Page:Poems of Anne Countess of Winchilsea 1903.djvu/483

 COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA 345 �Enter several Soldiers, running over the Stage, and throwing away their Arms. �1st Sold. Away, away, haste to the Woods for Shelter. 2d Sold. Do they begin to sally from the Town? 3d Sold. I know not; look behind him, he that will. Here lies my Way [They run into the Wood. �Enter more, doing as the former. �1st Sold. Farewell the Wars ! Oh ! never such a General ! 2d Sold. Never such Sorrow! never such a General! 190 �Enter more. �2d Sold. What, is the Army all dispers'd, and broken! �[To them. �3d Sold. No, but the Wisest of them do as We do. Away, away �Enter Alcander meeting them. �Alcand. Why do ye fly my Friends, and cast these �from ye? �For shame! like Men, that once have known their Use, Take 'em again, and wait, or seek the Foe. �3d Sold. Seek 'em, for what ? We cannot find our General out amongst 'em : 'Tis thought they've made sure Work with him already ; And now you'd have us run upon their Swords. 200 �We thank you, Captain. Come away, away! �[Exit followed by some others. �Ale. Oh! yet my Fellow-Soldiers, stay and hear me; Can ye so soon forget your Noble General, Your Aristomenes, whose Courage fed ye, And by whose Conduct, ye have slept securely In reach of Foes, that trebled ye in Number! Can ye forget the Care, that heal'd your Wounds; The Tongue, that prais'd them ; or those Liberal Hands, That pour'd down Gold, faster than they your Blood! ��� �