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SCENE X.

Creusa
alone.
How strong a power has beauty! If the charms
Of this afflicted thus can touch my heart,
Well may Timanthes stand excus'd, who loves her.
I scarce can hold from tears: this hapless pair
With faithful passion love, and I'm the cause
Of their misfortunes—no—forbid it, Heaven!
Some means shall yet be found—