and shelter me with love? Bel. Oh! I will love thee, even in madness love thee! [16]     Though my distracted senses should forsake me, I'd find some intervals when my poor heart Should 'suage itself, and be let loose to thine. Though the bare earth be all our resting place, Its roots our food, some cliff our habitation, I'll make this arm a pillow for thine head; And, as thou sighing liest, and swelled with sorrow, Creep to thy bosom, pour the balm of love Into thy soul, and kiss thee to thy rest; [Part. Then praise our God, and watch thee till the morning. Jaf. Hear this, you Heav'ns, and wonder how you made her! Reign, reign, ye monarchs, that divide the world; Busy rebellion ne'er will let you know Tranquillity and happiness like mine; Like gaudy ships, the obsequious billows fall, And rise again, to lift you in your pride; They wait but for a storm, and then devour you:       [Belvidera crosses, R. I, in my private bark already wrecked, Like a poor merchant, driven to unknown land, That had, by chance, picked up his choicest treasure, In one dear casket, and saved only that,       [Returns to Jaffier Since I must wander farther on the shore, Thus [Taking her arm,] hug my little, but my precious store, Resolved to scorn, and trust my fate no more. [Exeunt, L. END OF ACT I. 

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