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And when this holy gratitude forsakes me,
All nature shall renounce its present course:
The stag shall quit the lawns, and seek the sky;
Rivers shall backwards to their fountains flow,
Shall be transported from their native channels;
The Persian drink the Soane, the Gaul the Tigris.

DAPHNE.
 Thyrsis, you mount; you grow enthusiastick;
You wander from the theme of your discourse.

THYRSIS.
 This is our point; when to Diana's spring
You go with Sylvia, try to mollify her,
Try to subdue her stubborn soul to love.
Mean while it shall be mine to school Amyntas,
And fit him for a gallant enterprize.
My task is no less difficult than yours.
Daphne, the time is precious; prithee, go.

DAPHNE.
 I go; yet once again I must remind thee,
The theme of our discourse thou hast neglected.

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