SCENE VIII.
Alfrid in Man's habit, as Edgar goes in hast, from behind a Bush runs against him.
My Mind's unhindg'd, and the whole Fabrick shakes:
This Boy my labour'd Resolution breaks.
Alfr.
Fate sees through my Disguise, and makes me run
Aside.
Into his very Arms, I strive to shun.
Edg.
I in this Face the matchless Alfrid see.
Heav'ns! are ye not her Brother?—Should he be,
Mad, and inconstant, what were that to me?
Are you? —the bashfull Grace—the pretty Fear,
All Alfrid, Alfrid to my Soul endear.
Sympathie is't, or some new Charm, do's seise,
Ravish my Breast, and violently please?
Insensibly on me the Poison stole;
'Tis now within, and mingles with my Soul—
Oh Fire! oh Rage! oh certainly Divine,
No humane power could thus—could thus disjoin,
And fix, ev'n in the Centre of my Life.
Sense—Reason—vain and fruitless is your Strife,