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SCENE VII.
An Apartment in Osmyn's Pavilion.Osmyn
alone.
It's certain she is fled, but who could think,
That in such beautiful Perfection,
Ingratitude could be conceal'd;
'Twas for her sake I condescended
To grant the Christian Life and Liberty:
So much her Charms have ravish'd all my Soul,
That with the fair delusive Creature
Are all my Hopes of Comfort fled:
Now all my Conquests are insipid,
The World and all its rich Possessions
Cannot redress the Anguish I conceive,
By this one Woman's Imposition.
That in such beautiful Perfection,
Ingratitude could be conceal'd;
'Twas for her sake I condescended
To grant the Christian Life and Liberty:
So much her Charms have ravish'd all my Soul,
That with the fair delusive Creature
Are all my Hopes of Comfort fled:
Now all my Conquests are insipid,
The World and all its rich Possessions
Cannot redress the Anguish I conceive,
By this one Woman's Imposition.
All my Glories I resign,
For a Life that's Divine;
In a lonely desart Cell,
I'll in sweet Retirement dwell;
Unmolested I intend
All my future Years to spend:
Now adieu ye worldly Joys,
Short-lived Splendor, Courts and Noise;
There I only hope to find
Solitude, and Peace of Mind.
For a Life that's Divine;
In a lonely desart Cell,
I'll in sweet Retirement dwell;
Unmolested I intend
All my future Years to spend:
Now adieu ye worldly Joys,
Short-lived Splendor, Courts and Noise;
There I only hope to find
Solitude, and Peace of Mind.
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