No more I'll know perplexing doubts and fears,

And erring trace suspicion's endless maze,

For, ah! I doubt no more.

Edessa.

Edessa.

Their shouts approach.

Queen.

Queen.

Lead me, Edessa, to some peaceful gloom,

Some silent shade far from the walks of men,

There shall the hop'd revenge my thoughts employ,

And sooth my sorrows with the coming joy.

Scene IV. Evanthe and Cleone.

Scene

Evanthe

Cleone

Evanthe.

Evanthe.

No, I'll not meet him now, for love delights

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