style="font-size:15px;"> O my Vamir!
duke.
Ha!
My brother!
amelia.
Gracious heaven!
duke.
Can it be?
vamir, advancing to the front.
Again I see, again embrace my brother.
duke.
O thy forgiveness makes my crime still greater.
amelia.
O noble Lisois, thou hast given me life.
duke.
Life to us all.
lisois.
A base assassin raised
His arm against Vamir, but I felled the traitor,
And laid him breathless at my feet, then feigned
That I had shed thy brother’s blood: I knew
Thou wouldst repent, and wish the deed undone.
duke.
This was a service I can ne’er reward
But by endeavoring to be worthy of it:
My crime sits heavy on me, and my eyes,
Fixed on the earth, dare not look up to Vamir,
And to the wronged Amelia.
vamir.
We would both
Have served thee with our royal master; both
Are still devoted to thee. What, my brother,
Is thy design? O speak!
duke.
To do you justice:
To expiate, by the greatest punishment,
The greatest crime that love and fierce resentment
Could e’er commit: long I adored Amelia;
Even when I gave her Vamir up to death,
I loved Amelia: I adore her still,
Nay, more than ever, yet I yield her to thee,
And sacrifice my heart to make you blest.
Take her, be happy, and forgive thy brother.
vamir.
Behold me at thy feet, with gratitude
Warm as thy bounty, as thy love sincere.
amelia.
Permit me to embrace thy knees with Vamir,
Accept our tenderest friendship, for thy goodness
Has amply paid for all my sufferings past.
duke.
No more of this, it doubles my misfortunes,
And shows me but what happiness I’ve lost:
But I will learn from you to follow virtue,
My heart is yours: I’m now indeed thy brother,
By thy example I will love my country.
Let us away, and to the king relate
My crimes, my sorrows, and thy happiness:
Let Vamir’s zeal and Vamir’s truth be mine,
Faithful to France, to friendship, and to thee;
Foix shall deserve your pardon and your praise;
Ye shall forget his follies and his crimes,
And henceforth know him only by his virtues.
End of the Fifth and Last Act.
OEDIPUS
SCENE I.
SCENE I.
SCENE I.
