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Show 34 E D W A R DS At this the parting Gloom clear'd up apace ; M y Slumbers foiten'd; and, with Health, return'd Serenity of Mind, and order'd Thought, And fair Ideas gladdening all the Soul. Aerial Mufick too, by Fancy heard, Sooth'd m y late Pangs and harmoniz'd m y Breaft. Thro' Shades of Blifs I walk'd, where Heavenly Forms Sung to their Lutes m y Eleonora't Love •* But where is fhe ? the Glory of her Sex ! O dearer, juftly dearer, far than ever ! Quick let m e find her, pour into her Bofom M y full, lull Soul, with Tendernefs o'crcharg'd, With glad Surprize, with Gratitude and Wonder.- H a ! w hy this Silence ? this dejeded Look ? You caft a drooping Eye upon the Ground. Where is the Princefs i* Gloft. She, m y Lord, repofcs. Edw. Repofes ! No ! It is not likely, Gloter, That flie would yield her weeping Eyes to fleep, While I lay there in A g o n i e s - A w a y I I am too feeble then to know the Truth. Say, is fhe well ? Gloft. N o w ihow thy Courage, Edward Edw. O all m y Fears / I fhall ftart out to Mad-nefs .' What / while I flept ? Gloft. Yes Edw. Mifery / Diftradion / M y Peace, m y Honour is betray'd for ever / O Love ! O Shame / O murdcr'd Eleonora ' SCEN E L E O N O R A. 35 S C E N E lit. Glofter. Unhappy Prince ! go find thy Eleonora And in heart-cafing Grief exhale rhoD *• All other Comfort, now? w e r t l f ° n : The Windsand raging Seas nlk d ° W n Th' Arabian PrinceV Tro^^y?" *** The moving Scene within. " * lcarn S C E N E IV. Daraxa. Ican„omorefoppoft.t »/%£> much u l0Jf- Generous Mourni.- a a |