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A Subject, for Euripides: suggested by 
bavows b'eoSsIsothis mot love ?”” 
Exclaim’d the! dark-hair’d.yoath:) S Ts it not!lovintiord'T 
“ If not, what stronger passion|?). Thereds nonestn ‘ici 
© No passion else than-that which, swells thissheart bao A 
“ Could heave the sentient bosom,to.such stormuilime 
“ None butpall-mighty, love !”?). And.so,hefeds‘eueq 1u& 
(The woe-predestin’d youth !) with meteor hopes io 31 
The passion which in heart, and nerve, and reins) )i\mibA 
Was raging like a fire ;—a fire which fann’d a A. 
And fed with fuel of such vain conceit, i dtiw asd 
Was hastening to-deyour him :—-for.there was. 
Another passion that he wot not of— 
A passion full of wild solicitudes, SEerT 
That swell’d the bosom of that beauteous one, 
And made her, in its extasies of power 
And strong emotion, ever when she saw 
That fori. of grace, forgetful of the charm Li 
Of her protracted beauty ;. and she dream’d-not,s2 saT 
What kind of hopes and tumults she inspir’d 
By what she meant no blandishment. 
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The hour too soon arriy’d that yail’d no, more{+ 55)4 5T 
The fatal secret. The impassion’d youth.- .. j32eH’- 
Avow’d his!love—his hopes; with kindling warmth, 10 
Embracing, press’d upon her sliuddering lip _ RE Ei 
A lover’s burning kiss, and would have fore’d | 9.4 9/8 
Her seeming coy reluctance to the couch 32410 
Of consummation;—when, with resolute shriek,» 50A 
Andsstart of horror, bursting from his arms— sett 
“ Forbear!” she cried; and with a look might change! 
Like dread*Medusa’s, hot desire to stone, 5H 
-—Or-dart-an ice-bolt through the boiling veins, oo 
s290°0 Held him appall’d; and pointing to the scene ist} se6l-e 10% * 
Of many a guilty pleasure, “ Headlong youth!” © ‘edna Jer! on au 
She thus exclaim’d, “ the incestuous thought resign. 
* Thou littie dream’st that on that very couch 
©] cave thee birth !—thy mother !—thou my sow !??')) 4° 
Soul-thrill’d awhile he stood. Not more dismay’d 
The Thebar, who upon his orbs of light 
Aveng’d the sin of destiny, and call’d - A Ms %or 
Upon Cytheron’s’mount to cover him, iL ~Wo 
And on the wolves and vultures that had spar’d ~ OAV 
The wild-wood cradle, where expos’d he lay, + Heinlaaayt 
Guilt-doom’d from infancy ! 
So lost—so wild— 9°. yma.) 
The unquench’d incest scorching in his veins— 
Moveless awhile he stood, with breath suspent, ree! 
And sightless vision glaring on. the void, Sig gi 
Or communing with phantoms of the brain 
In dreamy desperation: nor awak’d 
From trance of horror, but to thoughts as dark— Lae 
As direful as his dream. One.glance he gaye— r4 AegyTuwotd 
One red, swift glance of frenzy and dismay othe “sand 
Upon that couch, and on that matron form, 5x Selarniaa 
Of seeming maiden freshness, which had lur’d. 2 4. oy sh gd 
His soul so near perdition; and one groan... -.4.4,,5 ie 
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~ One bosom-bursting groan, convuls’d, he heav’d,; .., Sonicare 
“And yanish’d: for with start so swifthe fled) = sila 
b dt seem’d no earthly exit. But where fled ieee 
“Bists nét, alas! to him : an anarch 19 asriviloob asiisd sd? nO 
pang possess’d him ; and is chithaacler wkepe20 fly .997) 8 aWwOTg 
‘Knew not their motion, till he found ‘himself, “° 7) O008F109 
‘Yn the chill lonetiess of the night/amid? § 4007 sci rsins yloqnsse 
The tangled forest j 
Silence 
