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A DUETT

BOTH.
Now the torch of rapture burns,
Sorrows fly, and joy returns;
Hope, in blushing garlands drest,
Comes again, a welcome guest.

SHE.
So the gloomy shades of night

HE.
Fade before the dawn of light;

SHE.
Till Aurora's blushing ray

BOTH.
Kindle darkness into day.