AMYNTAS.
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SYLVIA.
Amyntas is no more?—How did he die?
Amyntas is no more?—How did he die?
DAPHNE.
I know not how; nor dare I to assert
That he is dead; but 'tis too probable.
I know not how; nor dare I to assert
That he is dead; but 'tis too probable.
SYLVIA.
What is it that I hear? I'm thunder-struck;
To what dost thou impute his death?
What is it that I hear? I'm thunder-struck;
To what dost thou impute his death?
DAPHNE.
To thine.
To thine.
SYLVIA.
I know not what thou meanest.
I know not what thou meanest.
DAPHNE.
Of thy death
He heard the hafty news, and he believed it.
And this belief hath driven him to self-laughter;
Or by the noose, or dagger he hath died,
Or other implement of desperate love.
Of thy death
He heard the hafty news, and he believed it.
And this belief hath driven him to self-laughter;
Or by the noose, or dagger he hath died,
Or other implement of desperate love.
SYLVIA.
Thy apprehension of his death is vain,
As vainly thou didst fear that I was dead.
Thy apprehension of his death is vain,
As vainly thou didst fear that I was dead.
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