The Poetical Works of Anna Seward With Extracts from her Literary Correspondence. Edited by Walter Scott ... In Three Volumes |
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ACHILLES,
A CANZONET.
RECITATIVE.
Achilles roams the damp and sounding shore,Nor hears th' approaching tempest's sullen roar;
Indignant mourns, by rage and anguish toss'd,
His honour stain'd, his fair Briseis is lost!
AIR.
—Bass.
Mix'd with the rising wind his groan;—Mark it, proud Troy! the welcome sound
Respites thine altars and thy throne,
Tho' fierce Tydides thunder round.
AIR.
—Amoroso.
“My Maid, my black-eyed Maid,” deprived of thee,Life has no joy, and love no charm for me!
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AIR.—
Bravoura.
Tyrant, 'tis well!—in baffled combat longThy vanquish'd myriads shall avenge this wrong!
PRECEDING AIR RESUMED.
But ah! nor love, nor glory, now I boast,Brightly they shone, now darken'd each, and lost.
CHORUS.
Hero, to thee shall great revenge remain,
And Grecian armies strew the Trojan plain!
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