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- 0:00Speaker 1: An acrostic. Elizabeth, it is in vain you say, Love not.
- 0:05Speaker 1: Thou sayest it in so sweet a way. In vain
- 0:10Speaker 1: those words from thee, Or L.E.L. Zantippe's talents had enforced
- 0:17Speaker 1: so well. Ah, if that language from thy heart arise,
- 0:22Speaker 1: Breathe it less gently forth, And veil thine eyes. Endymion.
- 0:29Speaker 1: Recollect when Luna tried to cure his love, was cured
- 0:34Speaker 1: of all beside. His folly, pride, and passion, for he died.