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SCENE IV.

Discovers a Statue of Pan, near which is placed an Urn. Many Shepherds are discovered who have drawn, standing with the Women who have fallen to their Lot.
Thyrsis and Phillis.
Thyrsis.
Recit.
Arcadian Pan! whose happy Influence yields
Health to our Flocks, and Plenty to our Fields:
If ere the Thoughts of Syrinx warm'd your Soul,
Or when to kinder Dryope you stole,
Suspend your Rage, assist my amorous Pray'r,
And to her Thyrsis give the matchless Fair.

[Advances to draw.
Phillis.
AIR.
Goddess of the dimp'ling Smile,
Quit, ah! quit thy fav'rite Isle;
Crown'd with Myrtle Wreath, advance;
From the Hand of giddy Chance
Snatch the Pow'r to make me bless'd,
Be it thine to ease my Breast.
In her Ivory Car the fair Queen I behold,
Her Cygnets in Trappings of Purple and Gold;
Displaying their Pinions I see the young Loves,
All brighter than Sun-shine, all soft as her Doves.
With Raptures, O Venus, I bow at thy Shrine:
She whispers me softly, Young Thyrsis is thine.

Thyrsis.
Recit.
O happy Thyrsis! let the Hills around,
And every Valley, catch the pleasing Sound:
Waft it, ye Breezes, to the Cyprian Shore;
Thyrsis is blest, and asks of Fate no more.

[Embraces Phillis.