The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 03Dryden, John
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The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 03
Dryden, John
English drama -- 17th century
_Enter_ MIRANDA _and_ DORINDA _again_. ARIEL _behind them_.
_Ariel._ I've been so chid for my neglect by Prospero,
That I must now watch all, and be unseen.
_Mir._ Sister, I say again, 'twas long of you,
That all this mischief happened.
_Dor._ Blame not me
For your own fault; your curiosity
Brought me to see the man.
_Mir._ You safely might
Have seen him, and retired, but you would needs
Go near him, and converse; you may remember
My father called me thence, and I called you.
_Dor._ That was your envy, sister, not your love;
You called me thence, because you could not be
Alone with him yourself; but I am sure
My man had never gone to heaven so soon,
But that yours made him go.
[_Crying._
_Mir._ Sister, I could not wish that either of them
Should go to heaven without us; but it was
His fortune, and you must be satisfied.
_Dor._ I'll not be satisfied: My father says
He'll make your man as cold as mine is now;
And when he is made cold, my father will
Not let you strive to make him warm again.
_Mir._ In spite of you, mine never shall be cold.
_Dor._ I'm sure 'twas he that made me miserable,
And I will be revenged. Perhaps you think
'Tis nothing to lose a man.
_Mir._ Yes, but there is
Some difference betwixt my Ferdinand,
And your Hippolito.
_Dor._ Ay, there's your judgment:
Your's is the oldest man I ever saw,
Except it were my father.
_Mir._ Sister, no more;
It is not comely in a daughter, when
She says her father's old.
_Dor._ But why do I
Stay here, whilst my cold love perhaps may want me?
I'll pray my father to make yours cold too.
_Mir._ Sister, I'll never sleep with you again.
_Dor._ I'll never more meet in a bed with you,
But lodge on the bare ground, and watch my love.
_Mir._ And at the entrance of that cave I'll lie,
And echo to each blast of wind a sigh.
[_Exeunt severally, looking discontentedly on one another._
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