The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
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Celia to Amintor.
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Celia to Amintor.
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Since God, whom we continually offend,Is still so merciful, that he forgives,
Man, sure! a pitying ear may justly lend,
When Woman, penitent, in sorrow, lives.
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The mournful dove, when absent from her mate,Sits, brooding melancholy, all alone;
Pines, and bemoans, her separated state,
And all the groves can ne'er the loss attone.
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So, I, depriv'd of all, I hold most dear,My much-mourn'd lover, and my tend'rest friend;
Hear reason whisper, in my conscious ear,
That only your blest sight my grief can end.
IV
Sure, if I see you not, before I sleep,A second Niobe I shall become;
Fly, then, Amintor, give my woe relief,
Rather, than vex you, I'll be always dumb.
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