 | Semiramis |  |
SCENE THE FIFTH.
To him enter Mithranes.MITHRANES.
Retire, most noble youth;
Assures, sprang from Babylonian kings,
The haughty fav'rite of our sovereign, comes:
All here respect and dread him—you yourself,
Ev'n without diminution of your glory,
May pay that deference which his state demands.
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Thou counsellest ill, I will not stoop to him;
Nor shall my crouching aggrandise his pride.
| Semiramis | |