Back in the dark, by Brompton-park, He turn'd up through the Gore ¡ Mean-while duke Guise did fret and fume, Then, wet and weary, home he far'd, Sore muttering all the way, “The day I meet him, Nic fhall rue Now God preserve our gracious king, May learn this leffon from duke Nic, DIONE N E. DIO N PASTORAL A TRAGEDY. "Sunt numina amanti, "Sævit et injuftâ lege relicta Venus." DRAMATIS PERSONEÆ. MEN. EVANDER under the name of LYCIDAS. CLEANTHES. Shepherds. WOMEN. DIONE under the name of ALEXIS. PARTHENIA. LAURA. Scene, ARCADIA. ACT I. SCENE I.. A Plain, at the Foot of a fleep craggy Mountain. DIONE. LAURA. LAURA. WHY doft thou fly me? Stay, unhappy fair, Seek not these horrid caverns of despair; To trace thy steps, the midnight air I bore, DIONE. O let my foul with grateful thanks o'erflow! Like the weak lamb, you rais'd me from the plain, Each day I fhare thy bowl and clean repast, LAURA. Defpair will fly thee, when thou shalt impart Disclose |