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SCENE VII.
MELAMPUS.Are ye no more than shadows? O my heart,
Art thou not less encumber'd? Sure a dawn
Of consolation seems to break upon thee;
Or dost thou cheat thyself?
[Music from a harp.
What strains are these,
So much resembling those mellifluous notes,
Which my companion Orpheus from his lyre
Was wont to raise, when Argo plough'd the deep,
And raptur'd Nereids follow'd; while his voice,
In celebrating songs of Jason's deeds,
O'er the smooth'd ocean floated on the breeze,
And ev'ry star had cast its cloudy veil.
Song from behind the scenes.
Virtue, only source of good,
From the breast awhile remov'd,
Leaves a watchful guard behind,
Conscience, to secure the heart.
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She will soon access regain;
Blissful change! when light to gloom,
And to horror joy succeeds.
MELAMPUS.
Celestial sounds of transport from my ear
So long withheld! O Virtue, dost thou smile
Again on Jason? Purest goddess, stay!
While thy returning influence I feel,
Let me not sink in horrible amaze
How I, who once possess'd, could ever lose thee!
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