowls, 603:01,018[X ]| Let's refresh our dry Souls, 603:01,019[W ]| And then we'll to work with a Clink, clink, clink; 603:01,020[W ]| But first let us drink. 603:01,021[W ]| Let each take his Bowl then, and hold it to his nose, 603:01,022[W ]| Then let him redouble his blows. 603:01,023[W ]| Nay, stint us not so, but let each take his two, 603:01,024[W ]| And twice as much as we can do. 603:01,025[X ]| 603:01,026[X ]| 603:01,027[W ]| Ye Slaves, will ye never from drunkenness refrain? 603:01,028[W ]| Remember Ulysses again. 603:01,029[W ]| Ulysses is a Dog, were he here he shou'd find, 603:01,030[W ]| We'd scorn him, and drink our selves blind. 603:01,031[X ]| 603:01,032[X ]| 603:01,000[' ]| 603:01,033[W ]| Here, Harpes, to you. 603:01,034[W ]| Here, Brontes, to you, 603:01,035[W ]| And so take each Cyclops his due. 603:01,036[W ]| To thee, Steropes. 603:01,037[W ]| Pyracmon, to thee. 603:01,038[X ]| And thus in our Cups we'll agree. 603:01,039[X ]| 603:01,040[X ]| 603:01,041[W ]| Be gone, or great Jove will for Thunder-bolts stay, 603:01,042[W ]| The World grows so wicked each day. 603:01,043[W ]| He has less need of Thunder than we have of Wine: 603:01,044[W ]| We'd drink, though great Jove should repine. 603:01,045[X ]| 603:01,046[X ]| 603:01,000[' ]| 603:01,000[' ]| 603:01,047[B ]| You are my best of Servants, y'have done well. 603:01,048[B ]| Say, Zephirus, how do you like my Love? 603:01,049[W ]| Her Beauty does all mortal forms excel, 603:01,050[W ]| She should be snatch'd from Earth to reign above. 603:01,051[W ]| But why do you a humane shape now wear? 603:01,052[W ]| Why will you not your self a God appear? 603:01,053[B ]| At first, invisible I'll be. 603:01,054[B ]| Then like A Prince I will be seen; 603:01,055[B ]| Me like a God when she shall see, 603:01,056[B ]| I'll 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 stay; 603:01,059[B ]| But if by storm he once possession takes, 603:01,060[B ]| His Empire in the heart will soon decay. 603:01,061[B ]| Here comes my Love, Away, 603:01,062[B ]| And to her honour dedicate this day. 603:01,000[' ]| 603:01,000[' ]| 603:01,063[A ]| To what enchant'd Palace am I brought, 603:01,064[A ]| Adorn'd beyond all humane thought? 603:01,065[A ]| Here Art and Natures utmost powers conspire, 603:01,066[A ]| To make the Ornament entire. 603:01,067[A ]| Where e'r I turn me, here my dazl'd 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 a Serpent built. 603:01,073[A ]| I am at this no less amaz'd, 603:01,074[A ]| Than at my sudden passage to the place. 603:01,075[A ]| With wonder round about I've gaz'd, 603:01,076[A ]| And, which is strange, I've seen no humane face. 603:01,077[A ]| 'Tis sure some Aery Vision which I see, 603:01,078[A ]| And I to this imaginary height 603:01,079[A ]| Was rais'd by Heav'n in cruelty, 603:01,080[A ]| That I might suffer a severer Fate. 603:01,081[A ]| I on a Precipice of hope was plac'd, 603:01,082[A ]| That so my fall might greater be, 603:01,083[A ]| And down with violence I shall be cast 603:01,084[A ]| To th' bottom of despair, th' Abyss of misery. 603:01,085[A ]| Where is the Serpent? when will he appear? 603:01,086[B ]| The Serpent which you must embrace is near. 603:01,087[A ]| What Divine Harmony invades my Ear? 603:01,088[A ]| This is a voice I cou'd for ever hear. 603:01,089[A ]| O speak again, and strike my ravish'd sense 603:01,090[A ]| With thy harmonious excellence! 603:01,091[A ]| What Pow'r Divine provokes within my bloud, 603:01,092[A ]| I know not what, that cannot be withstood? 603:01,093[B ]| Whatever can be pleasant but in thought, 603:01,094[B ]| Shall for 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 o'r that and me. 603:01,097[A ]| No object of my sense could e'r 603:01,098[A ]| Transport me till this hour; 603:01,099[A ]| I feel a Passion mix'd with Joy and Fear, 603:01,100[A ]| That's caus'd by this unknown invisible Power. 603:01,101[A ]| Who are you that does charm me so? 603:01,102[A ]| Such pain and pleasure I ne'r felt before; 603:01,103[A ]| You are by this some God, I know, 603:01,104[A ]| And I must you adore ~~ 603:01,000[' ]| 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 ]| I am the Serpent Heav'n for you design'd, 603:01,110[B ]| Which shou'd on you his poison breathe. 603:01,111[A ]| This poison ne'r can cause my death, 603:01,112[A ]| For such a Serpent I wou'd quit Mankind. 603:01,113[A ]| Yours is the pleasant'st Poison e'r was felt; 603:01,114[A ]| My eyes drop showers of joy, my heart will melt. 603:01,115[A ]| My mind was never full before, 603:01,116[A ]| But now my swelling Joys run o'r; 603:01,117[A ]| My heart does pant like a seal'd Doves: 603:01,118[A ]| What is it thus my passion moves? 603:01,119[B ]| 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 ]| There's no request of yours I can withstand. 603:01,124[A ]| Oh I am stung! what's this I feel? 603:01,125[A ]| It is no pointed Steel: 603:01,126[A ]| 'Tis such a pretty tingling smart, 603:01,127[A ]| Now it invades my heart. 603:01,128[A ]| Oh it encreases on me still, 603:01,129[A ]| And now my blood begins to 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 ]| Courage, my Dove, I have thee here, 603:01,133[B ]| Thou need'st no Serpent fear; 603:01,134[B ]| For I am all the Serpents thou shalt see, 603:01,135[B ]| And Love is all the poison I'll enfuse in thee. 603:01,136[A ]| What can it be my senses thus allarms? 603:01,137[A ]| What have you done t' your hand that thus it charms? 603:01,138[A ]| But, Oh your pow'rful 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 'tis I feel or see. 603:01,000[' ]| 603:01,141[A ]| Turn not away those eyes that poison me. 603:01,142[A ]| Those sweet, those piercing am'rous eyes, 603:01,143[A ]| That can so easily a heart surprize. 603:01,144[A ]| Oh, may my breast this poison ne'r forsake! 603:01,145[A ]| I'm sure no Antidote I'll take. 603:01,146[A ]| Why do you sigh? are you transported too? 603:01,147[B ]| As you by me, so am I charm'd by 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 me thy heart resign, 603:01,151[B ]| And in exchange I'll 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 ]| Oh! how mine flutters; yet I hold it fast, 603:01,155[A ]| It beats till it it self will tire; 603:01,156[A ]| 'Twill lose it self with violent desire: 603:01,157[A ]| Do what I can, it will be gone at last. 603:01,158[A ]| Oh give me thine, for mine will fly away; 603:01,159[A ]| Ah give it me! for if you longer stay, 603:01,160[A ]| Mine will be gone, and I shall die. 603:01,161[A ]| Pray let your heart the want of mine supply. 603:01,162[B ]| Thou through thy Lips, my Love, must mine receive, 603:01,163[B ]| And the same way thine to my breast convey; 603:01,164[B ]| And when to me that pretty thing thou'lt give, 603:01,165[B ]| I'll use't so kindly, 'tshall not fly away. 603:01,166[A ]| Then take it, for with me it will not stay. 603:01,167[A ]| What have I done! I am to blame; 603:01,168[A ]| I blush and feel a secret shame: 603:01,169[A ]| But I feel something which o'rcomes that sense. 603:01,170[A ]| I'm charm'd with so much excellence! 603:01,171[A ]| Some Power Divine thus animates my bloud, 603:01,172[A ]| And 'twere a sin, if that should be withstood. 603:01,173[A ]| Your sacred form so much does move, 603:01,174[A ]| That I pronounce aloud, I love. 603:01,175[A ]| How am I rapt! what is it that does force 603:01,176[A ]| My Inclination from its proper course? 