Act ii. Sc. 5.
Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves;
Britons never will be slaves.
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_Song, "Forever, Fortune."_
Forever, Fortune, wilt thou prove
An unrelenting foe to love;
And, when we meet a mutual heart,
Step rudely in, and bid us part?
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_Sophonisba_. Act iii. Sc. 2.
O Sophonisba! Sophonisba, O![18]
[Note 18: This line was altered, after the second edition, to "O
Sophonisba! I am wholly thine."]
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JOHN DYER.
1700-1758.
_Grongar Hill_. Line 163.
Ever charming, ever new,
When will the landscape tire the view.
Line 123.
As yon summits soft and fair,
Clad in colors of the air,
Which to those who journey near
Barren, brown, and rough appear.
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PHILIP DODDRIDGE.
1702-1751.
_Epigram on his Family Arms_.
Live while you live, the epicure would say,
And seize the pleasures of the present day;
Live while you live, the sacred preacher cries,
And give to God each moment as it flies.
Lord, in my views let both united be;
I live in pleasure, when I live to thee.
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ROBERT DODSLEY
1703-1764.
_The Parting Kiss_.
One kind kiss before we part,
Drop a tear and bid adieu;
Though we sever, my fond heart
Till we meet shall pant for you.
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