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TAMERLANE
ACT I. SCENE I.
SCENE before Tamerlane's Tent.
Enter the Prince of Tanais, Zama, and Mirvan.
Pr. of T.Hail to the Sun! from whose returning LightThe chearful Soldiers Arms new Lustre take,To deck the Pomp of Battle; Oh, my Friends!Was ever such a glorious Face of War?See, from this height! how all Galatia's PlainsWith Nations numberless are cover'd o'er;Who, like a Deluge, hide the face of Earth,And leave no Object, in the vast Horizon,But glitt'ring Arms, and Skies.
Zam.Our Asian WorldFrom this important Day expects a Lord,This Day they hope an End of all their Woes,Of Tyranny, of Bondage, and Oppression,From our Victorious Emp'ror, Tamerlane.
Mir.Well has our holy Alha mark'd him outThe Scourge of lawless Pride, and dire Ambition,The great Avenger of the groaning World.Well has he worn the Sacred Cause of Justice
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