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And pierced the heart which had been treated worse
And wounded more by thee, had I not seized
His arm and hindered him. Alas! Alas!
That shallow wound perhaps was but the exercise
Of his determined and despairing constancy,
And did but shew the way for the fierce steel
To run more freely in.
And wounded more by thee, had I not seized
His arm and hindered him. Alas! Alas!
That shallow wound perhaps was but the exercise
Of his determined and despairing constancy,
And did but shew the way for the fierce steel
To run more freely in.
SYLVIA.
What dost thou tell me?
What dost thou tell me?
DAPHNE.
Afterwards, when he heard that bitter news,
I saw him swoon with agony; and on coming
To life again, he flung away in fury,
To kill himself; and doubtless, it is done.
Afterwards, when he heard that bitter news,
I saw him swoon with agony; and on coming
To life again, he flung away in fury,
To kill himself; and doubtless, it is done.
SYLVIA.
Ah me! And thou not follow him! Let us go;
Oh, let us find him! If he would have died
To follow me, he must live now to save me.
Ah me! And thou not follow him! Let us go;
Oh, let us find him! If he would have died
To follow me, he must live now to save me.
