Die, sorceress, die, and all my wrongs die with thee! [Stabs her. Alexander. [Without.] Away, ye slaves! stand off; Nor Heaven nor earth shall stop me. Enter ALEXANDER. Ha! my soul! my queen, my love, Statira! Stat. Alas! My only love, my best and dearest blessing! Rox. Behold the wretch who, desperate of thy love, In jealous madness gave the fatal blow! Alex. To dungeons, tortures, drag her from my sight. Stat. My soul is on the wing: oh come, my lord, Haste to my arms, and take a last farewell. Thus let me die. Alex. Look up, my love. Oh Heaven! and will you, will you, take her from me! Stat. Farewell, my most loved lord: ah me! farewell! Yet ere I die grant this request. Spare Roxana's life-Twas love of you that caused The death she gave me. And oh! sometimes think, [Dies. Alex. All, all is hushed, no music now is heard; The roses wither, and the fragrant breath That waked their sweets, shall never wake them more! Rox. Weep not, my lord! no sorrow can recall her. F Oh turn your eyes, and in Roxana's arms, Alex. Hence from my sight, and thank my dear That yet thou art alive. Rox. In spite of all your cruelty I love you; Alex. Hence, fury, hence: there's not a glance of thine But like a basilisk comes winged with death. Rox. Oh speak not thus to one who kneels for mercy! Think for whose sake it was I madly plunged Alex. Oh, murderess, off! for ever shun my sight; My eyes detest thee, for thy soul is ruin. Rox. Barbarian! yes, I will for ever shun thee. That has revenge in store for perjured love, - But what are curses? curses will not kill, Alex. Oh, my fair star, I shall be shortly with thee! Cas. The poison works. Enter EUMENES. Eum. Pardon, dread sir, a fatal messenger: Struck with the horror of Statira's fate, |