Author: William Congreve

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-25

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9781527700086

Excerpt from The Works of Mr. Congreve, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing, the Mourning Bride; The Way of the World; The Judgement of Paris; Semele; With Poems on Several Occasions Aim. No Caufe! Peace, Peace; there is Eternal Caufe, And Mile Eternal-will fucceed. Thou can? Not tell - thou halt indeed no Caufe. Leon. Believe me, Madam, l lament Jig/21m, And always did compallionate his Fortune 3 Have often wept, to ice how cruelly l14 the mourning bride. Your F ather kept in Chains his F ellow-king And oft at Night, when all have been retir'd, Have fiol'n from Bed, and to his Prifon crept Where, while his Gaoler flept, I thro' the Grate Have foftly whifper'd, and enquir'd his Health Sent in my Sighs and Frey'rs for his Deliv'rance For Sighs and Pray'rs were all that I cou'd ofi'er. Dim. Indeed thou hall a (oft and gentle Nature, That thus cou'dlt melt to fee a Stranger's Wrongs. O Leonora, hadll thou known How wou'd thy Heart have bled to fee his sue'rings. Thou hadfi no Caufe, hut eral Compaflion. Lem. Love of my Royal ifirefs gaveme Caufe, My Love of you begot my Grief for him F ori had heard, that when the Chance of War Had blefs'd Aq/elmo's Arms with Viélory, And the rich Spoil of all the Field, and you, The Glory of the whole, were made the Prey Of his Succefs; that then, in fpite of Hate, Revenge, and that Hereditary Feud Between Valentia's and Granada'r Kings, He did endear himfelf to your Afi'eétion, By all the worthy and indulgent Ways His mol't indullrious Goodnefs cou'd invent Pmpofing by a Match between Alpaca/6 His Son, the brave Valentin Prince, and you, To end the long Diffention, and The jarring m Alas. Alpboxfi Thou too art quiet-dong hall been at Peace Both, both - Father and Son are now no more. Then why am I? 0 when {hall I have Refl Why do I live to fay you are no more? Why are all thele Things thus l - Is it of Force! Is there Neceflity, l mull he miferable Is it of Moment to the Peace of Heav'n thati lhou'd be afflicted thus P - If not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.