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Show 5* BU SIR I S, And p^ur ycu out in Sorrow? then fly far, Ere Memnon comes; he comes with flufhing Cheek, And beating Heart, to bear a Bride <iway, And blefs his Fate ; how dreadfully deceiv'd ! Ram. The melancholy Scene at length begins. Enter Memnon. Mem. Oh, give me leave T o yield to Nature, and indulge m y Joy, M y Friend / M y Brother ! O h the Ecftafy That fires m y Veins, and dances at m y Heart \ You love m e nor, if you refufe to join In all the juft Extravagance, and Flight; Of bounolefs Tranfpoft on this happy Hour. Where 13 m y Soul, my BI<fs, m y 'ovely Bride/ Call, call her forth; O h hafte, the Pneft expects us, And ev'ry M o m e n t is a Crime to Love. Ram. Speak to faim---Pr'ythee fpeak. [To Syph. Syph By Heav'n \ cannot. Mem What can this mean ? Ram. Syphoces. Syph. Nay, Ramefes. Ram. By all the Gods they ftruggle with their Sorrows, A n d fwallow down their Tears to hide them from me. By Friendlhip's facred N a m e , I charge you, fpeak. (They look on him with the utmojl Concern, and go out on different Sides of the Stage. Was ever Man thus left to dreadful Thought, And all the Horrors of a black Surmile ! What W o e is this too b?g to be exprefs'd ? Oh my fzo Heart ! W h y bod'ft thou fo feverely? landane's Life's in Danger ! There indeed ; artune, I fear thee ftill; her Beauties arm thee, Her Virtues make thee dreadful to m y Thought: KING./ Egypt. 57 But formy Love how I cou'd laugh at Fate! Enter a Servant, and gives him a Paper. He leads. Enter Ramefes, Memnon fwoons and falls on Ramefes. Ram ' Twere happy if his Soul would ne'er return j The Gods may ftill be merciful in this • •* • • Hii Lids begin to rife. How fares m y Friend ? Mem. Did Myron feel m y Pangs, you'd pity him. Enter Syphoces. Syph, Fainting beneath th'Oppreflion of her Grief, Thu way Mandane fceks the freiher Air: Let ui withdraw ; 'twill pain her to be fecn, And moft of all by you. Mem. By my own Heart, I juoge, and am convine'd.-I dare not fee her. TheSighc would ftrike m e dead. [As Memnon is going, Mandane meets him; loth fart baclz\Jhe/hricks. Mvmnon recovers himfelf and falls at her Knees, embracing them ; fhe tries to difengage, he not permitting, fie raifes him i he takes her paffionatety in his Arms They continue fpcechlefs and motionlefs for fome time. ' Ram Was ever mournful Interview lisr* this ? Seehowthey writhe with Anguifn! hear themgro'n' See the large fiientDew run trickling down, As from the weeping Marble ; Paffion choaks Their Words, and they're the Statue* of Defpair ! Mem. Oh my Mandane f But ontS:^^ W'/™ »* «* *>*• Rj.VotlTn JS/Mwi"£> ^«efc. holds him. XI Mem. Forgive m c - Ram. You're to blame.-, Mem, Look there* (Pointing after her. My |