...bequeath my ghost; Which from this mortal body when untied, Unseen, unheard, shall hover at your side; Vain men, how vanishing a bliss we crave, Now warm in love, now withering in the grave! Farewell! but take me dying in your arms, 'Tis all I can enjoy of all your charms: This hand I cannot...

...the change of Arcite's pathetic wail, ' Allone, withouten any compaignye ' (K. 1921), into : Never, O never more to see the Sun ! Still dark, in a damp Vault, and still alone! P3. 796—7. Archaic words and phrases are modernised. Thus, ' Blast and hollow Rore ' (P2. 550) is...

...put you in my power, Fate could not choose a more malicious hour! What greater curse could envious Fortune give, Than just to die, when I began to live!...Now warm in love, now withering in the grave! Never, O never more to see the sun! Still dark, in a damp vault, and still alone! This fate is common; but...

...you in my power! 790 Fate could not choose a more malicious hour. What greater curse could envious fortune give, Than just to die, when I began to live!...Now warm in love, now withering in the grave! Never, O never more to see the sun! Still dark, in a damp vault, and still alone! This fate is common; but...

...put yon in my power : Fate could not choose a more malicious hour 1 What greater curse could envious Fortune give, Than just to die, when I began to live ! Vain men, how vanishing a bliss we p crave, Now warm in love, now withering in the grave ! Never, O never more to see the sun ! Still...