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Show 3* E D W A R D and W.Th mingled Tears of T e n d e r s and Wonder. aha H e w wai it, M a d a m i . § ? : When thi. Pride of W o m a n , th1S belt of WhichKV*imnt Courfe the Sun behold*, W h e n firft the fickemng, felt Th1 imperious Summons of approaching F"e. A U rob?d in fpotlef. White Ihe fought her Altar. , And proftrate there, for her departing bonl, The Prince her Husband, and her Orphan Chil ImpIorS Eternal Mind.--As yet fhe held H ^ fuelling Tear., and in her Bolom kept H» Sigh, reprefsM : nor did the near Approach Of the pale King of Terror, dim her Beauty » N o . ra?her adding to her Charms, it breathd A certain mournful Sweetnefs thro' her Feature.. But a. th' increafmg B,ne more defperate grew, Wild to her Bed ihe ruih'd, and then, indeed. T h e lovely Fountains of her Eye. were open d, Then flowed her T e a r . . - " Connubial Bed, fhe ChaftY VVitnef* of my Tendemefs for him, T o fave whofe Life I unrepimngdie, In Bloom oi Youth, larewel.' Thou flult, perhaps, Receive a fairer, a more happy Bride ; But never a more faithful, never one » W h o loves her Hu.band with a fonder Paflion. Here flow'd her Tear, afrefh ; with burning Lip, She prefs'd the humid Couch, and wept again. At laft, While weary Sorrow pausM, fhe rofe. And, fearing left immediate Death might feize Her Demanded'to be led to fee the Prince ; But Fear of chafing from his Eyes, too foon, T h e falatary Sleep that heal'd his Pangs, i< li if <c Ci iC ?,.- E L E O N O R A . J7 Reftrain'd her trembling Footfteps. Qn her Couch, abandon'd to Defpair, Ihe funk anew, And for her Children call'd. Her Children came. Awhile, fupportcd on her Arm, fh- cy'd them, With Tears purfuing Tears a-down her Cheek With all the fpeechlefs Mifery of W e e -' I fee her ililU . 0 God / - - t h e powerful Image Diffolves me into Tears / Gloft. Madam proceed. Such Tears are Virtue, and excel the Toys Of wanton Pride. Dar. Then ftarting up, fhe went To fnatch them to a Mother's laft Embrace • When ftrait refining that the piercing ' Poifon might taint their tender Yean, Ihe fudden lhrunk • U5" With Horror baclt---«* " 0 wntched Eleonora I «u l( 7She7 w 1eeping cry'o) and muft I then not tafte y>Paring Soul with their, Her fad Attendants that rill th*n u A Sachisthe d/eate:60^'41 * U* Par^el. G¥. How h S e n ' d n«r°m \h^h, ' com'- Woes ., 6hten d «">w with £ ^ ^ , mingIed ^^"E^^^'dforlhi*! . Selim "' >'ou> th* Meffenger of A»0 bear b.m back thi, Anfwer 3 His |