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THE EXECRATION by ELIZABETH THOMAS

First Line: ENSLAVED BY PASSIONS, SWELLED WITH PRIDE
Last Line: OF ROSALINDA, WHOM I HATE.
Subject(s): CURSES; HATE;

Enslaved by passions, swelled with pride,
In love with one whom all deride;
A carcase well, yet mind in pain,
Reduced to beg, but beg in vain;
To live reserved and free from blame,
And yet incur an evil fame:
Let this! this be the wretched fate
Of Rosalinda, whom I hate.



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