AMYNTAS.
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Straight love and grief with all their frenzy seized her.
Never did Bacchanal show more distraction:
The hills resounded with her piercing cries;
She smote her bosom, and she tore her hair,
And threw herself on her reviving lover.
Their lovely faces, too long kept asunder,
Now met; she pressed her ruby lips to his.
The warm impression cherished feebled nature;
And grisly death, who, with his levelled dart,
Had for his victim destined her Amyntas,
At length, by love defeated, stalked away,
(He could not bear this animating scene)
And left her mistress of the doubtful field.
Never did Bacchanal show more distraction:
The hills resounded with her piercing cries;
She smote her bosom, and she tore her hair,
And threw herself on her reviving lover.
Their lovely faces, too long kept asunder,
Now met; she pressed her ruby lips to his.
The warm impression cherished feebled nature;
And grisly death, who, with his levelled dart,
Had for his victim destined her Amyntas,
At length, by love defeated, stalked away,
(He could not bear this animating scene)
And left her mistress of the doubtful field.
CHORUS.
I own, a strong criterion tried her love:
Yet strange it is that she at once relinquished
Her former coyness, and severity.
I own, a strong criterion tried her love:
Yet strange it is that she at once relinquished
Her former coyness, and severity.
ELPINUS.
In common instances we may conceal
The master-passion; but on great occasions,
In common instances we may conceal
The master-passion; but on great occasions,
Тоо
