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my Esteem he well deserves a Part, He shares my Praise, but you have all my Heart: When equal Virtues in the Scales are try'd, And Justice against neither can decide, When Judgment thus perplex'd suspends the Choice, Fancy must speak, and give the casting Voice: Much to his Love, much to his Merit's due, But pow'rful Inclination is for you.

Amad. Thou hast no Equal, a superior Ray Unrival'd as the Light that rules the Day. Shou'd Fame sollicit me with all her Charms, Nor blooming Laurels, nor victorious Arms Shou'd purchase but a Grain of the Delight, A Moment from the Raptures of this Night.

Ori. Wrong not my Virtue, to suppose that I Can grant to Love, what Duty must deny; A Father's Will is wanting, and my Breast Is rul'd by Glory, tho' by Love possest: Rh