Where is Ihe now f That it may biirft upon her;

Bear her unbounded from me, dotrn the lorrear^

Far, far awa; ! And though my plighted faith.
Shall fave her ftwn the Romans, yet to tell ber.
That I will never, never fee her more ! »«

Ha ! there fhe eomeet— 'Femicimis tinr one !— *l,ea*-e ide'>

Euter Sophonifba.
Sofii. ForgiTe this quick return.— The mge, confufiiM^
And minglea paflionkof this luclclefs day,-
Made me forget another warm renuefl
I had to beg of generoui Mafiniflii ;
For, Oh 1 to whom, fsve tb the gcnefoui, ciu-
The miferable fly ^-^Bat much dlAurb'd
You look,.attd feawl upon me a deiiial.
Repentance frowns on your contt^i^d' brow.
Already, weary of my finking'fdto,.
You foemto'dnaop; and for unhappy SyphluC
I fliall implore in-v^ii.
Mt/. For.Syphjijs? Veafleaneal
And cantl thou mention him ? Ohy gcmv itw brtath' t

Sa^b. I know, yQung prince, hmr devp he Iim' pto>
Tok'd the* ;
How keen he fought thy youth ; through wJiai a flre
Of ^ real din ref?, from which you come the bri^Wr.
Ori dull indiHerent obje^a, or perhaps
SKUik'd a-Knlb, 'tiibutcommdn bouhty
To Ihower relief ; but when our Uttateft foe;
Lies funk, difarm'dr and defolate,- tfaea, then,-
To feel the mercies of a pitying God,
To raife him from the duft, and that bed way
To triumph o'er him, is heroic goodnefi.
Oh, let unhappy Syphsx touch thy hearr,
ViaoriousM^iniak!

Mi^. Mduftreusthti!
Srill'dbft thou blaflmcwith thatcurfed name'!
The very name thy confciotH guik fbould Qiun.
Ob, had-hc heap'd all iilb U[tan my h^Ki,-
While it was young, and for the itntiii unfit;
Had he but driven me horn my ustive throne,



J4. SOPHONISBA.
