charmed by it; but amidst this highest bliss, I have the misfortune of not knowing which it is whom I love. Dispel this darkness, and unfold to me who this perfect lover is. Psy Love. Psyche, what is that you say? Love Psy. That this is the happiness for which I long, and that if you refuse it to me … Psy Love. I have sworn it, I am no longer master of it; but you do not know what you ask. Leave me my secret. If I discover myself, I lose you and you me. The only remedy is for you to retract your words. Love Psy. Is this my sovereign sway over you? Psy Love. Your power is unbounded, and I am wholly yours. But if our wooing has charms for you, lay no obstacle in the way of its pleasing continuance. Do not force me to flight. This would be the least misfortune which can happen to us from that wish which has seduced you. Love Psy. My Lord, you now wish to test me; but I know how far I am to believe it. I pray you to let me know the measure of my glory, and no longer to conceal from me for what illustrious choice I have rejected the vows of so many kings. Psy Love. Do you will it so? Love Psy. Suffer me to beseech you to it. Psy Love. If you knew what cruel misfortune you draw upon yourself by it….
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