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Demetrius

Hoole, John (1727-1803)
  
DEMETRIUS.
  
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ACT I.
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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 XVI.
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SCENE XVII.
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SCENE XVIII.
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SCENE XIX.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.

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SCENE XII.

Olinthus
alone.
What man, unconscious of Alcestes' birth,
And race obscure, but by his proud demeanour
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Would deem him sprung from Pelops or Alcides?
Yet, spite of rank, with shame I own, Alcestes
Is still a rival that Olinthus fears.
What now avails a noble name,
The boasted stock from which I came,
If, 'midst the various turns of fate,
A shepherd-swain, of lowly state,
With me for Syria's throne contends?
Blind Fortune! I the gift despise,
That in your changeful favour lies,
That on your partial smile depends.

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