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SCENE XX.
Dido, Osmidas.Osm.
The flames increase and yet thou dost not fly.
Did.
Were other foes yet wanting to my ruin?
Left by Æneas, by Selene wrong'd;
Insulted by Iarbas, by Osmidas
Betray'd—What have I done, ye cruel Gods!
I never with unhallow'd victims stain'd
Your sacred altars; never fill'd the air
With hateful incense to provoke your wrath:
Why then should Heaven and Hell conspire against me?
Osm.
Ah! yet reflect, nor irritate the Gods.
301
What Gods?—Mere empty names! the dreams of madmen!
There are no Gods, or these are most unjust.
Osm.
Her impious raving freezes all my soul;
I leave her to her fate.
[Exit.
[some of the buildings fall in, and the flames are seen to increase more and more in the palace.
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