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The REVENGE.
This Usage is like stamping on the Murder'd,
When Life is fled. Most barbarous and unjust.
When Life is fled. Most barbarous and unjust.
Leon.If from your Guilt none suffer'd but your self,
It might be so—Farewell. [Going.
It might be so—Farewell. [Going.
Alon.Who suffers with me?
Leon.Enjoy your Ignorance, and let me go.
Alon.Alas! What is there I can fear to know,
Since I already know your Hate? Your Actions
Have long since told me that.
Since I already know your Hate? Your Actions
Have long since told me that.
Leon.They flatter'd you.
Alon.How? flatter'd me!
Leon.O search in Fate no farther!
I Hate thee, O Alonzo! How I hate thee!
I Hate thee, O Alonzo! How I hate thee!
Alon.Indeed? and do you weep for Hatred too?
O what a doubtful Torment heaves my Heart!
I hope it most—and yet I dread it more!
Shou'd it be so! Should her Tears flow from thence!
How wou'd my Soul blaze up in Ecstasy!
Ah! no: How sink into the Depth of Horrors!
O what a doubtful Torment heaves my Heart!
I hope it most—and yet I dread it more!
Shou'd it be so! Should her Tears flow from thence!
How wou'd my Soul blaze up in Ecstasy!
Ah! no: How sink into the Depth of Horrors!
Leon.Why would you force my Stay?
Alon.What mean these Tears?
Leon.I weep by Chance; nor have my Tears a Meaning;
But Oh! when first I saw Alonzo's Tears,
I knew their Meaning well.
[Alon. falls passionately on his Knees, and
takes her Hand.
But Oh! when first I saw Alonzo's Tears,
I knew their Meaning well.
[Alon. falls passionately on his Knees, and
takes her Hand.
Alon.Heav'ns! what is This? That Excellence for which
Desire was planted in the Heart of Man;
Virtue's supreme Reward on this side Heav'n;
The Cordial of my Soul!—and This Destroys me—
Indeed I Flatter'd me that thou didst Hate.
Desire was planted in the Heart of Man;
Virtue's supreme Reward on this side Heav'n;
The Cordial of my Soul!—and This Destroys me—
Indeed I Flatter'd me that thou didst Hate.
Leon.Alonzo, pardon me the Injury
Of loving you. I struggled with my Passion,
And struggled long; let that be some Excuse.
Of loving you. I struggled with my Passion,
And struggled long; let that be some Excuse.
Alon.Unkind! You know I think your Love a Blessing
Beyond all Human Blessings, 'tis the Price
Of Sighs and Groans, and a whole Year of dying:
Beyond all Human Blessings, 'tis the Price
Of Sighs and Groans, and a whole Year of dying:
But