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SCENE V.
Enter Osmyn, Amelia, and Rodulpho.Osm.
Joy of my Heart! the longer I converse,
The more I'm ravish'd and delighted
With thy incomparable Wisdom.
Thou hast a Soul more beauteous than thy Form,
Nor can I live without the blest Enjoyment
Of both those excellent Perfections.
The more I'm ravish'd and delighted
With thy incomparable Wisdom.
Thou hast a Soul more beauteous than thy Form,
Nor can I live without the blest Enjoyment
Of both those excellent Perfections.
Lovely Creature! while I'm gazing,
Ev'ry Feature more amazing,
All my Soul with Raptures charm.
If such Pleasure's in beholding,
Oh the Transport of infolding
So much Beauty in my Arms!
Ev'ry Feature more amazing,
All my Soul with Raptures charm.
If such Pleasure's in beholding,
Oh the Transport of infolding
So much Beauty in my Arms!
[Going on, Casimir obstructs 'em.
Osm.
Darest thou obstruct my Way?
Dispatch him straight for his Presumption;
Sever his Head from his detested Body.
[Guards go to kill Casimir, Amelia interposes.
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Make here your Way, for such a Sight
These Eyes can never bear.
[To Osm.]
These Eyes can never bear.
Is this your boasted Mildness?
What from your Fury may not I expect
By this Example of your Cruelty?
What from your Fury may not I expect
By this Example of your Cruelty?
How can you vainly thus pretend
To love, when yet you hate?
For if I should but once offend,
I see my instant Fate:
Pity and Love to Heaven ally'd,
Engross the Godlike Breast,
Where Pity's Entrance is deny'd,
There Love can never rest.
To love, when yet you hate?
For if I should but once offend,
I see my instant Fate:
Pity and Love to Heaven ally'd,
Engross the Godlike Breast,
Where Pity's Entrance is deny'd,
There Love can never rest.
Osm.
At your Request he lives,
But we'll no longer stay
To hear his Insults,
And repent our Mercy.
Amel.
You say you love me, let me be convinced
You plainly do, by condescending
To reinstate the Christian in his Liberty;
For I am shock'd at this Barbarity,
And while my Soul with Horrour overflows,
I cannot think of Love.
Osm.
What is it for your sake
I would not grant?
But he's my Enemy avow'd;
To give him Freedom is to make him able
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Ask any other Proof of my Affection,
And my Compliance waits on your Request.
Amel.
Too well I am satisfy'd with one Repulse,
I shall but ask again to be denied.
[To Rod.]
What shall I do in this Perplexity?
Rod.
Deny her not this Instance of your Favour,
It will remove the Terrour of her Mind,
If you release him.
Osm.
Such is the Ardour of my Passion,
That I'll engage her at the dearest Rate.
[To her.
To let you see, my Charmer!
I give your Love the preference,
Above all other Views whatsoever,
At your immediate Intercession,
This Christian has his Liberty restor'd;
I only ask the Tribute of your Heart,
As a Return of Gratitude.
Amel.
Who would not with Gladness surrender,
A Heart to a Lover so tender,
Whose Actions his Passion declare?
Assist me, bright Goddess of Beauty!
And Cupid! instruct me my Duty,
To make all his Wishes my Care.
[Osm. to Cas.]
Christian,
At the Request of this celestial Creature,
You have your Life and Liberty.
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Angel of Goodness!
That from the deep Abyss of Desperation
Has call'd me forth to Life again,
Once more to come to my Amelia's Arms.
Osm.
No more, we will not hear your tedious Thanks;
Your Presence only aggravates my Wrath;
So fly while you have free Permission.
Casim.
To the Arms of my Dearest I am flying,
Who doubtless with Sorrow is dying;
Despairing to see me again,
Above all the World I adore her;
O how will my Presence restore her!
And ease her disconsolate Pain!
[Exit Casimir.
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