AMYNTAS.
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"For there ethereal love alone can woo thee:
"Sylvia, I follow thee, I come!" He said,
And down the precipice strait threw himself,
While I stood torpid with severe amazement.
"Sylvia, I follow thee, I come!" He said,
And down the precipice strait threw himself,
While I stood torpid with severe amazement.
DAPHNE.
Unfortunate Amyntas!
Unfortunate Amyntas!
SYLVIA.
Wretched Sylvia!
Wretched Sylvia!
CHORUS.
Thou shouldst have stopped his rashness; but perhaps
Thy oath prevented thee from interposing?
Thou shouldst have stopped his rashness; but perhaps
Thy oath prevented thee from interposing?
MESSENGER.
No; when I saw his purpose, I forgot
That I was sacredly engaged; and sure,
Heaven, in such cases, from an oath absolves us;
I flew to save him; caught him by his girdle:
The girdle snapped, too feeble to pull back
His body's weight, impelled with violence.
It in my hand remained; I've brought it with me.
No; when I saw his purpose, I forgot
That I was sacredly engaged; and sure,
Heaven, in such cases, from an oath absolves us;
I flew to save him; caught him by his girdle:
The girdle snapped, too feeble to pull back
His body's weight, impelled with violence.
It in my hand remained; I've brought it with me.
CHORUS
