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Decius and Paulina

A Masque
(1688-1744)
  
Decius and Paulina,
  
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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 X.
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SCENE XI.
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SCENE XII.
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SCENE XIII.
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SCENE XIV.
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SCENE XV.

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SCENE XI.

The Temple.
Priestess, and Priests attending.
Priestess.
Blind God of Love, and of Disguise,
What various Changes crown thy Pow'r!
Jove has for thee forsook his Skies,
A mortal Beauty to adore.
Blind God of Love, and of Disguise,
What various Changes crown thy Pow'r!
But Decius, (impious Pride!)
To personate a God aspires:
And could his Passion point out none but Me,
To aid his wild Desires?
But shall it be? No; the licentious Boy
With Justice is betray'd:
He from his Hopes at once shall fall,
And Disappointment, Scorn, and Shame shall wait him.
Paulina comes;—It must be tried,
How She the God will entertain.

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