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The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton

with an essay on the Rowley poems by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat and a memoir by Edward Bell

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[Celmonde.]
And can I live to see her with anere?
It cannot, must not, nay, it shall not be!
This night I'll put strong poison in the beer,
And him, her, and myself, at once will sle.
Assist me, Hell! let devils round me 'tend,
To slay myself, my love, and eke my doughty friend.
[Exit.
Enter Ælla and Bertha.