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Show 48 B U S I R I S, Myr. As many Accidents concur to work M Y Paifions up to this unheard ot Crime, As if the Gods defign'd it -be .t then Their Fault, not Mine Memnonl faid fhe not Memnon f M y Heart began to ftagger, but tis over • Heav'n blaft me if I thought it poffible I could be ftill more curft That hated Dog Her Lord, her Life ! 1 thank her for my Cure Of all Remorfe and Pity ; Thi« has left me Without a Check, and thrown the loofen d Reins O n my wile P.fiicn to run headlong on ; And in her Ruin quench a double Fire, The blended Rage of Vengeance and of Love. Deftrutfion full of Transport ! lo, I come Swift on the Wing to meet m y certam Doom; I know the Danger, and I know the Shame; But like our Phoenix, in fo bright a Flame I plunge triumphant my devoted Head, And doat on Death in that luxurious Bed. The End of the Third Atf. K I N G / Egypt. 49 ACT A C T IV. SCENE I. Enter Myron in theutmoflDiforder, hare-headed without Light, &c. Walks dijiurbedly before b /peaks. MT RON. HEneeforth fet no Man truft the firft falfe Step Of Gallc, it h angs upon a Precipice, W,>jfeft;ep Defcent in laltPerdition ends ! How far am I piung'd down beyond a 11 Thought Which I this Evening fram'd ! - - But be it fo, Confummate Horror! Guilt beyond a N a m e ! Dare nor, my Soul, repent; in thee Repentance Wercfecond Guilt, and thou blafphem'ftjuit Heav'n, vBy hoping iMercy. Ah ! my Pain will ceafe When Gods want Pow'r to punifh. -Ha ! the Dawn Rife never more, O Sun ! let Night prevail, Eternal Darknefa the World's wide Scene, An4 hide me from Nicanor and my fe*f. Enter Auletes. Who's there ? M. M y Lord? Myr. Auletes ? dul, Guard your Life. D The |
