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Let o'er my grave the leveling plough-fhare país,
Mark not the fpot; forget that e'er I was.
Then mayft thou with Parthenia's love be blest,
And not one thought on me thy joys molest !
My fwimming eyes are over-power'd with light,
And darkening fhadows fleet before my fight:
May'ft thou be happy! ah! my foul is free.

LYCIDAS.

[Dies.

O cruel fhepherdefs, for love of thee [To Parthenia. This fatal deed was done.

SCENE THE LAST.

LYCIDAS, PARTHENIA, LAURA.

LAURA.

-Alexis flain!

LYCIDAS.

Yes. 'Twas I did it. See this crimfon ftain!

My hands with blood of innocence are dy'd.
may the moon her filver beauty hide
In rolling clouds! my foul abhors the light;
Shade, fhade the murderer in eternal night!

LAURA.

No rival fhepherd is before thee laid;
There bled the chafteft, the fincereft maid
That ever figh'd for love. On her pale face,
Cannot thy weeping eyes the feature trace

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Of thy, once dear Dione? With wan care
Sunk are those eyes, and livid with despair!

Dione!

LYCIDAS.

LAURA.

There pure conftancy lies dead!

LYCIDAS.

May heaven fhower vengeance on this perjur'd head! As the dry branch that withers on the ground,

So, blafted be the hand that gave the wound!

Off; hold me not.

This heart deferves the ftroke;

'Tis black with treachery. Yes: the vows are broke

Which I fo often fwore.

[Stabs himself.

Vain world, adieu !

[Dies.

Though I was false in life, in death I'm true.

LAURA.

To-morrow shall the funeral rites be paid,
And these Love-victims in one grave be laid.

PARTHENIA.

There fhall the yew her fable branches fpread,
And mournful cypress rear her fringed head.

LAURA.

From thence fhall thyme and myrtle fend perfume,.
And laurel ever-green o'erfhade the tomb.

PARTHENIA.

Come, Laura, let us leave this horrid wood,

Where ftreams the purple grafs with lovers' blood;

VOL. II.

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Come

Come to my bower. And, as we sorrowing go,
Let poor Dione's story feed my woe

With heart-relieving tears.

LAURA.

[Pointing to Dione.

-Unhappy maid !

Hadft thou a parent's just command obey'd,

Thou yet hadft liv'd.-But who fhall Love advise?
Love fcorns command, and breaks all other ties..
Henceforth, ye fwains, be true to vows profest;
For certain vengeance ftrikes the perjur'd breast.

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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

TALES.

Answer to the Sompner's Prologue of Chaucer, in

Imitation of Chaucer's Style.

Work for a Cooper.

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Introduction. The Shepherd and the Philofopher. 25
I. To his Highness William Duke of Cumber-

land. The Lion, the Tiger, and the
Traveller.

II. The Spaniel and the Camelion.

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III. The Mother, the Nurfe, and the Fairy.

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IV. The Eagle and the Affembly of Animals.
V. The Wild Boar and the Ram.
VI. The Mifer and Plutus.

VII. The Lion, the Fox, and the Geefe.

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