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 1 1|       wooes withhold.~ ~Great Heaven retains the fire no longer
 2 1|  dally with his choice~ ~When Heaven demands—obeys another voice!~ ~
 3 1|     must ease her grief!~ ~If Heaven should claim my life, my
 4 1|     my death, my all,—~ ~Then Heaven will give the strength to
 5 1|    would give consent!~ ~Else heaven were hell, and home but
 6 1|     130~O’er all in earth and heaven. My soul’s delight,~ ~I
 7 1|   remedy!~ ~ PAUL. Forbid it, Heaven! One good yet mine,—my will,~ ~
 8 2|   pity on a heart of thee and Heaven bereft!~ ~One faintest flaw
 9 2|        Not mine to stain what Heaven hath made so pure!~ ~For
10 2|     When thou art gone, great Heaven shall hear my cry;~ ~Grief’
11 2|      Fate contented be.~ ~May Heaven shower bliss and peace on
12 2|     sky!~ ~ SEV. Thou wast my heaven!~ ~ PAUL.My father I obeyed—~ ~
13 2|      dost thou dread?~ ~ PAUL.Heaven—hell—earth—empty air!~ ~
14 2|       from him the lance that Heaven will send! [Exeunt PAULINE,
15 2|     me another course—~ ~From Heaven the call, and Heaven will
16 2|     From Heaven the call, and Heaven will give the force!~ ~What!
17 2|       nerve my heart and arm, Heaven grant me grace!~ 360~ POLY.
18 3|      my fear alone I trust,~ ~Heaven grant such confidence be
19 3| breath a blight;~ ~The foe of Heaven, of Jove, of all our race,~
20 3|        supreme o’er earth and heaven,~120~‘And ye are His—yes,
21 4| Nearchus, who hast clasped in Heaven that dear, that pierced
22 4|    The world well lost,~ ~His Heaven to share!~ ~O Pleasure,
23 4|    charms not him who doth to Heaven aspire!~ ~ Hail pain!~ ~
24 4|     the realms of day!~ ~Else Heaven itself would have its bitterness,~
25 4|        and let my love~ ~From Heaven woo her to the realms above!~
26 4|      seduce my soul!~ ~ POLY. Heaven is scarce Heaven for me,
27 4|        POLY. Heaven is scarce Heaven for me, if thou reach not
28 4|      more kind—~ 260~The only heaven for me is in thine eyes,~ ~
29 4|    the crack of doom~ ~Turned heaven to hell? made life a living
30 4|  Jehovah stands,~ ~Alone o’er heaven and earth and hell commands,~ ~
31 5|        What here they lose—in Heaven an hundredfold they find.~ ~
32 5| mocked Almighty God!~ ~Earth, heaven, and hell in turn have been
33 5|    Nay, I will follow thee—to heaven or hell!~ ~ FELIX. Begone!
34 5|  daughter, comes—the air~ ~Of heaven will echo to her deep despair!~ ~
35 5|    their ashes as a trust for Heaven!~ ~Earth hides their dust.