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SCENE IV.
The Cave of Proteus arises, adorn'd with Coral, Shelfish, &c. Sea Monsters represented around it.Proteus, Eucharis.
Prot.
Lovely Fair!
Euch.
Godlike he look'd and spoke!
While she—
Prot.
Behold thy Lover!
Euch.
With Rapture saw and heard
What well might charm a Goddess.
Prot.
Behold me, hear me,
Thy Lover Proteus—
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seeing him.]
O the frightful Form!
But doubly frightful now.
[Aside.
Pro.
Proteus adores thee.
Euch.
O Telemachus!
[Aside.
Pro.
The Son of Ocean wooes thee to his Bed,
In Coral Caves, and Grots of shining Amber.
Euch.
Alas!
[Aside.
Prot.
On the green Flood I oft have seen
The sporting Sea-Nymphs in a Row,
Shine in the Court of Neptune;
Yet Galatea, if she view'd thy Face,
Wou'd dive beneath the Waves;
Nor Amphitrite's self is half so lovely.
Euch.
If I am lovely, will that make thee so?
Proteus forbear—
Of all the various Shapes thou canst assume,
Thou hast not one to please me.
Proteus forbear—
Of all the various Shapes thou canst assume,
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No, no—you'd deceive me,
Still changing,
And ranging,
So various a Lover
I never can bear.
Still changing,
And ranging,
So various a Lover
I never can bear.
Go, leave me,
Thou Rover!
To the Winds and the Waves thy Passion discover,
They sooner will hear.
Thou Rover!
To the Winds and the Waves thy Passion discover,
They sooner will hear.
No, no—you'd deceive me,
Still changing,
And ranging,
So various a Lover
I never can bear.
Still changing,
And ranging,
So various a Lover
I never can bear.
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