603:01,177[A ]| I was to love an open enemy; 603:01,178[A ]| But now the more I look on Thee, 603:01,179[A ]| The more I love. My first surprise 603:01,180[A ]| Is heighten'd still by thy bewitching eyes. 603:01,181[B ]| Love's debt was long deny'd by thee, 603:01,182[B ]| But now h'as paid himself with usury. 603:01,183[A ]| Should I to one I know not be thus kind, 603:01,184[A ]| To one who will, perhaps, unconstant be; 603:01,185[A ]| Pray let me so much favour find, 603:01,186[A ]| To let me know who 'tis has conquer'd me. 603:01,187[B ]| 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 nat'ral 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 I am; 603:01,194[B ]| I will in time disclose my name. 603:01,195[B ]| I in this Region a vast Empire have, 603:01,196[B ]| Each Prince y' have seen compar'd to me's a Slave. 603:01,197[B ]| To me all Grecian Princes Tribute owe, 603:01,198[B ]| Which they shall pay to you. 603:01,199[B ]| A thousand Beauties shall be still at hand, 603:01,200[B ]| Waiting for thy command; 603:01,201[B ]| And without envy, they shall thee adore. 603:01,202[B ]| The pomp which here thou shalt enjoy, is more 603:01,203[B ]| Than e'r was seen in 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 heav'nly sports. 603:01,207[B ]| And to such splendid Joys I thee invite, 603:01,208[B ]| As do the Gods on Festivals delight. 603:01,209[B ]| But first thy palatte shalt thou satisfie, 603:01,210[B ]| Thy ear shall then be ravish'd, 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 be the guest. 603:01,000[' ]| 603:01,213[X ]| All joy to fair Psyche in this happy place, 603:01,214[X ]| And to our great Master, who 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 ]| No Mortals on Earth ever wretched cou'd prove, 603:01,218[X ]| If still while they liv'd, they'd be always in love. 603:01,219[X ]| There's 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 ]| 603:01,224[X ]| Loves sighs and his tears are mix'd with delights, 603:01,225[X ]| But were he still pester'd with cares and with frights, 603:01,226[X ]| Shou'd a thousand more troubles a Lover invade, 603:01,227[X ]| By one happy moment they'd fully be paid. 603:01,228[X ]| 603:01,229[X ]| Then lose not a moment, but in Pleasure employ it; 603:01,230[X ]| For a moment once lost will always be so; 603:01,231[X ]| Your Youth requires Love, let it fully enjoy it, 603:01,232[X ]| And push on your Nature as far as 'twill go. 603:01,233[X ]| 603:01,234[A ]| How am I rapt! what pleasures do I find! 603:01,235[A ]| My Love, I have but one request to thee; 603:01,236[A ]| Two sisters I have left behind, 603:01,237[A ]| I hope my Love will be so kind, 603:01,238[A ]| That they the Witnesses may be 603:01,239[A ]| Of all my pomp and my felicity. 603:01,000[' ]| 603:01,240[B ]| My Zephyrus is still at hand 603:01,241[B ]| To wait for thy command. 603:01,242[B ]| Be gone! ~~ 603:01,243[W ]| I'll fly as quick as thought, 603:01,244[W ]| They suddenly shall to this place be brought. 603:01,245[B ]| My Dear, let them not here much time employ, 603:01,246[B ]| For 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 I have given thee all my heart away. 603:01,249[B ]| But now prepare thy Ears and Eyes, 603:01,250[B ]| For I thy senses will surprise. 603:01,251[B ]| Along with me, and thou shalt see 603:01,252[B ]| What Miracles in Love there be. 603:02,000[' ]| 603:02,000[' ]| 603:02,001[W ]| <1 Man.> What shouts are those that 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 Conqu'rors have restor'd, 603:02,006[W ]| The bloud of Men no more shall be devour'd; 603:02,007[W ]| No more young Ladies shall be snatch'd away 603:02,008[W ]| To be the cruel Serpents prey. 603:02,009[W ]| <2 Man.> For this the large Triumphal Arch was built, 603:02,010[W ]| For this the Joyful People meet in throngs, 603:02,011[W ]| The Princes Triumph for the bloud they spilt, 603:02,012[W ]| And celebrate the Conquest with loud Songs. 603:02,013[W ]| They in this place a Sacrifice prepare, 603:02,014[W ]| To pay their vows and thanks to th' God of War. 603:02,000[' ]| 603:02,000[' ]| 603:02,000[' ]| 603:02,000[' ]| 603:02,000[' ]| 603:02,015[X ]| Let us loudly rejoyce, 603:02,016[X ]| With glad heart and with voice; 603:02,017[X ]| For the Monster is dead, 603:02,018[X ]| And here is his head. 603:02,019[X ]| No more shall our Wives 603:02,020[X ]| Be afraid of their Lives, 603:02,021[X ]| Nor our Daughters by Serpents miscarry. 603:02,022[X ]| The Oracle then 603:02,023[X ]| Shall bestow them on 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 the Monster is dead, 603:02,028[X ]| And here is his head. 603:02,029[W ]| Great God of War to thee 603:02,030[W ]| We offer up our thanks and pray'r 603:02,031[W ]| For by thy mighty Deity 603:02,032[W ]| Triumphing Conquerors we are. 603:02,033[X ]| Thou'rt great among this heavenly race, 603:02,034[X ]| And onely to the Thunderer giv'st place. 603:02,035[W ]| Jove is thy father, but does not exceed 603:02,036[W ]| Thy Deity on 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 thy power. 603:02,039[X ]| 'Tis thou that must to Armies give success, 603:02,040[X ]| That thou must Kingdoms too with safety bless, 603:02,041[X ]| Thou that must bring, and then must guard their peace. 603:02,000[' ]| 603:02,042[W ]| While we to Mars his praises sing, 603:02,043[W ]| A Horse, th' appointed Victim, bring. 603:02,000[' ]| 603:02,000[' ]| 603:02,044[I ]| 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 onely they adore, 603:02,050[I ]| Whom they shall see no more. 603:02,051[I ]| Have I left such influence on your heart, 603:02,052[I ]| As to enjoyn you wou'd take my part. 603:02,053[I ]| By some known token punish their offence, 603:02,054[I ]| And let them know their insolence. 603:02,055[J ]| So much your influence on me remains, 603:02,056[J ]| That still I glory in my chains. 603:02,057[J ]| What ever you command shall be 603:02,058[J ]| A sov'reign Law to me. 603:02,059[J ]| These saucy Mortals soon shall see 603:02,060[J ]| What 'tis to disrespect your Deity. 603:02,061[J ]| To show how much for 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[' ]| 603:02,000[' ]| 603:02,000[' ]| 603:02,065[W ]| <1 Pr.> What dreadful prodigies are these! 603:02,066[W ]| Hence from this bloudy rage let's flie, 603:02,067[W ]| And in his Temple let us try 603:02,068[W ]| If we his angry Godhead can appease. 603:02,069[D ]| What Magick Charms do this sad place infest, 603:02,070[D ]| And us in all our actions thus molest? 603:02,071[E ]| The pow'r of Hell it sure must be 603:02,072[E ]| That thus against us wages war; 603:02,073[E ]| For when fair Psyche we wou'd free, 603:02,074[E ]| It still does mischiefs against us prepare. 603:02,075[E ]| But no Enchantment yet our courage binds, 603:02,076[E ]| No accidents can alter valiant minds. 603:02,077[D ]| In spite of Hell we will go on in quest 603:02,078[D ]| Of our lov'd Psyche, who is charm'd from hence. 603:02,079[H ]| You might from all your fruitless toyls have rest 603:02,080[H ]| If of your present fortune y' had a sense. 603:02,081[G ]| Our Father, who is now at point of death, 603:02,082[G ]| Does in his Will us two to you bequeath. 603:02,083[H ]| Envy it self will sure confess, 603:02,084[H ]| Our Beauties and our Vertues are not less, 603:02,085[H ]| Then the mean Idol's you so 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 ]| We by his ravenous Maw did find to day, 603:02,089[E ]| The Monster had not yet made her his prey. 603:02,090[G ]| What if he had, we two are left behind, 603:02,091[G ]| And by the Gods you are for us design'd. 603:02,092[D ]| Heav'n has not yet to me reveal'd that mind, 603:02,093[D ]| My Inclinations still are hers I find. 603:02,094[D ]| The honour's great we might by you enjoy, 603:02,095[D ]| But it would all our vows and all our love destroy. 