Atto

 1 1|     healing, cleansing flood o’er me shall flow,~45~I would
 2 1|       85~My pity drops hath ne’er a taint of fear!~ ~Who dreads
 3 1|      for love hath power~130~O’er all in earth and heaven.
 4 1|        power~ ~As sovereigns o’er man’s heart! Poor regents
 5 1|       wife’s true heart must o’er the peril sigh~ ~Which meets
 6 1|        tears fell fast, yet ne’er bore our distress~ ~The
 7 2|     love was virgin gold! O ne’er shall baser metal ring~ ~
 8 2|      who gains the victory~ ~O’er other men, might e’en thy
 9 2|          Thy heart thy tool, o’er every passion queen,~ ~Beyond
10 2|       of honour,—he~ ~Would ne’er that honour dim by treachery!~
11 3|        word?~ ~The rites are o’er? What hast thou seen—what
12 3|      55~ STRAT. Oh, fear whate’er thou wilt—that fear too
13 3|    ties that bind me I will ne’er undo:~ ~Let fate—Severus—
14 3|        Fierce burns his rage o’er that devoted head;—~ ~Yet
15 3| Jehovah—rules alone, supreme o’er earth and heaven,~120~‘And
16 3|       with love!~155~ PAUL. Ne’er vainly have I sued for pity
17 3|      passion rages, but can ne’er relieve;~ ~For I have noble
18 3|       not mate.~ ~How high soe’er, worth what it may, I fear
19 3|         Perish the word! It ne’er was made for thee,~ 355~
20 4|        Peace that the world ne’er gave, and cannot take away,—~
21 4|       my reason cries;~ ~Whene’er they speak of truth, they
22 4|        has flown; yet can I ne’er undo~170~The vows I made,
23 4|        can feel!~ ~Why gloat o’er heavenly gain, crowns, palms,
24 4|      show~ ~Revenge unworthy o’er a prostrate foe?~ ~ POLY.
25 4|         Because I love them, o’er love tyrannise?~ ~’Tis not
26 4|      Jehovah stands,~ ~Alone o’er heaven and earth and hell
27 4|     the other strive,~ ~And ne’er one queen is found o’er
28 4|        er one queen is found o’er all the hive,~ ~Now—(strike
29 4|        sedition raise, they ne’er rebel,~ ~Rome makes them
30 4|    Pauline, I will obey, whate’er befall;~ ~The man who loseth
31 5|        hearts for Polyeucte ne’er cease to throb),~50~Usurps
32 5|  nerveless fury quell.~ ~Whate’er ensues the Emperor must
33 5|     madness, but the mood is o’er,~130~I am myself again;
34 5|       to the only sin which ne’er can pardoned be.~ ~O sight
35 5|        done what thou canst ne’er undo!~ ~Unworthy deed for
36 5|        darkest night~ 300~Is o’er—to break in purest heavenly
37 5|        the storm shall break o’er this devoted land,~ ~From
38 5|   Severus will protect, but ne’er insult.~ ~Keep thou thy
39 5|         When envious time is o’er,~ ~That dust shall wake