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AMYNTAS.
I to the spot where this adventure happened
Straightway returned, but could not find Amyntas.
My boding heart presages some disaster.
Oft did the melancholy swain imagine
Before this accident, that he would find
No friendly shelter from adversity,
But in the quiet, gloomy shade of death.
Thither, I fear, he hath at length retired.
Straightway returned, but could not find Amyntas.
My boding heart presages some disaster.
Oft did the melancholy swain imagine
Before this accident, that he would find
No friendly shelter from adversity,
But in the quiet, gloomy shade of death.
Thither, I fear, he hath at length retired.
CHORUS.
Oh! 'tis the way with disappointed lovers
To talk of dying; but they seldom bleed;
Protecting nature, kinder than the fair,
Keeps them in love with life, and wards the blow;
Rare, very rare, are the determined victims.
Oh! 'tis the way with disappointed lovers
To talk of dying; but they seldom bleed;
Protecting nature, kinder than the fair,
Keeps them in love with life, and wards the blow;
Rare, very rare, are the determined victims.
THYRSIS.
Amyntas, I'm afraid, is one of them.
Amyntas, I'm afraid, is one of them.
CHORUS
Fear not; thy friendship gives a false alarm.
Fear not; thy friendship gives a false alarm.
THYR-
