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AMYNTAS.
ACT V.
SCENE I.
ELPINUS, CHORUS.
ELPINUS.
LOVE is not a severe, capricious God;
'Tis human blindness that will have him so;
'Tis our corruption of a generous passion.
What seems obliquity, is providence;
'Tis mystery benign, only inveloped
To make a scheme of happiness complete:
I see he rules us with a golden law.
Oh! through what rugged paths, through what dark windings,
To his fair garden of Elysian bliss
He leads despairing man, just when he thinks
A deep abyss of misery yawns before him!
Amyntas was, by Cupid's destination,
From a tremendous height precipitated.
LOVE is not a severe, capricious God;
'Tis human blindness that will have him so;
'Tis our corruption of a generous passion.
What seems obliquity, is providence;
'Tis mystery benign, only inveloped
To make a scheme of happiness complete:
I see he rules us with a golden law.
Oh! through what rugged paths, through what dark windings,
To his fair garden of Elysian bliss
He leads despairing man, just when he thinks
A deep abyss of misery yawns before him!
Amyntas was, by Cupid's destination,
From a tremendous height precipitated.
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