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Semele

Opera
Congreve, William (1670-1729)
  
SEMELE.
  
[epigraph]
  
ARGUMENT Introductory to the OPERA of SEMELE.
  
[castlist]
  
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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 II.

SEMELE [alone.]
SEMELE.
I Love and am lov'd, yet more I desire;
Ah, how foolish a Thing is Fruition!
As one Passion cools, some other takes Fire,
And I'm still in a longing Condition.
Whate'er I possess
Soon seems an Excess,
For something untry'd I petition;
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Tho' daily I prove
The Pleasures of Love,
I die for the Joys of Ambition.

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