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Themistocles

Hoole, John (1727-1803)
  
THEMISTOCLES.
  
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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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ACT II.
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ACT III.

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SCENE XI.

Themistocles
alone.
How oft, unstable Fortune, dost thou shift
Thy aspect thus; and vainly now would'st tempt me
To trust thy treacherous seeming.—No: too oft
I've prov'd thy smiles and frowns: thy favour still
I little heed, and hold thy wrath in scorn.
Uncertain Fortune ne'er beguiles,
Nor lures me with her harlot-smiles,
Nor warms with hope nor chills with fears.
I know that oft in vernal bowers
The serpent glides amidst the flowers;
I know that oft in midnight hours
We praise a star, when none appears.

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