603:02,096[E ]| To Psyche I have offer'd my whole heart, 603:02,097[E ]| Sh' has for no other left me the least part. 603:02,098[E ]| Pardon that I the honour must refuse; 603:02,099[E ]| No Mortals can their own affections chuse; 603:02,100[E ]| Love, Heav'ns high power does into us infuse. 603:02,101[D ]| When we lost Psyche, solemnly we swore, 603:02,102[D ]| The search of her we never wou'd give o'r. 603:02,103[E ]| Should we not find her, we our lives must spend, 603:02,104[E ]| Which in th' unwearied search of her must end. 603:02,105[H ]| Think you with safety you shall us despise? 603:02,106[H ]| Though we're too weak to 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 your insolence is due. 603:02,109[G ]| Your heads shall pay for the affront you give, 603:02,110[G ]| And you shall dye, or we will cease to live. 603:02,111[D ]| If danger cou'd our courages remove, 603:02,112[D ]| We were not fit t' aspire to Psyche's love. 603:02,113[E ]| Our absence now you must excuse, 603:02,114[E ]| We in our search no farther time must lose. 603:02,115[H ]| I have a trusty Villain which I'll send, 603:02,116[H ]| Who in disguise shall their unwary steps attend; 603:02,117[H ]| And then an ambush shall for them be laid, 603:02,118[H ]| That their base lives may be to us betray'd. 603:02,119[G ]| The powers of all this Kingdom we'll engage, 603:02,120[G ]| To sacrifice their lives to our insatiate rage. 603:02,121[H ]| They dearly shall by their example show, 603:02,122[H ]| How soon rejected Love to dangerous Rage can grow. 603:01,000[' ]| 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,001[H ]| Enough the Splendor of your Court w' have seen, 604:01,002[H ]| Such ne'r was known by any earthly Queen. 604:01,003[G ]| But we your Conqu'ring Love wou'd behold, 604:01,004[G ]| Of whom such charming stories you have told. 604:01,005[A ]| Oh! he's the brightest thing your eyes e'r 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 he delights in nothing but in me. 604:01,009[A ]| We sport and revel all the day, 604:01,010[A ]| In soft delights melting the hours away. 604:01,011[A ]| And such resistless ways he has to charm. 604:01,012[A ]| We kiss, embrace, and arm in arm, 604:01,013[A ]| With am'rous 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 o'r and o'r. 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 greedily beholds my eyes, 604:01,021[A ]| As he'd devour them. But a moment stay, 604:01,022[A ]| And he will you, as he did me, surprise. 604:01,023[H ]| What cursed Fate is this, that did ordain, 604:01,024[H ]| That she shou'd have such pleasure, we such pain? 604:01,025[H ]| O that I had infection in my breath, 604:01,026[H ]| I my own life wou'd lose to give her death. 604:01,027[G ]| Base Fortune! that on Psyche wou'd bestow 604:01,028[G ]| So vast a share of happiness, 604:01,029[G ]| And give her elder Sisters so much less, 604:01,030[G ]| That she shou'd be so high, and we so low. 604:01,031[H ]| Such glory yet no Monarch ever saw; 604:01,032[H ]| Such humble Vassals, such obedient awe, 604:01,033[H ]| Such shining Palaces yet ne'r have been 604:01,034[H ]| Such pomp the Sun in all his progress ne'r has seen. 604:01,035[G ]| A thousand Beauties wait for her command, 604:01,036[G ]| As many heavenly Youths are still at hand: 604:01,037[G ]| And to our envious eyes she chose 604:01,038[G ]| These hated objects to expose. 604:01,039[H ]| When we to our great joy believ'd, 604:01,040[H ]| That she destroy'd had been, 604:01,041[H ]| Oh how the Ridling God has us deceiv'd; 604:01,042[H ]| We see her here like some immortal Queen, 604:01,043[H ]| Whom all her subjects serve not, but adore. 604:01,044[G ]| Oh! I shall die with envy: say no more, 604:01,045[G ]| But of some quick revenge let's meditate, 604:01,046[G ]| To interrupt their happy state: 604:01,047[G ]| Let's by some Art cause fatal Jealousies 604:01,048[G ]| Between these prosperous Lovers to arise. 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,049[H ]| They're here: What divine Object strikes my eyes? 604:01,050[G ]| What heavenly thing does my weak heart surprise? 604:01,051[H ]| Her hated sight I can no longer bear. 604:01,052[G ]| Oh with what Joy I could her heart-strings tear! 604:01,053[H ]| This is the goodliest Creature Heav'n e're made; 604:01,054[H ]| And I will summon Hell up to my aid. 604:01,055[H ]| But I will Psyche's life destroy; 604:01,056[H ]| And I will then this God-like Youth enjoy. 604:01,057[G ]| When I am dead, he may be had by thee: 604:01,058[G ]| But know, Aglaura, I'll ne'r live to see 604:01,059[G ]| This goodly thing enjoy'd by any one but me. 604:01,060[B ]| Ladies ~~ 604:01,061[B ]| You such a welcome in this place shall find, 604:01,062[B ]| As fits the greatness of your Sisters mind; 604:01,063[B ]| And by your entertainment I will show, 604:01,064[B ]| What I to my lov'd Psyche owe: 604:01,065[B ]| For her shall Quires of Cupids sing, 604:01,066[B ]| For her the Sphears shall their loud Musick bring. 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,067[X ]| Let old Age in its envy and malice take pleasure, 604:01,068[X ]| In business that's sower, and in hoarding up treasure: 604:01,069[X ]| By dullness seem wise, be still peevish and nice; 604:01,070[X ]| And what they cannot follow, let them rail at as vice. 604:01,071[X ]| Wise Youth will in Wine and in Beauty delight, 604:01,072[X ]| Will revel all day, and will sport all the night. 604:01,073[X ]| For never to love, wou'd be never to 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 which lusty hot youth spend their dayes and their nights; 604:01,077[X ]| Of our nauseous dull beings we too soon should be cloy'd, 604:01,078[X ]| Without those bless'd joyes which Fools onely avoid. 604:01,079[X ]| Unhappy grave Wretches who live by false measure, 604:01,080[X ]| And for empty vain shadows refuse real pleasure; 604:01,081[X ]| To such Fools while vast joys on the witty are waiting, 604:01,082[X ]| Life's a tedious journey without ever baiting. 604:01,083[B ]| Now see what is to Psyche's beauty due, 604:01,084[B ]| And what th' Almighty pow'r 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 Statues give. 604:01,087[' ]| 604:01,088[' ]| 604:01,089[' ]| 604:01,090[G ]| What with divine Magnificence 604:01,091[G ]| They in this place treat every sense? 604:01,092[H ]| Excess of Love and Hate disturb my rest, 604:01,093[H ]| Which equally divide my breast. 604:01,094[G ]| You may hate her, and other Princes love; 604:01,095[G ]| But your affection must from him remove, 604:01,096[G ]| Or th' utmost rage of a revengeful Rival prove. 604:01,097[H ]| 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'll destroy; 604:01,100[H ]| I cannot live, unless I him enjoy. 604:01,101[G ]| Then suddenly resign your hated breath; 604:01,102[G ]| You shall not live to cause my death. 604:01,103[G ]| Your fruitless Love shall soon be lost. 604:01,104[G ]| You to your elder Sister shall give place, 604:01,105[G ]| For I will this Celestial Youth embrace, 604:01,106[G ]| Though it the lives of half the world shou'd cost. 604:01,107[H ]| The pow'r of Hell shall ne'r change my design; 604:01,108[H ]| I wou'd a thousand Lives before one Love resign. 