University of Virginia Library

SCENE X.

Pharnaspes, Emirena.
Phar.
And art thou mine? Alas! I fear, and still
Some vision seems to mock me.

Emir.
Let us fly,
Unless we mean to find our bliss a vision.

[they go towards the passage.
Phar.
Stay, Emirena—

[stopping her.
Emir.
Wherefore?

Phar.
Hear'st thou not
The clash of arms?

Emir.
I heard indeed the sound;
But whence it came I know not.

Phar.
From the path
Where lies our destin'd way.

Emir.
Alas!—

Phar.
My love,
Be not dismay'd—conceal thyself, while I
Explore the cause of this ill-tim'd alarm.

Emir.
What can this mean?—Kind stars, betray me not.

[conceals herself.