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Siroes

Hoole, John (1727-1803)
  
SIROES.
  
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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SCENE VI.
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SCENE VII.
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SCENE VIII.
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SCENE IX.
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SCENE X.
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SCENE XI.
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SCENE XII.
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SCENE XIII.
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SCENE XIV.
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SCENE XV.
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SCENE XVI.
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SCENE XVI.
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SCENE XVII.
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SCENE XVIII.
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SCENE XIX.
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SCENE LAST.

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SCENE XVI.

Medarses
alone.
Alas! I now by sad experience learn
That innocence is still the surest guide.
He who confides in guilt, should Fortune frown,
Has nothing left; but he who puts his trust
In virtue, though depress'd with every suffering,
Enjoys life's sovereign blessing, peace of mind.
A torrent foul that deeper grows,
While wintry storms its waves supply;
No longer swell'd by melting snows,
And mountain floods, more slowly flows,
And leaves at length its channel dry.
The purer stream, that from the veins
Of porous earth derives it source,
Though fed no more by drenching rains,
With waters purified from stains,
Continues still its gentle course.

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