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AMYNTAS.
To give him sweet ideas of his cot,
And make him triumph in his peaceful lot;
To make him there expect domestick joy,
The wife assiduous, and the prattling boy;
To draw Elysium on our state below,
And bliss which wealth and grandeur never know.
And make him triumph in his peaceful lot;
To make him there expect domestick joy,
The wife assiduous, and the prattling boy;
To draw Elysium on our state below,
And bliss which wealth and grandeur never know.
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SCENE II.
AMYNTAS, and THYRSIS.
AMYNTAS, and THYRSIS.
AMYNTAS.
Thyrsis, the gentle streams have not denied
Their sympathetick murmur to my woes.
I've known the trees, with softly-trembling leaves,
Whisper their pity to my warm complaint:
The rocks have softened as I poured my lay.
Harder than rocks I find my cruel fair:
Her breast will ne'er admit my moving tale.
Doth she deserve the tender name of woman?
No; she hath quite renounced her feeling sex,
Thyrsis, the gentle streams have not denied
Their sympathetick murmur to my woes.
I've known the trees, with softly-trembling leaves,
Whisper their pity to my warm complaint:
The rocks have softened as I poured my lay.
Harder than rocks I find my cruel fair:
Her breast will ne'er admit my moving tale.
Doth she deserve the tender name of woman?
No; she hath quite renounced her feeling sex,
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