The blazing meteor streaming thro' the air

Commands our wonder, and admiring eyes,

With eager gaze we trace the lucent path,

'Til spent at length it shrinks to native nothing.

While the bright stars which ever steady glow,

Unheeded shine, and bless the world below.

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Scene III. Queen and Edessa.

Scene

Queen

Edessa

Queen.

Queen.

Oh! give me way, the haughty victor comes,

Surrounded by adoring multitudes;

On swelling tides of praise to heav'n they raise him;

To deck their idol, they rob the glorious beings

Of their splendour.

Edessa.

Edessa.

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