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Show The FAIR PENITENT. A n d ^y'ft thou find with Heav'n the fame Fofo,?enpf V l W * ^--Die, a»d be happy? ^' Lai Cileftal Sounds! Peace dawn, upon mv 5 M Kin ^ows lels.-oLl^nJe^W^1, A mnk not too hardly of mc when I'm gone }ui P l tl*o\ 1 but early known ' T h y won.i-tons W O M ' K t.^ou excellent youn? Man e had been happ er both : - N o w 'ns too lare' And yet toy Kses uke Ple:fure to oehold thee i hcu p -.r laft de,r Obfca.-Mercy^eav'if. rS,e dh Alt Or.Ld.deadanacold! and fet thou art not ch^poy" But lovi t j H^dit th u a thcufand faults W h it Y rt fo bafdj what Vrtu? fo fzwtrc, ' Bu hat Beauty muft of force relented, Melted to P ty, L'ov.., and to Forgvcnef ? . tuin thee ftorn that fit*it Objecl 5 ^i»i,* C^ome near, ar*d ier m ? blefs thee ere 1 die. T o -od brave Hora-iot i bequeath Mj . Lay me by thy noble Father, And lov. Memory, as thou haft done h s, For thou haft oeen my Son Oh! gracious Heav'n! T h o u that iu diets Bb flings ftill in ftor/, For Virtue, anci for for filial Piety, Let Grief, Diigrace, and W a n t be far away, But multiply thy Mercies on his Head j Let Honour, Greatntf, Goodacf* ftill be with him, And Peace in all his Ways Alt Take, take it all5 [He dht. T o thee, Horatio, 1 reiign the Gift, W h d e 1 purfue m y Father^ and m y Love, A n d find m y only Port on in the Grave. Hor. T h e Storm of Grief bears hard upon this Youth, And bends h m like a dioping Fiower to Earth. Raife him, and bear him in. [Altamont is carried tf B y fuch Examples are w e taught to prov;, 1 h: Sorrows that attend unlawful Love; Death, or feme worfe Misfortunes, foon divide T h e injur'd Bridegroom from his guilty Bride : If you would have the nuptial Union laft, Let Virtue be ?he B o n d that tics it faft. [Exeuntomnn, FINIS. T HE EPILOGUE. Spoke by Mrs. CLARKE. rj^HIS Prince 0/Rhodes, methinh, did net dif- , \ The genuine tokens of a perfeS loyer k, (cover Befeems to me much of the dangling kind. Such often as at court, and f here we find. The dargler is that fpecies of ibc beaut, Whofe commendation mo ft is in bis clothes, Who, cj a love?- to obtain bis fame, Firft on a mtblick whijper builds bis name, And when he'as dangled thro* a tedious year, Gets full pojfejfion-of the lady's ear-, He aims wo farther; fir & doje carefi his {Lin. and difcompofe Ludrcfs: ver wilt, poor thing, himfelf befray% Uyt Grac~, who one v\ rd.to fay, 'The petticoat is an iper place For biiglet-, 9hj2 Becairjetyey fcratch'd her face : A darghr is~hi fko'ft, he is a no - man, Ttjat loves himfelf too well, to love a woman. Give me the man (fay, ladies, am IrihtP) *tbot rather than rejign the maid, wa?J fight, * Pointing to thef* behind the Sc r,ei. J/7,0 |