604:01,109[G ]| But Psyche's Life and Love must have an end, 604:01,110[G ]| Or we in vain for him contend, 604:01,111[G ]| What e'r against each other we design, 604:01,112[G ]| Against the common Enemy let's joyn. 604:01,113[H ]| Should we kill her, it would provoke his hate, 604:01,114[H ]| And on our selves pull down a certain Fate. 604:01,115[H ]| Let's poison them with jealousie; 604:01,116[H ]| And Lovers had much better die, 604:01,117[H ]| Then suffer that extremity. 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,118[A ]| Now Sisters! how do you approve my Dear? 604:01,119[G ]| You are secure: but give us leave to fear. 604:01,120[A ]| Fear not: you are in my Protection now. 604:01,121[H ]| We fear not for our selves, but you. 604:01,122[A ]| For me! I am so full of Joy, 604:01,123[A ]| That nothing can my happiness destroy. 604:01,124[A ]| I have my Love, and that's enough for me. 604:01,125[A ]| My Life is one continued Extasie. 604:01,126[A ]| His love to 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 which dull sensual Men so much contend. 604:01,130[G ]| Why does he still conceal his name? 604:01,131[G ]| It argues little love, or else much shame. 604:01,132[A ]| You cannot doubt his love, he is so kind; 604:01,133[A ]| Envy in him no cause of shame can find: 604:01,134[A ]| What need I care who 'tis I love, 604:01,135[A ]| Since all that see him must my choice approve. 604:01,136[H ]| This violent Love may soon decay, 604:01,137[H ]| And he for some new Mistriss may 604:01,138[H ]| Your easie heart betray. 604:01,139[G ]| When he shall please to frown, 604:01,140[G ]| You from this heighth are suddenly thrown down: 604:01,141[G ]| And when he thus shall have abandon'd you, 604:01,142[G ]| On whom will you inflict the vengeance due? 604:01,143[A ]| Could I this fatal change survive, 604:01,144[A ]| I sure should be the wretched'st thing alive. 604:01,145[H ]| True Love has no reserve, this is some cheat; 604:01,146[H ]| Your wisdom's small, though your affection's great. 604:01,147[G ]| Th' Impostor does by 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 Natural Causes use. 604:01,152[G ]| All Natures Order is inverted here. 604:01,153[H ]| You see that his Attendants are 604:01,154[H ]| The winged Spirits of the Air. 604:01,155[H ]| He's sure some Demon, which 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 ]| Wh' our bodies can by Winds and Clouds convey. 604:01,159[H ]| This must be some inchanted place. 604:01,160[G ]| Let him be what he will, I'll him embrace. 604:01,161[G ]| How soon may Fate your seeming Heav'n destroy, 604:01,162[G ]| Which like a dream reflects imaginary Joy. 604:01,163[A ]| Oh I am seiz'd with an unusual fright, 604:01,164[A ]| A sudden stop is put to my delight. 604:01,165[H ]| 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 Heav'n by this more cruel will appear, 604:01,168[H ]| After this Joy to ruine by surprise. 604:01,169[G ]| In wrath the Oracle thy doom declar'd, 604:01,170[G ]| Here no effects we of its anger see: 604:01,171[G ]| Thou know'st not yet what ruine is prepar'd, 604:01,172[G ]| What dreadful Fate Heav'n does reserve for thee. 604:01,173[A ]| How I'm amaz'd! Oh my poor trembling heart! 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,174[W ]| My Lord commands your Sisters must depart, 604:01,175[W ]| And none must his commands deny 604:01,176[H ]| What is't I hear! I dye, I dye! 604:01,177[G ]| But if I dye, I will not dye alone; 604:01,178[G ]| She shall not here remain when I am gone. 604:01,179[H ]| Hold! take me with thee in thy brave design; 604:01,180[H ]| I'll in the noble execution joyn. 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,181[A ]| Ah! what unwelcome change is this I see? 604:01,182[A ]| Must they so suddenly be snatch'd from me? 604:01,183[' ]| 604:01,184[B ]| Now let's enjoy our selves, the time invites: 604:01,185[B ]| True Love alone in privacy delights. 604:01,186[B ]| What is't 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 thee now, 604:01,189[B ]| As I have seen upon the Mornng's brow; 604:01,190[B ]| Which blushing first had promis'd 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 shou'd now forget; 604:01,194[B ]| Lovers should for each other onely live, 604:01,195[B ]| And having one another should have no regret. 604:01,196[A ]| So small a thing cannot afflict my mind. 604:01,197[B ]| 'Tis for some rival then your grief's design'd. 604:01,198[A ]| This mean suspition proves my Lord unkind! 604:01,199[A ]| Ah! did your charms but to your self appear, 604:01,200[A ]| You'd know that I no other chains cou'd wear. 604:01,201[A ]| No Rhetorick can paint my Loves excess, 604:01,202[A ]| Ere mine can be describ'd, it must be less. 604:01,203[B ]| I love thee too at such a rate, 604:01,204[B ]| No Mortal can approach my height. 604:01,205[B ]| What is it can produce thy grief? 604:01,206[A ]| I fear you'll not afford it your relief. 604:01,207[B ]| If thou by any thing my wrath cou'dst move, 604:01,208[B ]| 'Twou'd be by thy suspicion of my love. 604:01,209[B ]| Thou o'r my heart art grown so absolute, 604:01,210[B ]| That no commands of thine I can dispute: 604:01,211[B ]| Thou of my pow'r know'st not the large extent; 604:01,212[B ]| To ease thy doubt, make an experiment. 604:01,213[A ]| No: I shall find a harsh repulse, I fear. 604:01,214[B ]| By thy victorious eyes, 604:01,215[B ]| Which govern now the heart they did surprise; 604:01,216[B ]| By th' Gods inviolable Oath I swear, 604:01,217[B ]| By Styx, all thy commands shall be to me 604:01,218[B ]| Sacred, as Heav'ns decree. 604:01,219[A ]| I with these am'rous vows am doubly pleas'd, 604:01,220[A ]| I am of half my grief already eas'd. 604:01,221[A ]| By this all fear of coldness you remove, 604:01,222[A ]| And then you'll tell me now, who 'tis I love. 604:01,223[B ]| Heav'n! 604:01,224[A ]| 'Tis fit that I who did great Kings refuse, 604:01,225[A ]| Shou'd know who is the charming Youth I chuse. 604:01,226[B ]| What do O hear? 604:01,227[A ]| 'Tis true I love, and glory in my Chains: 604:01,228[A ]| But to compleat my joys, it yet remains, 604:01,229[A ]| That thou, my Love, wou'dst thy dear name expose, 604:01,230[A ]| And my illustrious choice to me disclose. 604:01,231[A ]| Why dost thou frown? thou must my doubts secure, 604:01,232[A ]| I by my Love and by this Kiss conjure, 604:01,233[A ]| If thou dost love me this assurance give: 604:01,234[A ]| 'Tis Love, my Dear, makes me inquisitive. 604:01,235[A ]| Thou shou'dst all secrets to my breast resign, 604:01,236[A ]| Besides, th' hast sworn this is no longer thine. 604:01,237[B ]| I've sworn; and, if you will, 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 ]| Is this my Sov'reign Empire over thee? 604:01,241[B ]| You must what e'rs within my power command; 604:01,242[B ]| But your extravagant desires withstand: 604:01,243[B ]| Unless you will abandon him you love, 604:01,244[B ]| And will for ever from my sight remove. 604:01,245[A ]| You found a heart too ready to believe, 604:01,246[A ]| And wou'd you still that poor weak heart deceive? 604:01,247[B ]| Must I my fatal secret then resign? 604:01,248[A ]| Can you keep your heart, and yet take mine 604:01,249[B ]| Consider yet what 'tis you do. 604:01,250[A ]| I fear'd I shoul'd be thus refus'd by you. 604:01,251[B ]| Let me not yet my name declare. 604:01,252[A ]| Oh unkind Youth! thou mak'st me now despair, 604:01,253[A ]| That thou'lt reward my Love, or ease my care. 604:01,254[B ]| Consider yet, and let me hold my peace. 604:01,255[A ]| Will your unkind denials never cease? 604:01,256[B ]| Know then, my self a God I must declare, 604:01,257[B ]| Whom all the other Deities obey: 604:01,258[B ]| All things in Earth, Hell, Water, Air, 604:01,259[B ]| Must to my Godhead their devotion pay. 604:01,260[B ]| I am the God of Love, whom, to thy cost, 604:01,261[B ]| Thy foolish curiosity has lost. 604:01,262[B ]| By this thou dost my Love to Anger turn, 604:01,263[B ]| And must in fatal desolation mourn. 