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SCENE I.

SCENE, Godrick's House.
GODRICK and ELIZA.
Godrick.
Yes, my Eliza, I confess 'tis just,
This Grief is just for such a Brother's Loss,
Nipt in the Bloom of Life by sad Mischance.

Eliza.
Had Death attack'd him in his common Forms;
Had ling'ring Sickness warn'd us of his End,
And led us on from Fear to sad Despair,
What I expected I had better borne:
I should have join'd in all the solemn Rites,
And mournful Offices of parting Friends:
I should have watch'd him on his dying Couch,
And help'd to close his Eyes.

[Weeps.
Godr.
Indeed 'twas sad:
Deck'd for his Spousals; all his Friends prepar'd
With Gaiety and Love to hail his Joys!
Just then to find their Expectations dash'd,
And see him dress'd a Sacrifice to Death,
To an untimely Death!—'Twas wond'rous hard.