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Your Councel all is urged in vain,

To Earth and Heaven I will Complain.

To Earth and Heaven why do I call,

Earth and Heaven conſpire my Fall.

To Fate I Sue, of other means bereſt,

The only refuge for the wretched left.

See Madam where the Prince appears,

Such Sorrow in his Looks he bears,

As wou’d convince you ſtill he’s true,

What ſhall loſt Æneas do.

How Royal fair ſhall I impart,

The Gods decree and cell you, we muſt part.

Thus on the fatal Banks of Nile,

Weeps the deceitful Crocodile.

Thus Hypocrites char Murder Act,

Make Heaven and Gods the Authors of the Fact.

By all that’s good,

By all that’s good no more,

All that’s good you have Forſworn.

To your promiſed Empire fly,

And let forſaken Dido dye.

In ſpight of Joves Command I ſtay,

Offend the Gods, and Love obey.

No faithleſs Man thy courſe purſue,

I’m now reſolved as well as you.

No Repentance ſhall reclaim,

The Injured Dido ſlighted Flame.

For ’tis enough what e’re you now decree,

That you had once a thought of leaving me.

Let Jove ſay what he will I’le ſtay.

Away

To Death I’le fly, if longer you delay.

But Death, alas? I cannot Shun,

Death muſt come when he is gone.

Great minds againſt themſelves Conſpire,

And ſhun the Cure they moſt deſire.

Thy Hand Belinda, - darkneſs ſhades me,

On thy Boſom let me reſt,

More I wou’d but Death invades me.

Death is now a Welcom Gueſt,

When I am laid in Earth my wrongs Create.

No trouble in thy Breaſt,

Remember me, but ah! forget my Fate.

With drooping Wings you Cupids come,

To ſcatter Roſes onher Tomb.

Soft and Gentle as her Heart,

Keep here your Watch and never part.