Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	new_a	receive_v	vigour_n	8,595	5	16.3455	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59443	Psyche a tragedy / written by Tho. Shadwell.	Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692.; Molière, 1622-1673. Psyché.; Locke, Matthew, 1621 or 2-1677.; Draghi, Giovanni Battista, ca. 1640-1708.	1675 (1675)	Wing S2866; ESTC R22616	40,888	96

find to day The Monster had not yet made her his prey Cyd. What if he had we two are left behind And by the Gods you are for us design'd Nican Heav'n has not yet to me reveal'd that mind My inclinations still are hers I find The honour 's great we might by you enjoy But it would all our vows and all our love destroy Polyn. To Psyche I have offer'd my whole heart Sh' has for no other left me the least part Pardon that I the honour must refuse No Mortals can their own affections chuse Love Heav'ns high power does into us infuse Nican When we lost Psyche solemnly we swore The search of her we never wou'd give o'r Polyn. Should we not find her we our lives must spend Which in th'unwearied search of her must end Aglau Think you with safety you shall us despise Though we 're too weak to wound you with our eyes Our full revenge shall both of you pursue And give what to your insolence is due Cyd. Your heads shall pay for the affront you give And you shall die or we will cease to live Nican If danger cou'd our courages remove We were not fit t' aspire to Psyche's love Polyn. Our absence now you must excuse We in our search no farther time must lose Exeunt Nican Polyn. Aglau I have a trusty Villain which I 'll send Who in disguise shall their unwary steps attend And then an ambush shall for them be laid That their base lives may be to us betray'd Cyd. The powers of all this Kingdom we 'll engage To sacrifice their lives to our insatiate rage Aglau They dearly shall by their example show How soon rejected Love to dangerous Rage can grow Exeunt amb●… ACT IV. The Scene is a stately Garden belonging to the Magnificent Palace seen in the former Act. The great Walk is bounded on either side with great Statues Figures of Gold standing on Pedestals and small sitting at their feet And in large Vases of Silver are Orenge Lemon Citron Pomegranate and behind Mirtle Jessemine and other Trees Beyond this a noble Arbour through which is seen a less Walk all of Cypress-Trees which leads to another Arbour at a great distance Enter Aglaura Cydippe Psyche with her Train Aglau ENough the Splendor of your Court w'have seen Such ne'r was known by any earthly Queen Cyd. But we your Conqu'ring Lover wou'd behold Of whom such charming stories you have told Psyc. Oh! he 's the brightest thing your eyes e'r saw Beauty he has might give the whole world Law And then such tender kindness you shall see For he delights in nothing but in me We sport and revel all the day In soft delights melting the hours away And such resistless ways he has to charm We kiss embrace and arm in arm With am'rous sighs and soft discourse Our fainting passions still we reinforce When I would speak my words he does devour And when he speaks I kiss him o'r and o'r And wh●… from kissing we our lips remove He tells a thousand pretty Tales of Love And all the while his beauty I survey And he so greedily beholds my eyes As he 'd devour them But a moment stay And he will you as he did me surprise Exit Psyche Aglau What cursed Fate is this that did ordain That she shou'd have such pleasure we such pain Oh that I had infection in my breath I my own life wou'd lose to give her death Cid Base Fortune that on Psyche wou'd bestow So vast a share of happiness And give her elder Sisters so much less That she shou'd be so high and we so low Aglau Such glory yet no Monarch ever saw Such humble Vassals such obedient awe Such shining Palaces yet ne'r have been Such pomp the Sun in all his progress ne'r has seen Cid A thousand Beauties wait for her command As many heavenly Youths are still at hand And to our envious eyes she chose These hated objects to expose Aglau When we to our great joy believ'd That she destroy'd had been Oh how the Ridling God has us deceiv'd We see her here like some immortal Queen Whom all her Subjects serve not but adore Cid Oh! I shall die with envy say no more But of some quick revenge let 's meditate To interrupt their happy state Let 's by some Art cause fatal jealousies Between these prosperous Lovers to arise Enter Cupid and Psyche with many Attendants Aglau They 're here What divine object strikes my eyes Cid What heavenly thing does my weak heart surprise Aglau Her hated sight I can no longer bear Cid Oh with what joy I could her heart-strings tear Aglau This is the goodliest Creature Heav'n ere made And I will summon Hell up to my aid But I will Psyche's life destroy And I will then this God-like Youth enjoy Cid When I am dead he may be had by thee But know Aglaura I 'll ne'r live to see This goodly thing enjoy'd by any one but me Cup. Ladies You such a welcome in this place shall find As fits the greatness of your Sisters mind And by your entertainment I will show What I to my lov'd Psyche owe For her shall Quires of Cupids sing For her the Sphears shall their loud Musick bring SONG LEt old Age in its envy and malice take pleasure In business that 's sower and in hoarding up treasure By dulness seem wise be still peevish and nice And what they cannot follow let them rail at as vice Wise Youth will in Wine and in Beauty delight Will revel all day and will sport all the night For never to love wou'd be never to live And Love must from Wine its new vigour receive How insipid were life without those delights In which lusty hot Youth spend their days and their nights Of our nauseous dull beings we too soon should be cloy'd Without those bless'd joys which Fools onely avoid Unhappy grave Wretches who live by false measure And for empty vain shadows refuse real pleasure To such Fools while vast joys on the witty are waiting Life's atedious long journey without ever baiting Now see what is to Psyche's beauty due And what th' Almighty pow'r of Love can show These senseless Figures motion shall receive Psyche's bright beams can life to Statues give Ten Statues leap from their Pedestals and dance Ten Cupids rise from the Pedestals strew all the Stage with Flowers and fly all several ways During the Dance Cupid and Psyche retire Cid With what divine Magnificence They in this place treat every sense Aglau Excess of Love and Hate disturb my rest Which equally divide my breast Cid You may hate her and other Princes love But your affection must from him remove Or th' utmost rage of a revengeful Rival prove Aglau Mountains shall sooner leap or fly The Sun may prove inconstant but not I All my presumptuous Rivals I 'll destroy I cannot live unless I him enjoy Cid Then suddenly resign your hated breath You shall not live to