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 406 THE POEMS OF ANNE �Phila. Yes, that you may from me : Life yet remains, And will admit of the too dire Relation. �Demag. Then gently bear her hence, and hear it from her ; �[They lead off Phila. �That when the Sorrow, which at first must bar All cold Enquiries, shall awhile be past, The Gen'ral may be told to what he owes it. But see! he enters; be we Sad and Silent: For Oh ! too soon this fading Joy must vanish. 310 �[They stand all together before the Bodies. �A FLOURISH of Drums and Trumpets, with Shouts of Joy. �Enter several Officers and Soldiers, the Shepherds and Shepherd- esses strewing flowers, followed by Aristomenes his Sword drawn in his Hand, and a Wreath of Victory on his Head. �Aristom. Enough my Friends ! enough my Fellow-Soldiers ! And you kind Shepherds, and your gentle Nymphs, Receive my Thanks for the Perfumes you scatter, Which yet shall flourish under our Protection. �Shepherds, &c. Great Aristomenes! Live long and happy ! �Others. Live long and happy, Father of Messeniaf �Aristom. Now to fair Amalintha wou'd I speak The joyful Tydings of this Day's Atchievements: Therefore let her be told, we wish her Presence. �[Seeing none move. �Ha! what none stir! perhaps Aristor's with her: 320 �Why let him tell it ; from a Lover's mouth, 'Twill bear a Sound more welcome and harmonious. And sure in Love and Battle none exceeds him, The last you all can witness; you saw him Fight, Saw the young Warrior with his Beaver up Dart like the Bolt of Jove amongst their Ranks, And scatter 'em like an Oak's far-shooting Splinters. Will none confirm it? this is envious Silence. �[Walks up and doivn. ��� �