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AMYNTAS.
Why—yes—against her will.

THYRSIS.
 Why will you then refuse, against her will,
To show a hardiness, which though, at first,
It may displease her virgin-modesty,
In time may be thy powerful advocate,
Soften her breast with tender imagery,
And give thee love's complete reciprocation!

AMYNTAS.
 I cannot answer thee; yet I'm inspired;
Even now I feel love speaking to my heart,
In torrents of tumultuous eloquence.
My struggling tongue more forcibly describes
The strong, and varied feelings of my soul
Than the most copious orator could paint them.
But thou art versed in all love's intricacies,
And use hath made the theme familiar to thee.

THYRSIS.
 And will you then not go?

AMYN-