604:01,264[B ]| I from thy once lov'd eyes must flye; 604:01,265[B ]| For 'tis ordain'd by cruel destiny, 604:01,266[B ]| Which rules o'r all the Gods and me, 604:01,267[B ]| That for thy folly I shou'd thus abandon thee. 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,268[A ]| 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 despair am in a Desart left. 604:01,272[A ]| Oh my misfortune! oh my crime! 604:01,273[A ]| I lov'd a God, and was ador'd by him. 604:01,274[A ]| My self I banish'd, and am left forlorn, 604:01,275[A ]| A fatal subject of injurious scorn; 604:01,276[A ]| A scorn to all the Princes I've refus'd, 604:01,277[A ]| But my own folly I my self abus'd. 604:01,278[A ]| Yet sure the God is much unkind, 604:01,279[A ]| To fly himself, yet leave his power behind. 604:01,280[A ]| My Love remains still to increase my care, 604:01,281[A ]| And heighten all the torments of despair. 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,282[W ]| We of your Royal Father are bereft, 604:01,283[W ]| Who you the Heirs of this great Kingdom left. 604:01,284[W ]| So much he for the loss of Psyche griev'd, 604:01,285[W ]| That he by death his fatal grief reliev'd. 604:01,286[H ]| But are not yet the Rival Princes slain? 604:01,287[W ]| We have not follow'd your Commands in vain; 604:01,288[W ]| The Princes are in sight upon the Plain: 604:01,289[W ]| In quest of Psyche they each path will trace, 604:01,290[W ]| And their unwearied search will bring them to this place, 604:01,291[W ]| So many of us here in ambush lye, 604:01,292[W ]| As soon as they approach us, they shall dye. 604:01,293[G ]| Begone, we largely will reward your Loyalty. 604:01,294[G ]| How luckily did Zephyrus convey 604:01,295[G ]| Us to this Desart, where we may, 604:01,296[G ]| To our great pleasure, standing by, 604:01,297[G ]| Behold these insolent Rivals die. 604:01,298[H ]| 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 bless'd Eyes! behold yon Face; 604:01,301[H ]| Psyche is thrown upon this Desart place. 604:01,302[G ]| 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 this declin'd? 604:01,305[G ]| Fate did your Palace to a Desart turn, 604:01,306[G ]| And you for all your arrogance shall mourn. 604:01,307[A ]| Am I the object of my Sisters scorn? 604:01,308[A ]| Ah, had I there your fatal eyes ne'r seen, 604:01,309[A ]| I still had prosp'rous in my Palace been. 604:01,310[A ]| You urg'd that curiosity, 604:01,311[A ]| Which brought this dreadful ruine upon me. 604:01,312[G ]| Under our power you now a Slave remain; 604:01,313[G ]| Our Father's dead, and has left us to Reign. 604:01,314[A ]| No: a more glorious Fate to me's design'd, 604:01,315[A ]| Since he is gone, I'll not stay long behind. 604:01,316[H ]| She shall not if she wou'd; 604:01,317[H ]| We to be safe must shed her bloud. 604:01,318[G ]| Her with her Lovers Heads we'll first surprize, 604:01,319[G ]| Then to our rage her life we'll sacrifice. 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,320[A ]| No longer these misfortunes I'll endure; 604:01,321[A ]| Of all such wounds, death is the sovereign cure. 604:01,322[A ]| In this deep Stream that softly by does glide, 604:01,323[A ]| All my misfortunes and my faults I'll hide. 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,324[W ]| Stay, stay, this act will much defile my streams 604:01,325[W ]| With a short patience suffer these extreams. 604:01,326[W ]| Heav'n has for thee a milder Fate in store, 604:01,327[W ]| The time shall be when thou shalt weep no more. 604:01,328[W ]| And yet fair Psyche ne'r shall dye. 604:01,329[X ]| <1 Nymph.> She ne'r shall dye. 604:01,330[X ]| <2 Nymph.> She ne'r shall dye. 604:01,331[X ]| She ne'r shall dye. 604:01,332[X ]| But shall be crown'd with immortality. 604:01,333[X ]| 604:01,334[W ]| Venus approaches, from her anger fly; 604:01,335[W ]| More troubles yet your constancy must try, 604:01,336[W ]| But th' happy minute will e're long arrive, 604:01,337[W ]| That will to you eternal freedom give. 604:01,338[W ]| And yet fair Psyche ne'r shall dye. 604:01,339[X ]| <1 Nymph.> She ne'r shall dye. 604:01,340[X ]| <2 Nymph.> She ne'r shall dye. 604:01,341[X ]| She ne'r shall dye. 604:01,342[X ]| But shall be crown'd with immortality. 604:01,343[X ]| 604:01,344[A ]| I need not fly, I have done no offence, 604:01,345[A ]| I'm strongly guarded by my Innocence. 604:01,346[' ]| 604:01,347[I ]| Dares Psyche before me appear? 604:01,348[I ]| From my dread wrath you scorn to fly: 604:01,349[I ]| 'Tis Impudence, not constancy. 604:01,350[I ]| I'll bend your stubborn heart, and make you fear. 604:01,351[A ]| Dread Goddess! how have I 604:01,352[A ]| Provok'd so your unwonted cruelty? 604:01,353[I ]| You did usurp my Honours: men to you 604:01,354[I ]| Did give that Worship which to me was due: 604:01,355[I ]| For you they did my Deity despise, 604:01,356[I ]| And wou'd have rais'd up Altars to your Eyes. 604:01,357[A ]| Is Beauty then (Heav'ns gift) a fault in me? 604:01,358[A ]| It is a fault I cannot help, you see. 604:01,359[I ]| 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 ]| Against all Kings he harden'd my poor heart, 604:01,363[A ]| And for himself he struck me with his Dart: 604:01,363[A ]| His Beauty wou'd make hearts of Stone to melt, 604:01,364[A ]| And his almighty power your self have felt. 604:01,365[I ]| Dare you with me expostulate? 604:01,366[I ]| I'll make you feel the worst affects of hate: 604:01,367[I ]| My pow'r you fatally shall know. 604:01,368[I ]| And for your insolence to Hell shall go. 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,369[D ]| How long shall we our search pursue, 604:01,370[D ]| Without all hope that we shall Psyche find? 604:01,371[E ]| Each day our weary labour we renew, 604:01,372[E ]| And all our life must be for that design'd. 604:01,373[D ]| What happy Vision does salute my eyes! 604:01,374[E ]| It must be Psyche's face that can so much surprize. 604:01,375[D ]| At length the joy of both our lives is found; 604:01,376[D ]| Blest Fate! that brought us to this sacred ground. 604:01,377[E ]| Oh Divine Psyche! you're at length restor'd; 604:01,378[E ]| We will defend you now from future harms. 604:01,379[D ]| Now we have found the Goddess we ador'd, 604:01,380[D ]| We will protect her against all Hells charms. 604:01,381[A ]| Oh come not near, Heav'n does not me restore; 604:01,382[A ]| I have committed an unknown offence, 604:01,383[A ]| For which I must be snatch'd from hence, 604:01,384[A ]| And, Princes! I shall never see you more. 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,385[D ]| Oh cruel Fate! 604:01,386[E ]| Oh my curst Stars! 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,387[W ]| Fall on, fall on ~~ 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,388[D ]| This from the envious Sisters must proceed. 604:01,389[E ]| 't must be their stratagem to make us bleed. 604:01,390[D ]| Why should we thus our lives defend, 604:01,391[D ]| Since Psyche we've for ever lost! 604:01,392[E ]| 'Tis fit our hated lives should end, 604:01,393[E ]| But not that Slaves shou'd of the victory boast. 604:01,394[D ]| Why I am resolv'd I'll not this loss survive. 604:01,395[E ]| Nor shou'd you think I am so tame to live. 604:01,396[D ]| Let's hand in hand go plunge into the deep, 604:01,397[D ]| There all our sorrows may for ever sleep. 