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hilst two young virgins, on whose arms she lean'd, Kindly look'd up, and at her grief grew sad! E'en the lewd rabble, that were gather'd round To see the sight, stood mute when they beheld her, Govern'd their roaring throats--and grumbled pity. FEAR. Come on, Sir,--here's the place--stand still,-- How fearful 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and coughs, that whig the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down, Hangs one that gathers samphire--dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than one's head, The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark Seems lesson'd to a cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for fight. The murmuring surge; That on th' unnumbered idle pebbles chases, Cannot be heard so high.--I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn and the disorder make me Tumble down headlong. AWE AND FEAR. Now, all is hush'd and still as death-- How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aking sight. The tombs, And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice-- Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice--my own affrights me with its echoes. HORROR. Hark!--the death-denouncing trumpet founds The fatal charge, and shouts proclaim the onset. Destruction rushes dreadful to the field, And bathes itself in blood. Havock, let loose. Now, undistinguish'd, rages all around; While Ruin, seated on her dreary throne, Sees the plain strew'd, with subjects truly her's, Breathless and cold. ANGER. Hear me, rash man; on thy allegiance hear me, Since thou hast striven to make us break our vow, Which, nor our nature, nor our place can bear, We banish thee forever from our sight And kingdom. If, when three days are expir'd, Thy hated trunk be found in our dominions, That moment is thy death---Away! REVENGE. If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced me, and hindered me of half a million; laughed at my losses, mo
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