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The REVENGE.
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Alon.What means my Carlos?
Car.Pray observe me well.
Fate and Alvarez tore her from my Heart,
And plucking up my Love, they had well nigh
Pluck'd up Life too, for they were twin'd together.
Of that no more—What now does Reason bid?
I cannot wed———Farewel my Happiness;
But O my Soul with Care provide for hers.
In Life, how weak, how helpless is a Woman!
Soon hurt, in Happiness it self unsafe,
And often wounded while she plucks the Rose;
So properly the Object of Affliction,
That Heav'n is pleas'd to make Distress become her,
And dresses her most amiably in Tears.
Take then my Heart in Dow'ry with the Fair,
Be thou her Guardian, and thou must be mine,
Shut out the Thousand pressing Ills of Life
With thy surrounding Arms—Do this, and then
Set down the Liberty and Life thou gav'st me,
As little Things, as Essays of thy Goodness,
And Rudiments of Friendship so Divine.
Fate and Alvarez tore her from my Heart,
And plucking up my Love, they had well nigh
Pluck'd up Life too, for they were twin'd together.
Of that no more—What now does Reason bid?
I cannot wed———Farewel my Happiness;
But O my Soul with Care provide for hers.
In Life, how weak, how helpless is a Woman!
Soon hurt, in Happiness it self unsafe,
And often wounded while she plucks the Rose;
So properly the Object of Affliction,
That Heav'n is pleas'd to make Distress become her,
And dresses her most amiably in Tears.
Take then my Heart in Dow'ry with the Fair,
Be thou her Guardian, and thou must be mine,
Shut out the Thousand pressing Ills of Life
With thy surrounding Arms—Do this, and then
Set down the Liberty and Life thou gav'st me,
As little Things, as Essays of thy Goodness,
And Rudiments of Friendship so Divine.
Alon.There is a Grandeur in thy Goodness to me,
Which with thy Foes would render thee ador'd;
But have a Care; nor think I can be pleas'd
With any thing that lays in Pains for thee.
Thou dost dissemble, and thy Heart's in Tears.
Which with thy Foes would render thee ador'd;
But have a Care; nor think I can be pleas'd
With any thing that lays in Pains for thee.
Thou dost dissemble, and thy Heart's in Tears.
Car.My Heart's in Health, my Spirits dance their Round,
And at my Eye Pleasure looks out in Smiles.
And at my Eye Pleasure looks out in Smiles.
Alon.And canst thou, canst thou part with Leonora?
Car.I do not part with her, I give her thee.
Alon.O Carlos!
Car.Don't distrust me, I'm sincere.
Nor is it more than simple Justice in me.
This Morn didst thou resign her for my sake;
I but perform a Virtue learnt from thee;
Discharge a Debt, and Pay her to thy Wishes.
Nor is it more than simple Justice in me.
This Morn didst thou resign her for my sake;
I but perform a Virtue learnt from thee;
Discharge a Debt, and Pay her to thy Wishes.
Alon.Ah how?—but think not Words were ever made
For such Occasions. Silence, Tears, Embraces
For such Occasions. Silence, Tears, Embraces
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