604:01,398[E ]| Agreed: and our immortal Souls shall that way go, 604:01,399[E ]| And meet our much lov'd Psyche down below. 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,400[H ]| Villain, what Cowards did you entertain, 604:01,401[H ]| That two weak Men could not by you be slain? 604:01,402[G ]| Oh Heaven! the Princes are with Psyche fled. 604:01,403[G ]| Base Slave! thou hast forfeited thy Head. 604:01,000[' ]| 604:01,404[B ]| Oh envious Fools, that Psyche thus pursue! 604:01,405[B ]| You both shall soon a deserv'd vengeance find; 604:01,406[B ]| Hells everlasting pangs to you are due, 604:01,407[B ]| Since she is gone, you shall not stay behind. 604:01,408[B ]| 'Gainst Psyche you provok'd 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 damn'd Spirits shall for ever mourn. 604:01,412[B ]| Arise ye Furies, snatch 'em down to Hell. 604:01,413[B ]| No place becomes such envious Hags so well. 604:01,000[B ]| 605:01,000[' ]| 605:01,000[' ]| 605:01,000[' ]| 605:01,001[X ]| To 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 whoe'r will serve well, 605:01,005[X ]| Must to all Mortals, nay Gods shew their spight, 605:01,006[X ]| And in 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 perpetual howlings and groans we take pleasure, 605:01,010[X ]| Our joys by the torments of others we measure. 605:01,011[X ]| To rob Heav'n of the fair is our greatest delight, 605:01,012[X ]| To darkness seducing the Subjects of Light. 605:01,013[X ]| How little did Heav'n of its Empire take care, 605:01,014[X ]| To let Pluto take the Rich, Witty, and Fair: 605:01,015[X ]| While it does for it self Fools and Monsters preserve, 605:01,016[X ]| The Blind, Ugly, and Poor, and the Cripple reserve. 605:01,017[X ]| Heav'n all the worst Subjects for it self does prepare, 605:01,018[X ]| And leaves all the best for the Prince of the Air. 605:01,000[' ]| 605:01,019[G ]| Some ease they find i' the midst of pain, 605:01,020[G ]| When Hell does a new Subject gain. 605:01,021[H ]| But in the hottest flames this sight would please, 605:01,022[H ]| And Psyche's howling will our greatest torments ease. 605:01,023[G ]| 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 ]| Were I into some dreadful Cavern tost, 605:01,026[H ]| Where the Damn'd are bound in Eternal Frost; 605:01,027[H ]| Where gnashing teeth and shuddering they lie, 605:01,028[H ]| Cursing their Births, wishing in vain to die: 605:01,029[H ]| To see her there would warm my icy chain, 605:01,030[H ]| And her extream damnation thaw my pain. 605:01,031[G ]| But oh our Hell is yet to come! 605:01,032[G ]| With horror I expect my doom. 605:01,033[H ]| There our eternal Judges are, 605:01,034[H ]| By their stern looks of mercy I despair. 605:01,035[A ]| Does my too criminal Love deserve this pain? 605:01,036[A ]| Circl'd with horror must I here remain? 605:01,037[A ]| Through thousand terrors I have been convey'd, 605:01,038[A ]| With dismal yellings, shrieks and groans dismay'd: 605:01,039[A ]| O'er troubl'd Billows of eternal Fire, 605:01,040[A ]| Where tortur'd Ghosts must howl, and ne'r expire: 605:01,041[A ]| Where Souls ne'r 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 and fro, 605:01,044[A ]| From raging Fires into eternal Snow. 605:01,045[A ]| From thence to Flames, from thence to Ice again, 605:01,046[A ]| In these extreams th' encounter equal pain, 605:01,047[A ]| And no refreshing intervals can gain. 605:01,048[A ]| The cursed Fiends still laughing at their moans, 605:01,049[A ]| Hugging themselves to hear their shrieks and groans; 605:01,050[A ]| Upbraiding them with all their crimes on earth. 605:01,051[A ]| Each miserable Ghost curses, in vain, his birth. 605:01,052[A ]| Encompass'd with these horrors round, 605:01,053[A ]| No beam of comfort have I found. 605:01,054[A ]| Oh cruel Venus! wilt thou ne'r 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 forsake 605:01,058[A ]| Me at the moment when I need him most! 605:01,059[A ]| I fear he is for ever lost. 605:01,060[A ]| I could endure the horrors of this place, 605:01,061[A ]| Could I again behold his much-lov'd Face. 605:01,062[W ]| Refrain your Tears, you shall no Pris'ner be; 605:01,063[W ]| Beauty and Innocence in Hell are free: 605:01,064[W ]| They're Treasons, Murders, Rapes, and Thefts that bring 605:01,065[W ]| Subjects to th' infernal King. 605:01,066[W ]| You are no subject of this place. 605:01,067[W ]| A God you must embrace. 605:01,068[W ]| From Hell to Heaven you must translated be, 605:01,069[W ]| Where you shall live and love to all eternity. 605:01,070[V ]| Psyche, draw near: with thee this Present take, 605:01,071[V ]| Which given to Venus, soon thy Peace will make: 605:01,072[V ]| Of Beauty, 'tis a Treasury Divine, 605:01,073[V ]| And you're the Messenger she did design. 605:01,074[V ]| Lost Beauty this will soon restore, 605:01,075[V ]| And all defects repair: 605:01,076[V ]| Mortals will now afresh her Beams adore, 605:01,077[V ]| And ease her mind of jealousie and care. 605:01,078[V ]| No Beauty that has this can e're despair. 605:01,079[W ]| Here are your Sisters, who your life once sought: 605:01,080[W ]| Their malice to this place has Psyche brought, 605:01,081[W ]| And against her all these dire mischiefs wrought. 605:01,082[W ]| For ever here they shall remain, 605:01,083[W ]| And shall in Hell suffer eternal pain. 605:01,084[W ]| But Psyche shall a Deity embrace. 605:01,085[V ]| Be gone, fair Psyche! 605:01,086[W ]| Be gone, fair Psyche! 605:01,087[X ]| Be gone, fair Psyche! from this place. 605:01,088[X ]| For Psyche must the God of Love embrace. 605:01,089[X ]| For Psyche must the God of Love embrace. 605:01,090[H ]| O mercy, mercy, Sister, we implore; 605:01,091[H ]| You'll intercede for a Reprieve. 605:01,092[G ]| No more our malice can fair Psyche grieve; 605:01,093[G ]| You'll be a Goddess, we must you adore. 605:01,094[W ]| No grace for you she shall obtain, 605:01,095[W ]| For you must here remain. 605:01,096[W ]| Yet for her sake we'll ease you of some pain. 605:01,097[W ]| No 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 for ever live, 605:01,100[W ]| Still shall wish death, but never dye; 605:01,101[W ]| Each of you must draw water in a Sieve 605:01,102[W ]| To all Eternity. 605:01,000[' ]| 605:01,000[' ]| 605:01,103[A ]| In vain, poor Sisters, I deplore your Fate! 605:01,104[A ]| Though living, you pursu'd me with your Hate? 605:01,105[A ]| 'Tis a dark Cloud upon my happiness. 605:01,106[A ]| But I'll strive to forget what's past redress. 605:01,107[A ]| Were't not for 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 all Eternity. 605:01,000[' ]| 605:01,000[' ]| 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 me. 605:01,116[D ]| We felt the extreams of love and grief, 605:01,117[D ]| Which never cou'd have found relief: 605:01,118[D ]| And hand in hand we plung'd into the deep, 605:01,119[D ]| To seek repose by deaths last sleep. 605:01,120[E ]| Since you are lost, to ease us of our care, 605:01,121[E ]| We both obey'd a generous despair: 605:01,122[E ]| For since we could not live for you, 605:01,123[E ]| Our miserable lives we could not bear. 605:01,124[E ]| To all th' insipid World we bad adieu, 605:01,125[E ]| Since nothing that remain'd could please us there. 