University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
Siroes

Hoole, John (1727-1803)
  
SIROES.
  
[castlist]
  
[section]

collapse section1. 
ACT I.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
 5. 
SCENE V.
 6. 
SCENE VI.
 7. 
SCENE VII.
 8. 
SCENE VIII.
 9. 
SCENE IX.
 10. 
SCENE X.
 11. 
SCENE XI.
 12. 
SCENE XII.
 13. 
SCENE XIII.
 14. 
SCENE XIV.
 15. 
SCENE XV.
 16. 
SCENE XVI.
 17. 
SCENE XVII.
 18. 
SCENE XVIII.
collapse section2. 
ACT II.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
 5. 
SCENE V.
 6. 
SCENE VI.
 7. 
SCENE VII.
 8. 
SCENE VIII.
 9. 
SCENE IX.
 10. 
SCENE X.
 11. 
SCENE XI.
 12. 
SCENE XII.
 13. 
SCENE XIII.
 14. 
SCENE XIV.
 15. 
SCENE XV.
 16. 
SCENE XVI.
collapse section3. 
ACT III.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
 5. 
SCENE V.
 6. 
SCENE VI.
 7. 
SCENE VII.
 8. 
SCENE VIII.
 9. 
SCENE IX.
 10. 
SCENE X.
 11. 
SCENE XI.
 12. 
SCENE XII.
 13. 
SCENE XIII.
 14. 
SCENE XIV.
 15. 
SCENE XV.
 16. 
SCENE XVI.
 16. 
SCENE XVI.
 17. 
SCENE XVII.
 18. 
SCENE XVIII.
 19. 
SCENE XIX.
 20. 
SCENE LAST.

collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section
previous section Siroes
next section

SCENE XVI.

Emira
alone.
Such various shapes, as love and hatred sway,
I take by turns, that oft my mind perplex'd
In passion's maze, scarce knows its own design.
I hate the tyrant, and to take his life
Would singly little fear a thousand bands
Of foes in arms: but then the thought recurs
That he is father to the man I love.
Yes, Siroes is myself, and O! with grief
I see his danger which myself have caus'd:
But when I think he is the tyrant's son,
O! then my heart is rent with secret anguish,
Alike in hatred, and in love unhappy.
Why was not I by Heaven decreed,
A shepherdess to tread the plain?
My bosom then no cares would breed,
But care my tender lambs to feed
And join in love some simple swain.
213

But princes, born in regal state,
Still find their fortune insincere;
Since near the throne for ever wait
In ambush plac'd—Deceit and Fear.

[Exit.
previous section Siroes
next section