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Show $x • E D W A R D ^ Ot mighty Love constraining feeble Nature, T o ileal mz from Affliction . In the Camp, can I appear I A Chief among his Sol. diers ? A Chief, whoftoops to hold diihonour'd Life. Life purchased by the Death of one for whom The Brave in every Age have joy'd to die ?- AndEngland-, 0 1 cannot bear the Thought Ofe'er returning to that Country more ! That Country, Witnefs of our happy Days, Where at each Step remembered Blifs will fting M y Soul to Anguifh. I already hear Malice exclaim, nay, blufhing Valour figh • Where is thy Princefs f where the Willi of Thou-fands ? The Charm, the Tranfport of the publick Eye ? bafe Prince ! And art thou not afham'd to bring N o Trophy home but Eleonora's Corfe ? . The Grave too is fhut up, that laft Retreat Of wretched Mortals Yes, m y Word is pafs'd T o Eleonora pafs'd Our Orphan-Children Bind m e to Life O dear, O dangerous Paffions! 1 he Valiant by himfelf, what can he fuffer \ Or what does he regard his fingle W o e s \ But when, alas', he multiplies himfelf lo dearer Selves, to thelov'd tender Fair T o thofe whofe Blifs, whofe beings hang upon him, T o hclplefs Children ! then, O then ' H e feels the Point of Mifery feft'ring in his Heart, And weakly weep, his Fortune like a Coward. ouch, fuch am I ! undone! . SCENE E L E O N O R A. S3 LfS#^ S C E N E V HI. Edward, Glofter. Edward. My Lord of Glofter, Be fote^a.er, oftfy Welfare, ^^, A$ to ob.y thefe Orders, AU that i» left me now. ri a The more ihy Grier, l„ft if it. Caufe bat frantic in Degree, 1 1 . aggravating Solitude, the more £ £ » ' £ : Love-nd Doty to attend thee, To trvto iooth- - F4w. Away ! thou never fhalt. Not all that idle Wifdom can faggeft* All the vain Talk of proud unfeeling Reafon, Shall rob mt of one Tear. Gloft. Of Nature's Tears ^ > I would not rob Thee , they invigorate Virtue, Soften at once, and fortify the Heart j But when they rife to fpea* this defperate Lan-pua^ e r They then grow Tears of Weaknefs'; ye. Edw. 1 care not. . ,.„,«,.„, Weaknefi, wbate'er they be, I will indulge tb:m, Will, in Defpue of 1 bee and all Mankind, ^ |
