That you are not unhappy alone:
For the nymph you adore
Is as wretched, and more;
And counts all your sufferings her own._

V.

He. _O ye gods, let me suffer for both;
At the feet of my Phyllis I'll lie:
I'll resign up my breath,
And take pleasure in death
To be pitied by her when I die._

VI.

She. _What her honour denied you in life,
In her death she will give to your love.
Such flame as is true
After fate will renew,
For the souls to meet closer above._

_Enter_ ESPERANZA _again, after the Song._

_Almanz._ Accept this diamond, till I can present
Something more worthy my acknowledgement.
And now farewell: I will attend, alone,
Her coming forth; and make my sufferings known. [_Exit_ ESPERANZA.
A hollow wind comes whistling through that door,
And a cold shivering seizes me all o'er;
My teeth, too, chatter with a sudden fright:--
These are the raptures of too fierce delight,
The combat of the tyrants, hope and fear;
Which hearts, for want of field-room, cannot bear.
I grow impatient;--this, or that's the room:--
I'll meet her;--now methinks, I her her come.
[_He goes to the door; the Ghost of his Mother
meets him: He starts back: The Ghost stands
in the door._
Well may'st thou make thy boast, whate'er thou art!
Thou art the first e'er made Almanzor start.
My legs
Shall bear me to thee in their own despite:
I'll rush into the covert of thy night,
And pull thee backward, by the shroud, to light;
Or else I'll squeeze thee, like a bladder, there,
And make thee groan thyself away to air. [_The Ghost retires._
So, thou art gone! Thou canst no conquest boast:
I thought what was the courage of a ghost.--
The grudging of my ague yet remains;
My blood, like icicles, hangs in my veins,
And does not drop:--Be master of that door,
We two will not disturb each other more.
I erred a little, but extremes may join;
That door was hell's, but this is heaven's and mine.
[_Goes to the other door, and is met again by the Ghost._
Again! by heaven, I do conjure thee, speak!
What art thou, spirit? and what dost thou seek?
[_The Ghost comes on softly after the conjuration;
and_ ALMANZOR _retires to the middle of the
stage._

_Ghost._ I am the ghost of her who