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Right on the prostrate body, face to face,
And mouth to mouth.
And mouth to mouth.
CHORUS.
Did then no shame restrain
Her who had been so hard and so denying?
Did then no shame restrain
Her who had been so hard and so denying?
ELPINO.
It is a feeble love that shame restrains;
A powerful one bursts through so weak a bridle.
Her eyes appeared a fountain of sweet waters,
With which she bathed his cold cheeks, moaningly
Waters so sweet, that he came back to life,
And opening his dim eyes, sent from his soul
A dolorous "Ah me!" But that sad breath
Which issued forth so bitterly,
Met with the breath of his beloved Sylvia,
Who with her own dear mouth gathered it up,
And turned it all to sweet.
But who could tell with what deliciousness
It is a feeble love that shame restrains;
A powerful one bursts through so weak a bridle.
Her eyes appeared a fountain of sweet waters,
With which she bathed his cold cheeks, moaningly
Waters so sweet, that he came back to life,
And opening his dim eyes, sent from his soul
A dolorous "Ah me!" But that sad breath
Which issued forth so bitterly,
Met with the breath of his beloved Sylvia,
Who with her own dear mouth gathered it up,
And turned it all to sweet.
But who could tell with what deliciousness