605:01,126[D ]| Death we enjoy'd, and heavy life remov'd, 605:01,127[D ]| For we in death behold your charms again: 605:01,128[D ]| Those charms which both in life and death we lov'd, 605:01,129[D ]| Which we had sigh'd and wept for there in vain. 605:01,130[A ]| Poor Ghosts! why should you suffer for my sake? 605:01,131[A ]| In vain too 'twas your death design'd, 605:01,132[A ]| Now I no recompence can make; 605:01,133[A ]| And then by force I was ungrateful and unkind: 605:01,134[A ]| Could I have lov'd, your merits were so much, 605:01,135[A ]| Your equal greatness and your vertues such: 605:01,136[A ]| I ne'r had fix'd my choice on one of you, 605:01,137[A ]| But must eternally have waver'd betwixt two. 605:01,138[D ]| Who would not willingly resign his breath, 605:01,139[D ]| Who by a glorious death, 605:01,140[D ]| The honor of your Tears might gain? 605:01,141[E ]| I cannot 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 th' all powerful God of Love, 605:01,146[E ]| And at an humble distance we must you adore. 605:01,147[D ]| Nor can we you of cruelty accuse, 605:01,148[D ]| Who for a God all mortal Kings refuse. 605:01,149[E ]| Farewel! our Destiny recalls us now, 605:01,150[E ]| And we t' immortal happiness should go, 605:01,151[E ]| If without you it could be so. 605:01,152[A ]| Stay, Princes! and declare where, and what it is, 605:01,153[A ]| This everlasting place of Bliss? 605:01,154[D ]| In cool sweet shades, and in immortal Groves, 605:01,155[D ]| By 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 ]| In ever peaceful, fresh, and fragrant Bowers, 605:01,159[E ]| Adorn'd with never-fading Fruits and Flowers; 605:01,160[E ]| Where perfum'd 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 ]| Who did for hopeless Loves themselves destroy, 605:01,165[D ]| Are there the greatest Hero's far; 605:01,166[D ]| Your God with infinite and endless joy, 605:01,167[D ]| Rewards their meritorious despair. 605:01,168[E ]| 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 combin'd 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 Earthly joys disturb'd 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 design'd, 605:01,177[E ]| Than mortal Lovers can, when first united, find. 605:01,178[A ]| 'Tis fit that you those glorious Crowns should wear, 605:01,179[A ]| Of Friends and Rivals, the unequall'd pair. 605:01,180[D ]| The splendid Crowns of Lovers we've receiv'd, 605:01,181[D ]| But are by Heav'n of you bereav'd. 605:01,182[D ]| Strangers to Love we are alone; 605:01,183[D ]| Our Love is up to Adoration grown: 605:01,184[D ]| Our hours in contemplation we'll employ, 605:01,185[D ]| Of the transcendent glory which you share; 605:01,186[D ]| Our am'rous sighs shall turn to Holy Pray'r; 605:01,187[D ]| While we that friendship, which you made, enjoy. 605:01,188[E ]| For ever without you we must remain. 605:01,189[E ]| And now we must no longer stay, 605:01,190[E ]| Lest we contribute to your pain, 605:01,191[E ]| And your immortal happiness dely. 605:01,192[E ]| Farewel for ever, and remember me. 605:01,193[D ]| Farewel for ever, and remember me. 605:01,194[A ]| Farewel! such Friends and Rivals ne'r were found. 605:01,195[A ]| How much am I by Love and Honour bound? 605:01,000[' ]| 605:02,000[' ]| 605:02,000[' ]| 605:02,001[A ]| These Lovers must for ever in my thoughts remain; 605:02,002[A ]| And would for ever give me pain, 605:02,003[A ]| Did not the thoughts of him my mind employ, 605:02,004[A ]| Who'll banish all my cares, and will compleat my joy. 605:02,005[A ]| But ah! my sufferings have transform'd me so, 605:02,006[A ]| My decay'd Face, and languid Eyes; 605:02,007[A ]| My ruin'd Beauty he'll not know, 605:02,008[A ]| Or if he does, he will my looks despise. 605:02,009[A ]| But I have here a sacred Treasury, 605:02,010[A ]| Which all my ruines may repair; 605:02,011[A ]| Since it can make Venus her self more fair, 605:02,012[A ]| Is't an offence if it be us'd by me? 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, for ever fare thee well. 605:02,000[' ]| 605:02,016[B ]| Love o're my anger has the Victory gain'd; 605:02,017[B ]| Thy pardon is at length obtain'd: 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 languish'd, with thee did complain, 605:02,021[B ]| With thee I sigh'd and wept, and suffer'd all thy pain, 605:02,022[B ]| Why dost thou hide thy conqu'ring 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 thy sacred name. 605:02,027[B ]| She's dead, she's 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 this, all ties of duty broke; 605:02,032[B ]| No longer I'll endure thy yoke: 605:02,033[B ]| My filial duty to revenge shall turn, 605:02,034[B ]| You soon shall feel what to my pow'r you owe; 605:02,035[B ]| With hopeless Love you shall for ever burn, 605:02,036[B ]| Your unregarded pains no ease shall know: 605:02,037[B ]| You still shall rage with Love, and to despair shall bow. 605:02,000[B ]| 605:02,038[I ]| What insolence is this I hear? 605:02,039[I ]| This from a Son I can no longer bear. 605:02,040[I ]| Resume your Duty, and put on your fear. 605:02,041[B ]| Duty to her, who has made Psyche dye? 605:02,042[B ]| Revenge shall Piety succeed, 605:02,043[B ]| Revenge shall make your cruel heart to bleed. 605:02,044[B ]| And by your torments you shall find that I 605:02,045[B ]| Am much the greater Deity. 605:02,046[I ]| Sure the great Thunderer asleep does lye, 605:02,047[I ]| Or does not hear this Blasphemy. 605:02,048[B ]| My pow'r can make the Thund'rer bow; 605:02,049[B ]| You all the dire effects of it shall know. 605:02,050[B ]| For thee, dear Psyche, full revenge I'll take, 605:02,051[B ]| And of my mother first I'll the example make. 605:02,052[B ]| What hellish Rage provok'd you to this deed? 605:02,053[B ]| Whom Monsters would have spar'd, you have made bleed. 605:02,054[I ]| You suffer'd her my glory to invade; 605:02,055[I ]| And when I call'd Apollo to my aid, 605:02,056[I ]| You did the fraudulent God suborne. 605:02,057[I ]| For you he that ambiguous Riddle made, 605:02,058[I ]| And promis'd Judgement did to mercy turn; 605:02,059[I ]| And by that Oracle I was betray'd. 605:02,060[I ]| Now to 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 none but I could Psyche's Life restore. 605:02,063[B ]| Can you? Oh do, and punish me; 605:02,064[B ]| If there were any Crime, 'twas mine. 605:02,065[B ]| For her I'd lose my immortality. 605:02,066[B ]| Oh give me her, I'll 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 that of Beauty join. 605:02,070[I ]| Psyche and you have so provok'd my hate, 605:02,071[I ]| Your Pray'rs as soon may alter Fate. 605:02,072[B ]| Behold the all-commanding Deity, 605:02,073[B ]| An humble suppliant on his knee! 605:02,074[B ]| Look on my Love! can you this form destroy? 605:02,075[B ]| Oh my lov'd Psyche! Oh my only Joy! 605:02,076[B ]| Oh give me her! my duty I'll retain, 605:02,077[B ]| Your Son for ever shall your humblest Slave remain! 605:02,078[I ]| I must be gone, you sigh and beg in vain. 605:02,079[B ]| Oh hear my Pray'rs! 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 y'ave felt, 605:02,082[B ]| Your marble heart will at this object melt. 605:02,083[B ]| Ah think what pity to your Son is due! 605:02,084[B ]| Think but what wonders he has wrought for you! 605:02,085[B ]| How many hearts he's wounded for your sake! 605:02,086[B ]| Remember this, and then some pity take. 605:02,087[I ]| No more for her will I neglected be, 605:02,088[I ]| Nor will I be affronted more by thee: 605:02,089[I ]| I'll be reveng'd on all your insolence, 605:02,090[I ]| And with eternal death I'll punish her offence. 