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 1 Per|  noble, friend to Polyeucte. ~PAULINE, daughter to Felix, wife
 2 Per|      STRATONICE, companion to Pauline. ~ALBIN, friend to Felix. ~
 3 1  |   baseless this her fright,~ ~Pauline is wrung with fear—by day—
 4 1  |      my life resign~95~If but Pauline—my love—would give consent!~ ~
 5 1  |    thy traitor heart!~ ~Enter PAULINE and STRATONICE~~ POLY. I
 6 1  |        POLY. I needs must go, Pauline! My love, good-bye!~ ~I
 7 1  |    guide~ ~Yet only duty made Pauline his bride;~ ~Love might
 8 1  |       sake alone!~ ~Too well, Pauline, thou hast thy sire obeyed;~
 9 2  |     nor Mars, nor Fortune—but Pauline.~ ~This fruit now ripening
10 2  |    shame;~30~One heart for me—Pauline’s! One boast—that dearest
11 2  |       oak—’tis but a reed!~50~Pauline is wed, then am I lost indeed!~ ~
12 2  |   lives only black despair!~ ~Pauline another’s wife?~ ~ FABIAN.
13 2  |     despair;~ ~Fate only, not Pauline, the foe that I accuse,~ ~
14 2  |   loves the Armenian!~ ~Enter PAULINE~~PAUL. Yes, that debt I
15 2  |      Fate been kind, then had Pauline been thine,~ ~Heart, faith
16 2  |      and me!~ ~ SEV. Forgive, Pauline, forgive; ah! grief hath
17 2  |    obedient, undismayed!~ 210~Pauline—too fair—too dear—I can
18 2  |     Heaven will send! [Exeunt PAULINE, STRATONICE and CLEON.~ ~
19 3  |                       Act III~PAULINE~ PAUL. Cares—clouded and
20 3  |   this were all!~ ~Thy dream, Pauline, is true; Polyeucte is——~ ~
21 3  |     FELIX. He gives me power, Pauline, to do his will~ 205~Against
22 3  |       from his suicide! [Exit PAULINE.~ 285~How met Nearchus death?~ ~
23 3  |      work may woe,~ ~He loves Pauline, thus Polyeucte is his foe:~ ~
24 4  |    What is thy will?~ ~ CLEON.Pauline would see my lord.~ ~ POLY.
25 4  |          Come, shield me from Pauline, else must I fall!~ ~I see
26 4  |      fair, or bright!~ ~Enter PAULINE~~With what intent, Pauline,
27 4  |    PAULINE~~With what intent, Pauline, hast thou come here?~ ~
28 4  |      I owe,~ ~Not Decius, but Pauline, my deadliest foe!~ ~ PAUL.
29 4  |      100~And think in pity of Pauline,—thy wife!~ ~Think of the
30 4  |   take away,—~120~That peace, Pauline, is mine, mine wholly, mine
31 4  |        140~ POLY. Hush! hush! Pauline; the God who hears~ ~And
32 4  | Polyeucte is blest, but where Pauline is not?~ ~Soul, body, spirit,
33 4  |    Unworthy thee the thought, Pauline, for I~ ~Severus called,
34 4  |     But to buy pain for thee! Pauline, ’tis strange!~ ~Not thus,
35 4  |    Then tell me not! all else Pauline can bear! [Exit PAULINE.~ ~
36 4  |       Pauline can bear! [Exit PAULINE.~ ~ SEV. Where am I, Fabian?
37 4  |  shriek, ‘O love, be kind!’~ ~Pauline, death-stricken, keeps an
38 4  |     Rome such succour lend.~ ~Pauline, I will obey, whate’er befall;~ ~
39 5  |    who cries, ‘Forgive,~ ~Let Pauline smile once more—let Polyeucte
40 5  |      life!’~ ~ ALBIN. Ah, let Pauline at least thy grace obtain!~ ~
41 5  |        I cannot tell:~ ~Enter PAULINE~~Pauline!~ ~ PAUL. That
42 5  | cannot tell:~ ~Enter PAULINE~~Pauline!~ ~ PAUL. That word broke
43 5  |     Nay, to thy lord appeal. [PAULINE turns to POLYEUCTE~ ~ POLY.
44 5  |     back to life—to honour—to Pauline! [Holds out her arms.~165~
45 5  |    count all gain but loss!~ ~Pauline—no more! (To FELIX.) Thy
46 5  |    POLY.Ah, no to life!~ ~(To PAULINE.) Remember me! Farewell,
47 5  |        Remember me! Farewell, Pauline, farewell!~ 255~ PAUL. Nay,
48 5  |     this one redress! [Exeunt PAULINE, POLYEUCTE and GUARDS.~ ~
49 5  |    dost thou fear?~ 290~Enter PAULINE~~ ALBIN. I need not go,
50 5  |  ALBIN. I need not go, for ah—Pauline is here!~ ~ PAUL. Tyrant,
51 5  |      his ashes I arise.~ ~(To PAULINE.) Raised by his death from
52 5  |    redeeming Cross!~ 355~Now, Pauline, am I thine, a Christian