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Show 8 G V S TAFU S FA S A, Am. And yet I truft, This Stranger that delights to dwell with Darknefs * Unknown, unfriended, compafs'd round wi;h Wretchednefs, Conceals fome mighty Purpofe in his Breaft, N o w Jab'ring into Birth. And. W h e n came he hither ? Arn. Six Moons have chang'd upon the Face of Night, tf ince here he firft arriv'd, in fervile Weeds, But yet of Mein majeftic. I obferv'd him, And ever as I gaz'd, fome namelefs Charm, A wond'rous Greatnefs not to be conceal'd, Broke thro' his Form, and aw'd m y Soul before him. Amid thefe Mines he earns the Hireling's Portion ; Jiis Hands out-toil the Hind, while on his Brow Sits Patience, bathed in the laborious Drop Ofpainful Induftry 1 oft have foughc, With friendly Tender of fome worthier Service, T o win him from his Temper ; but he mums All OiFcrs, yet declined with graceful Act, Engaging beyond Utt'rance ; and at Eve, W h e n all retire to fome domeftic Solace, H e only frays, and, as you fee, the Earth Receives him toher dark and cheerlefs Bofom. ^Ani. Hat no unwary Moment e'er betray'd T h e Labours of his Soul, fomefav'ritc Grief, Whereon to raife Conjecture ? 4rn. I faw, as fome bold Peafants late deplor'd Their Country's Bondage, fuddcn Paflion fcizd And bore hjm from his Seeming ; ftrait his Form W a s turn'd to Terror, Ruin fill'd his Eye, And his proud Step appear'd to awe the WorId : W h e n check'd as thro' an Impotence of Rage, D a m p Sadnefs foon ufurp'd upon his Brow, And the big Tear roll'd graceful down his Vifage. And. Your Words imply a M a n cf much Importance Arn, So I fufpecfted, and at dead of Night Stole on hu Slumbers \ his full Heart was 6u fy, Ansd The Deliverer of his Country. 9 And oft his Tongue pronoune'd the hated Name Of. B\oo6yCbrjffiern there he (ecm'd to pa ufe : And recollecled to one Voice, he cry'd, O Sweden ! O my Country ! Yet I'll fave thee. And. Forbear he r i f e s - - - Heav'as, what Majefty! SCENE II. of 'root Enter Guftavui. And. Your Pardon, Sanger, if the Voice Virtue, If cordial Amity from M a n to M an And1 lomeurhai: that ftoald whjfper t'0 rte Sonl, T o feelc and chear the SufFrer, led m e hither Impatient to falate thee. Be it thine A o n e to point the Path of Friendship out . Tcft * inere *• a wond r And «,„, % $5£«t, or Alliance, P ri' l*y -"""fold. Anfyet^LXa erSid;b e;»cVh,f W * *«*• ? That loudly call. t V A 7 j untry * V o<ce B<» what'.7, S0 dietr wim. Patn"ot !ort" I A" W0rth U fledTol £ t ' 3 L°r d ln 5"<*> f BeenfparU b„t for n;n "or h " a 1 ifc More W . g DlnZ%°Ti! *"'d " *"<* ' Of newborn V,rgin, (ot k ^ a R a « wen! thon'rt no more ! Q^nten |