Woman. My sad, sad lay repeat, Ye caverns deep; With notes of sorrow greet Her death, ye mountains steep; Re-echo, woods, and silent hills, My grief; and ye, soft rippling rills! Woman 1st Man. Alas! dire grief 1st Man 2nd Man. Without relief! 2nd Man 1st Man. Cruel death! 1st Man 2nd Man. Fell decree 2nd Man All Three (together). Of sternest fate that dooms to die Such beauty rare! Oh! heavens high! And stars! behold! and sigh! All Three 2nd Man. Who then, eternal gods, will doom A guiltless maid to lasting gloom? Oh! this thy rigour, heaven, shames Hell's unrelenting flames! 2nd Man 1st Man. Cruel will 1st Man 2nd Man. Of gods severe! 2nd Man The Two Men. Say why this hard decree, To crush a heart so free From guilt or stain? Oh! fell edict unheard ere this! Thou doomest a maid who showers bliss Upon the mortal race. She the sad earth would grace, And would give life for pain! The Two Men
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