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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: RHA1INES. This is no time for words. Go, go. Wake up the household, and then speed to rescue. EUCHARIS. What may this mean ? (Runs up the steps.) RHAMNES. I can no more. Ye traitors., Rejoice not thus. The ocean Deities Will sure avenge so horrible a deed (Enter more and more slaves.) Speed to the valley; wake the dwellers all; Oh, ask not wherefore: hence, and sound alarm (Exeunt slaves.) Scene VIII. SAPPHO. What sound of terror through the still night rings, . Usurping griefs sleep-murd'ring office thus; Who here has reason to lament save I ? RHAMNES. J, oh my mistress, ? Sappho. What is Khamnes here ? And where is she ? RHAMNES. Melitta ? SAPPHO. RHAMNES. She's gone. SAPPHO. Gone and yet thou here ? RHAMNES. She has fled, and with- SAPPHO. Stop RHAMNES. Has fled with Phaon. Sappho. RHAMNES. Alas 1 she ha He overpowered my helpless weak old age, And in the very boat for me prepar'd, He bears away his captive o'er the waves. SAPPHO. Thou liest RHAMNES. Oh that for once I did lie. Sappho. Where are your thunder-bolts, immortal gods ? Have you then griefs for Sappho's heart alone ? Is the right arm of vengeance weak and lame ? Oh, hurl your dread avenging light'nings down Upon the heads of this most guilty pair Blast them, ye gods, as ye have blasted me In vain. No flash disturbs the quiet air; The winds are whisp'ring softly to the leaves, And on its broad smooth breast the sea upheaves The bark of love still farther from this shore. There is no help: then Sappho, help thyself (The stage becomes gradually filled with slaves bearing torches, and citizens.) Ha these appear. I thank you, faithful hearts. Man will bestow, then, what the gods d..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217986847 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217986846 |
| Weight | 0.33 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.22 In |
| List Price | $15.31 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 92 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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