Let o'er my grave the leveling plough-fhare país, LYCIDAS. [Dies. O cruel fhepherdefs, for love of thee [To Parthenia. This fatal deed was done. SCENE THE LAST. LYCIDAS, PARTHENIA, LAURA. LAURA. -Alexis flain! LYCIDAS. Yes. 'Twas I did it. See this crimfon ftain! My hands with blood of innocence are dy'd. LAURA. No rival fhepherd is before thee laid; 2 of Of thy, once dear Dione? With wan care Dione! LYCIDAS. LAURA. There pure conftancy lies dead! LYCIDAS. May heaven fhower vengeance on this perjur'd head! As the dry branch that withers on the ground, So, blafted be the hand that gave the wound! Off; hold me not. This heart deferves the ftroke; 'Tis black with treachery. Yes: the vows are broke Which I fo often fwore. [Stabs himself. Vain world, adieu ! [Dies. Though I was false in life, in death I'm true. LAURA. To-morrow shall the funeral rites be paid, PARTHENIA. There fhall the yew her fable branches fpread, LAURA. From thence fhall thyme and myrtle fend perfume,. PARTHENIA. Come, Laura, let us leave this horrid wood, Where ftreams the purple grafs with lovers' blood; VOL. II. U Come Come to my bower. And, as we sorrowing go, With heart-relieving tears. LAURA. [Pointing to Dione. -Unhappy maid ! Hadft thou a parent's just command obey'd, Thou yet hadft liv'd.-But who fhall Love advise? CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. TALES. Answer to the Sompner's Prologue of Chaucer, in Imitation of Chaucer's Style. Work for a Cooper. Page Introduction. The Shepherd and the Philofopher. 25 land. The Lion, the Tiger, and the II. The Spaniel and the Camelion. 29 32 III. The Mother, the Nurfe, and the Fairy. 33 IV. The Eagle and the Affembly of Animals. VII. The Lion, the Fox, and the Geefe. 35 37 38 40 VIII. The Lady and the Wafp. Page 41 IX. The Bull and the Maftiff. X. The Elephant and the Bookseller. 43 XXVII. The Sick Man and the Angél. XXVIII. The Perfian, the Sun, and the Cloud. XXIX. The Fox at the Point of Death. XXX. The Setting Dog and the Partridge. XXXI. The Univerfal Apparition. XXXII. The two Owls and the Sparrow. |