...from whose blood the foulest stain I draw. CHORUS. STRO. Ye race of mortals, what your state ? Life 1 an airy nothing deem. For what, ah ! what your happiest...thy example, hapless king, ' Thy life, thy fortune 1 bewail, Happy no man of mortal birth I hail. Thine was no vulgar fate : its tow'ring wing To wealth,...

...birth From these, to whom my birth I should not owe; My dearest commerce I have held with those, Whose commerce nature starts at; I have slain Those, from...And all the glittering visions melt away ! Whilst thj example, hapless king, Thy life, thy fortune I bewail, Happy no man of mortal birth I hail. Thine...

...an airy nothing deem ; For what, ah ! what your happiest fate More than light fancy's high- wrought dream ? How soon those baseless dreams decay, And all the glittering visions melt away ! WE KNOW NOT WHAT A DAY MAY BRING FORTH. (Ed. Col. 56G. Arel For I know, Being a man, not more than...

...convicts himself of murdering his Father without asking the evidence of the Witness he has sent for. For what, ah ! what your happiest fate, More than...wealth, and empire's splendid summit soar'd: When, silenc'd her mysterious lore, The harpy-talon'd monster scream 'd no more, Our bulwark thou against...

...convicts himself of murdering his Father without asking the evidence of the Witness he has tent for. For what, ah ! what your happiest fate, More than...wealth, and empire's splendid summit soar'd: When, silenc'd her mysterious lore, The harpy-talon 'd monster scream'd no more, Our bulwark thou against...