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The REVENGE.
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And I adore thee for the Pains it gave me;But as I felt the Pains, I'll reap the Fruit,I'll shine out in my Turn, and shew the WorldThy great Example was not lost upon me.Be it enough that I have once been guilty;In Sight of such a Pattern to persist,Ill suits a Person honour'd with your Love.My other Titles to that Bliss are weak,I must deserve it, by refusing it.Thus then I tear me from thy Hopes for ever.Shall I contribute to Alonzo's Crimes?No, tho' the Life-Blood gushes from my Heart.You shall not be asham'd of Leonora,Or that late Time may put our Names together.Nay, never shrink; take back the bright ExampleYou lately lent, O take it while you may,While I can give it you, and be Immortal. [Exit.

Alon.She's gone, and I shall see that Face no more;But pine in Absence, and till Death adore.When with cold Dew my fainting Brow is hung,And my Eyes darken, from my fault'ring TongueHer Name will tremble in a feeble Moan,And Love with Fate divide my dying Groan.

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