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But saves some useless pangs. Had she-there coldHad she remained to bless me-for her sake,

I might have lived-and writhed through some sad

years,

A pardoned slave !—in shackles, with my country.
But now!-

Life's load were insupportable to sense.

Thus then, I shake the loathsome burthen off,

And fly to my Amantha!

[Stabs himself, and falls on the body of Amantha.

CURTAIN FALLS.

FINIS,

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