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Let it not, following tears, and puny whining,
Throw ridicule upon thy tragic-story.
Thy silence tells me reason hath prevailed;
Her power thou feelest; own, and be convinced
That thou at length art foiled in argument;
A surer victory wilt thou gain in love.
Go fearless to thy nymph.

AMYNTAS.
Yet stay awhile.—

THYRSIS.
 Why stay awhile? the rapid wing of time
Stays not a moment.

AMYNTAS.
Let us yet consider
If I should execute this bold design,
And how I should conduct it.

THYRSIS.
As we go
We'll frame the measures for it's execution.
 Since life's most eligible scenes contain,
With certain pleasure, their contingent pain;

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