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... pity , you will die , I'll watch your birth of immortality : Then , turtle - like , I'll to my mate repair ; And teach you your first flight in open air . C Nakar . Hark , my Damilcar , we are call'd TYRANNIC LOVE . 17.
... pity , you will die , I'll watch your birth of immortality : Then , turtle - like , I'll to my mate repair ; And teach you your first flight in open air . C Nakar . Hark , my Damilcar , we are call'd TYRANNIC LOVE . 17.
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... call'd below ! Damilcar . Let us go , let us go ! Go to relieve the care Of longing lovers in despair ! Nakar . Merry , merry , merry , we sail from the east , Half tippled at a rainbow feast . Dam . In the bright moonshine while winds ...
... call'd below ! Damilcar . Let us go , let us go ! Go to relieve the care Of longing lovers in despair ! Nakar . Merry , merry , merry , we sail from the east , Half tippled at a rainbow feast . Dam . In the bright moonshine while winds ...
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... call'd to share , Tell me , what is it , sir , you here prepare ? Selin . ' Tis what your dying brother did bequeath , A scene of vengeance , and a pomp of death . Benz . The horrid spectacle my soul does fright ; I want the heart to ...
... call'd to share , Tell me , what is it , sir , you here prepare ? Selin . ' Tis what your dying brother did bequeath , A scene of vengeance , and a pomp of death . Benz . The horrid spectacle my soul does fright ; I want the heart to ...
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... call'd on me for thy brother's claim , Broke all , and sullied my unspotted fame ? Wert thou to empire , by my baseness , brought , And wouldst thou ravish what so dear I bought ? Dear ! for my conscience and its peace I gave : Why was ...
... call'd on me for thy brother's claim , Broke all , and sullied my unspotted fame ? Wert thou to empire , by my baseness , brought , And wouldst thou ravish what so dear I bought ? Dear ! for my conscience and its peace I gave : Why was ...
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... call'd him hither ; ' twas my fatal breath ; And I the screech - owl that proclaim'd his death . Mel . Ah turn your sight to me , my dearest lord ! Can you not one , one parting look afford ? Ev'n so unkind in death ? but ' tis in vain ...
... call'd him hither ; ' twas my fatal breath ; And I the screech - owl that proclaim'd his death . Mel . Ah turn your sight to me , my dearest lord ! Can you not one , one parting look afford ? Ev'n so unkind in death ? but ' tis in vain ...
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