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The Seraglio

a comic opera, in two acts: as performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden [by Edward Thompson]

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[The pious Pilgrim, who from far]

The pious Pilgrim, who from far
Has journey'd weak and faint,
The hallow'd Fabrick to revere,
That holds some fav'rite Saint;
Not deeper plunges in Despair,
If all his Toil is vain,
Than does the hopeless Suff'rer here,
Nor feels severer Pain.