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Dido

Hoole, John (1727-1803)
  
DIDO.
  
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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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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 III.
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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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SCENE XX.
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SCENE LAST.
Dido
alone.
What hast thou said,
Unhappy Dido?—To what rash extreme
Thy fury drives thee!—Heavens! increasing horrors
Surround me still—where'er I turn I see
Terror and death before me!—Hark! it cracks!
The palace shakes and threats a speedy fall!
Selene and Osmidas—all, alas!
Forsake me—shun me now—and not a friend,
A single friend to give me aid or death!
And shall the breast of Dido then confess
Such abject fear?—No: let me bravely perish,
And in my death may false Æneas find
A fatal omen for his future flight.
Fall Carthage from her deep foundation! burn
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The regal dome, and may its ashes prove
The tomb of Dido and her wretched love!

[in speaking these last words Dido furiously throws herself amidst the burning ruins of the palace, and is immediately snatched from sight amidst the flames and thick smoke that break out upon her fall.
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