"So thou, my dearest, truest, best Alicia, / Vouchsafe to lodge me in thy gentle Heart, / A Partner there; I will give up Mankind, / Forget the Transports of encreasing Passion, / And all the Pangs we feel for its Decay."
The Tragedy of Jane Shore.
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See <u>The Tragedy of Jane Shore. Written in Imitation of Shakespear's Style. By N. Rowe</u> (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1714). 