AMYNTAS.
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Different the practice of our modern times:
Man mixes universally with man;
Hence man is universally corrupted.
Life is disfigured; we but see the ruins
Of our original unblemished nature.—
Enough of this; say, canst thou not procure
An interview with Sylvia, for Amyntas,
Without a witness, or, at most with thee.
Man mixes universally with man;
Hence man is universally corrupted.
Life is disfigured; we but see the ruins
Of our original unblemished nature.—
Enough of this; say, canst thou not procure
An interview with Sylvia, for Amyntas,
Without a witness, or, at most with thee.
DAPHNE.
I know not; never did a simple girl
Affect a shyness so reserved as Sylvia's.
I know not; never did a simple girl
Affect a shyness so reserved as Sylvia's.
THYRSIS.
And never girl so shy as Sylvia found
A lover so respectful as Amyntas.
And never girl so shy as Sylvia found
A lover so respectful as Amyntas.
DAPHNE.
A lover too respectful, is a fool.
Tell him to quit the hardy trade of love,
Or lay aside that distant, timid homage.
He that would practise the true art of love,
Must quicken his respect with well timed courage.
A lover too respectful, is a fool.
Tell him to quit the hardy trade of love,
Or lay aside that distant, timid homage.
He that would practise the true art of love,
Must quicken his respect with well timed courage.
Let
