The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 04 by John Dryden
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_Abdal._ Led on by you, we on to triumph go. _Boab._ Then with the day let war and tumult cease; The night be sacred to our love and peace: 'Tis just some joys on weary kings should wait; 'Tis all we gain by being slaves to state. [_Exeunt._ ACT II. SCENE I. _Enter_ ABDALLA, ABDELMELECH, OZMYN, ZULEMA, _and_ HAMET, _as returning from the sally._ _Abdal._ This happy day does to Granada bring A lasting peace, and triumphs to the king!-- The two fierce factions will no longer jar, Since they have now been brothers in the war. Those who, apart, in emulation fought, The common danger to one body brought; And, to his cost, the proud Castilian finds Our Moorish courage in united minds. _Abdelm._ Since to each others aid our lives we owe, Lose we the name of faction, and of foe; Which I to Zulema can bear no more, Since Lyndaraxa's beauty I adore. _Zul._ I am obliged to Lyndaraxa's charms, Which gain the conquest I should lose by arms; |
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