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AMYNTAS.
I leave to confident, unpractised minds,
To minds just entering on a world of woe.
To minds just entering on a world of woe.
DAPHNE.
Why would you prematurely cease to love,
Before you've had your share of it's enjoyment?
Why would you prematurely cease to love,
Before you've had your share of it's enjoyment?
THYRSIS.
Daphne, the large remainder of enjoyment,
Which yet the prime of manhood promises,
I rather would forego than pay it's price,
It's usual price, inestimable quiet.
Daphne, the large remainder of enjoyment,
Which yet the prime of manhood promises,
I rather would forego than pay it's price,
It's usual price, inestimable quiet.
DAPHNE.
Involuntary love may mock your plan;
May rise, and when he rises in the breast,
He will not easily be argued down.
Involuntary love may mock your plan;
May rise, and when he rises in the breast,
He will not easily be argued down.
THYRSIS.
I keep aloof, at distance from the tyrant.
I keep aloof, at distance from the tyrant.
DAPHNE.
Unthinking mortal! who is far from love?
All space he actuates, like almighty Jove;
Pervades each atom of the universe.
Unthinking mortal! who is far from love?
All space he actuates, like almighty Jove;
Pervades each atom of the universe.
THYR-
