ELIZA.
Maine.
For the Southern Literary Messenger.
DIALOUGE,
From the Italian of Francisco da Lemene.
BY R. H. WILDE, of Georgia.
TIRSIS. PHILLIS.
| Phillis. | I'd love you Tirsis, but ... |
| Tirsis. | Speak out!—but what? |
| Phillis. | I must not tell you that— |
| Tirsis. | Dearest! why not? |
| Phillis. | Perhaps you'd laugh at me? |
| Tirsis. | Indeed I sha'nt. |
| Phillis. | You wo'nt?—I'll tell you then—O no! I ca'nt!— |
| Tirsis. | Tell me at once, you plague! do'nt teaze me so!— |
| Phillis. | Well then—I'd love you Tirsis—but I know ... |
| Tirsis. | Know what? |
| Phillis. | You're vowed to CHLORIS—a'nt it true? |
| Tirsis. | And what of that? I'll vow myself to you. |
| Phillis. | What! two at once! D'ye take me for a fool? |
| Tirsis. | "Love those that love you"—is not that the rule? |
| Both. | Then we must love each other!—yes, we must! Swear to love those that love you!—a'nt it just? |
NEWPORT, R. I. August 29, 1834.