The Fatal Jealousie (1673) by Henry Nevil Payne
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Which trust to end so well I did despair:
Then name the day of Marriage-- _Ger._ No delay My thoughts admit; I wish it were to day. _Anto._ That cannot be, to Morrow I approve. _Ger._ Time will flye slow, though Impt with wings of Love. _Enter _Cælia_ and _Eugenia_._ _Cæl._ My Lord, I beg your pardon for a short interruption. _Ger._ Madam, 'tis I have cause to beg your pardon, Thus to detain your Lord, on's Wedding-day, A Day in Justice should be wholly yours. _Cæl._ My Lord is happy so to be detain'd And I am alwayes happy when he's so. But good, my Lord, your Ear-- _Whispers _Anto._ he takes a paper privately out of her pocket._ _Ger._ Madam, if you repent not what y'have said, In answer to those Vows of my Affection, I then dare hope I may in time be happy. _Eugen._ Tho' I ne're thought your words were further means, Then to pass time away in Raillery; |
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