605:02,091[B ]| Oh cruel Murdress! I will take her part, 605:02,092[B ]| And will revenge my self upon your heart; 605:02,093[B ]| Against your Breast I'l sharpen every Dart. 605:02,094[B ]| You in despair shall languish and decay: 605:02,095[B ]| Those feeble charms y'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 Lover more you e'r shall gain, 605:02,099[B ]| I will be deaf when ever you complain; 605:02,100[B ]| Without Love's pow'r, all Beauty is but vain. 605:02,101[B ]| Its seeming Essence Beauty does derive 605:02,102[B ]| Only from the reflection which Love makes 605:02,103[B ]| Like that ~~ 605:02,104[B ]| Which from reflected Light a colour takes. 605:02,105[B ]| The Body does no being to it give. 605:02,106[B ]| Tremble at my revenge, for well you know, 605:02,107[B ]| What I by my resistless pow'r can do. 605:02,108[I ]| Farewel you insolent and daring Boy: 605:02,109[I ]| A living Psyche you shall ne'er enjoy. 605:02,110[' ]| 605:02,111[B ]| Oh cruel Mother! do not fly; 605:02,112[B ]| Oh think how great must be that misery, 605:02,113[B ]| Makes an immortal Being wish to dye. 605:02,114[B ]| Spight of my self I must for ever live, 605:02,115[B ]| And without her, eternally must grieve: 605:02,116[B ]| You I conjure by all the Heavenly Race, 605:02,117[B ]| By all the pleasure of each stollen embrace; 605:02,118[B ]| By the most ravishing moment of delight 605:02,119[B ]| You ever had free from your Husbands sight, 605:02,120[B ]| By all the joys of day, and raptures of the night, 605:02,121[B ]| Return, return. 605:02,000[' ]| 605:02,000[' ]| 605:02,122[B ]| Do but my Psyche's Life restore, 605:02,123[B ]| And I will never ask you more: 605:02,124[B ]| Do it, and all your pleasures I'll renew, 605:02,125[B ]| And add a thousand which you never knew. 605:02,126[I ]| At length your sad complaints have sofen'd me ~~ 605:02,127[I ]| Psyche shall live ~~ 605:02,128[B ]| Oh Heav'n. 605:02,129[I ]| But not for thee; 605:02,130[I ]| Nature returns, and I forgive my Boy. 605:02,131[I ]| Restor'd you her shall see, but never shal enjoy. 605:02,132[B ]| What dreadful words are these I hear. 605:02,000[' ]| 605:02,133[B ]| But lo! the mighty Thund'rer does appear, 605:02,134[B ]| To him your cruelty I will reveal: 605:02,135[B ]| To the great Jupiter I now appeal. 605:02,136[B ]| Soul of the World, I beg you'll do me right, 605:02,137[B ]| Against my savage Mothers rage and spight. 605:02,138[K ]| Goddess of Beauty, you must gentle grow, 605:02,139[K ]| And your severe Decree recal; 605:02,140[K ]| T' almighty Love the Universe must bow, 605:02,141[K ]| And without him must to confusion fall: 605:02,142[K ]| On Earth no Prince, in Heav'n no Deity, 605:02,143[K ]| Is from his pow'rful Sceptre free. 605:02,144[K ]| Do not the God of Union provoke, 605:02,145[K ]| Lest Heav'n 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 o' th' Universe destroy. 605:02,148[I ]| Should he a Mortal for his Wife embrace! 605:02,149[I ]| And by this hated Match blemish my heavenly Race! 605:02,150[K ]| Psyche to him shall equal be, 605:02,151[K ]| She is no Mortal, she shall never dye; 605:02,152[K ]| For I will give her immortality. 605:02,153[I ]| This puts a happy end to 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. 605:02,157[A ]| Who 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 ]| For ever both your Godheads I'll adore, 605:02,161[B ]| Who did my Psyche to my arms restore, 605:02,162[B ]| Nor Hell nor Heaven shall make me quit thee more. 605:02,163[A ]| Do I again view thy Celestial Face! 605:02,164[B ]| Do I again my Dear, my Love embrace! 605:02,165[K ]| 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 translate, 605:02,168[K ]| And they shall these blest Nuptials celebrate: 605:02,169[K ]| In honour of them, I will summon all 605:02,170[K ]| The pow'rs of Heaven to keep a Festival. 605:03,000[' ]| 605:03,000[' ]| 605:03,000[' ]| 605:03,001[C ]| 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's a happy Lover made, 605:03,005[C ]| His ravishing delights shall never fade. 605:03,006[X ]| With his immortal Psyche He 605:03,007[X ]| Now tasts those Joys which ought to be 605:03,008[X ]| As lasting as Eternity. 605:03,009[C ]| Come Lovers, from the Elizian Groves, 605:03,010[C ]| And celebrate these Heavenly Loves. 605:03,000[' ]| 605:03,011[C ]| Bacchus with all your jolly Crew, 605:03,012[C ]| Come revel at these Nuptials too. 605:03,000[' ]| 605:03,013[C ]| Come all ye winged Spirits of the Skies, 605:03,014[C ]| And all ye mighty Deities. 605:03,000[' ]| 605:03,015[C ]| You all his humble Vassals are 605:03,016[C ]| And in this Joy should have a share. 605:03,017[X ]| 605:03,018[X ]| 605:03,019[X ]| <1 Elisian Lover.> On Earth by unkindness are often destroy'd 605:03,020[X ]| The Delights in the Nymphs, who are so much ador'd, 605:03,021[X ]| Or Else the poor Lovers by kindness are cloy'd 605:03,022[X ]| So 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 a few moment's Pleasure his Liberty's lost. 605:03,027[X ]| <3 Treble.> How short are those moments, yet how few they employ'd 605:03,028[X ]| Ah how short! ah how short is the joy! 605:03,029[X ]| <2 Treble.> 605:03,030[X ]| <1 Treble.> 605:03,031[X ]| Thus wretched Mankind does suffer below, 605:03,032[X ]| And in Heav'n each Godhead to Cupid does bow. 605:03,033[X ]| But Love, Love was ne'r perfect till now. 605:03,000[' ]| 605:03,000[' ]| 605:03,000[' ]| 605:03,034[J ]| Behold the God, whose mighty pow'r 605:03,035[J ]| We all have felt, and all adore; 605:03,036[J ]| To him I all my Triumphs owe, 605:03,037[J ]| To him my Trophies I must yield: 605:03,038[J ]| He makes victorious Monarchs bow, 605:03,039[J ]| And from the Conqu'ror gains the Field. 605:03,040[X ]| He turns all the Horrors of War to Delight, 605:03,041[X ]| And were there no Love, no Heroes would fight. 605:03,000[' ]| 605:03,042[J ]| Honour to Battel spurs them on, 605:03,043[J ]| Honour brings Pow'rs, when War is done: 605:03,044[J ]| But who would venture Life for Pow'r, 605:03,045[J ]| Only to govern dull Mankind! 605:03,046[J ]| 'Tis Woman, Woman they adore; 605:03,047[J ]| For Beauty they those Dangers find. 605:03,048[X ]| No Princes the Toils of Ambition would prove 605:03,049[X ]| Or Dominion would prize if it were not for Love. 605:03,000[' ]| 605:03,050[W ]| The Delights of the Bottle, and the Charms of good Wine, 605:03,051[W ]| To the power and the pleasures of Love must resign: 605:03,052[W ]| Though the night in the joys of good Drinking be past, 605:03,053[W ]| The debauches but till the next Morning will last. 605:03,054[X ]| But Loves great Debauch is more lasting and strong; 605:03,055[X ]| For that often lasts a Man all his Life long. 605:03,000[' ]| 605:03,056[W ]| Love and Wine are the Bonds which fasten us all; 605:03,057[W ]| The World but for these to confusion would fall; 605:03,058[W ]| Were it not for the Pleasures of Love and good Wine, 605:03,059[W ]| Mankind for each trifle their lives would resign. 605:03,060[X ]| They'd not value dull Life, or would live without thinking; 605:03,061[X ]| Nor would Kings rule the World, but for Love and good Drinking. 605:03,000[' ]| 605:03,062[C ]| But to Love! to Love the great Union they owe 605:03,063[C ]| All in Earth and in Heav'n to his Sceptre must bow. 605:03,064[X ]| All Joy to this Celestial Pair, 605:03,065[X ]| Who thus, by Heav'n, united are: 605:03,066[X ]| 'Tis a great thing worth Heav'ns Design, 605:03,067[X ]| To make Love's Pow'r with Beauty's join. 605:03,000[' ]| <. . . they dance . . . > 605:03,068[K ]| For ever happy in your Psyche be, 605:03,069[K ]| Who now is crown'd with Immortality; 605:03,070[K ]| On Earth Love never is from Troubles free, 605:03,071[K ]| But here 'tis one Eternal Extasie: 605:03,072[K ]| 'Mongst all the Joys which Heav'n and Earth can find, 605:03,073[K ]| Love's the most glorious Object of the Mind.