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Pan and Syrinx

An Opera of One Act
(1688-1744)
  
PAN AND SYRINX:
  
[epigraph]
  
[castlist]
  
[section]

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[scene]
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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 X.

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SCENE a Wood and Plain; at distance a River-God leaning on his Urn.
Syrinx.
On sunny Hills, in gloomy Shades,
O'er Mountains steep, and at the limpid Stream,
Still let my Virgin Days be spent
In innocent Delights!
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Where, whilst each rising Morn renews our Joy,
In blest Diana's guiltless Train,
I follow in the sprightly Chace;
With ardent Speed pursue the panting Prey,
And taste the Sweets which give a Goddess Pleasure.
Free from Sorrow, free from Anguish,
With no amorous Pains I languish,
No tumultuous Cares molest:
Freedom prizing,
Love despising,
All is calm within my Breast.
Free from Sorrow, free from Anguish,
With no amorous Pains I languish,
No tumultuous Cares molest.

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