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Sappho

A Lyrical Drama in Three Acts
Mason, William (1725-1797)
  
SAPPHO,
  
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PRELIMINARY SCENE.

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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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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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ACT III.

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SCENE VI.

Changes to the Bower of Doris.
DORIS.
Ye solitary shades, once more receive
Your love-lorn visitant! Let my poor limbs
Fall on your fragrance! O that they might soon
Sink into sleep eternal! that Agenor
Might find his daughter here, depriv'd of breath,
And wipe from her pale brow the dews of death!
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Ye Powers! this load of life remove,
Who gave the boon to be enjoy'd;
Behold that boon a burthen prove!
Behold your gen'rous aim destroy'd!
Change then to death your gift divine;
The gift that gladly I resign.

[She reclines on the turf in a pensive attitude.
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