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AMYNTAS.
With a most amicable veneration
For the remains of our departed friend;
But on condition that thou thinkest not
Of dying, when his obsequies are over.
For the remains of our departed friend;
But on condition that thou thinkest not
Of dying, when his obsequies are over.
SYLVIA.
I've hitherto lived only to myself,
To gratify my supercilious temper:
But the few moments I have yet remaining,
Devoutly will I dedicate to him;
Those marks of love I'll show Amyntas dead,
Which I would never give his graceful person,
When animated with it's tender soul.
But a short period I assign my life;
Soon after I've inhumed my lover's body,
Mine by the nymphs and swains shall be interred.
Amyntas' grave shall be made large enough
To hold the corpse of each; we have, in life,
Been, by my folly, kept too much asunder;
Then let us in the tomb repose together.
Pray, shepherd, show me where my lover lies.
I've hitherto lived only to myself,
To gratify my supercilious temper:
But the few moments I have yet remaining,
Devoutly will I dedicate to him;
Those marks of love I'll show Amyntas dead,
Which I would never give his graceful person,
When animated with it's tender soul.
But a short period I assign my life;
Soon after I've inhumed my lover's body,
Mine by the nymphs and swains shall be interred.
Amyntas' grave shall be made large enough
To hold the corpse of each; we have, in life,
Been, by my folly, kept too much asunder;
Then let us in the tomb repose together.
Pray, shepherd, show me where my lover lies.
MES-
