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AMYNTAS.
There the tired huntresses are often seated,
To catch the grateful coolness of the place.
Sylvia to-day in that retreat will bathe
Her snowy limbs in the translucent water.

THYRSIS.
What does this lead to?

DAPHNE.
What does it lead to, sayst thou?
Is not a word a lecture to the wise?.

THYRSIS.
I understand you; but I fear he has not
Courage enough for amorous enterprize.

DAPHNE.
Then he should better brook his disappointments,
And wait with patience till his mistress woos him.

THYRSIS.
Such is the merit of my friend Amyntas,
That he almost deserves that condescension.

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