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thy_o breathy_a sword_n and_o burst_n with_o burden_n of_o ten_o thousand_o grief_n now_o sit_v thy_o sorrow_n suck_v of_o my_o blood_n o_o that_o it_o may_v be_v poison_n to_o their_o power_n and_o that_o their_o lip_n may_v draw_v my_o bosom_n dry_a so_o david_n love_n may_v ease_v he_o though_o she_o die_v nat._n these_o violent_a passion_n come_v not_o from_o above_o david_n and_o bethsabe_n offend_v the_o high_a to_o mourn_v in_o this_o immeasurable_a sort_n dau._n o_o absalon_n absalon_n o_o my_o son_n my_o son_n will_v god_n that_o i_o have_v die_v for_o absalon_n but_o he_o be_v dead_a ah_o dead_a absalon_n be_v dead_a and_o david_n live_v to_o die_v for_o absalon_n he_o look_v forth_o and_o at_o the_o end_n sit_v close_o again_o enter_v joab_n abisay_n ithay_n with_o their_o train_n joab_n why_o lie_v the_o queen_n so_o prostrate_a on_o the_o ground_n why_o be_v this_o company_n so_o tragic_a hew_v why_o be_v the_o king_n now_o absent_a from_o his_o man_n and_o march_v not_o 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a_o serpent_n in_o thy_o eye_n and_o he_o that_o set_v thou_o there_o so_o far_o from_o thanks_n that_o thou_o must_v curse_v his_o servant_n for_o his_o sake_n have_v thou_o not_o say_v that_o as_o the_o morning_n light_n the_o cloudless_a morning_n so_o shall_v be_v thy_o house_n and_o not_o as_o flower_n by_o the_o bright_a rain_n which_o grow_v up_o quick_o and_o as_o quick_o fade_v have_v thou_o not_o say_v the_o wicked_a be_v as_o thorn_n that_o can_v be_v preserve_v with_o the_o hand_n and_o that_o the_o man_n shall_v touch_v they_o must_v be_v arm_v with_o coat_n of_o iron_n and_o garment_n make_v of_o steel_n or_o with_o the_o shaft_n of_o a_o defence_a spear_n and_o be_v thou_o angry_a he_o be_v now_o cut_v off_o that_o lead_v the_o guiltless_a swarm_v to_o their_o death_n and_o be_v more_o wicked_a than_o a_o host_n of_o man_n advance_v thou_o from_o thy_o melancholy_a den_n and_o deck_v thy_o body_n with_o thy_o blissful_a robe_n or_o by_o the_o lord_n that_o sway_v the_o 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rise_v up_o david_n then_o happy_a be_v thou_o david_n fair_o son_n that_o free_v from_o the_o yoke_n of_o earthly_a toil_n and_o sequester_v from_o sense_n of_o (null)_o sin_n thy_o soul_n shall_v joy_v the_o sacred_a cabinet_n of_o those_o divine_a idea_n that_o present_v thy_o change_a spirit_n with_o a_o heaven_n of_o bliss_n then_o thou_o be_v go_v ah_o thou_o be_v go_v my_o son_n to_o heaven_n i_o hope_v my_o absalon_n be_v go_v thy_o soul_n there_o place_v in_o honour_n of_o the_o saint_n or_o angel_n clad_v with_o immortality_n shall_v reap_v a_o sevenfold_a grace_n for_o all_o thy_o grief_n thy_o eye_n now_o no_o more_o eye_n but_o shine_a star_n shall_v deck_v the_o flame_a heaven_n with_o novel_a lamp_n there_o shall_v thou_o taste_v the_o drink_n of_o seraphin_n and_o cheer_v thy_o feeling_n with_o archangel_n food_n thy_o day_n of_o rest_n thy_o holy_a sabbath_n day_n shall_v be_v eternal_a and_o the_o curtain_n draw_v thou_o shall_v behold_v thy_o sovereign_a face_n to_o face_n with_o wonder_n knit_v in_o triple_a unity_n unity_n infinite_a and_o innumerable_a courage_n brave_a captain_n joab_n tale_n have_v stir_v and_o make_v the_o suit_n of_o israel_n prefer_v joab_n brave_o resolve_v and_o speak_v like_o a_o king_n now_o may_v old_a israel_n and_o his_o daughter_n sing_v exeunt_fw-la finis_fw-la