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- THE TEMPEST
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- Epilogue
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- l1l Prospero Now my charms are all oÆerthrown,
- l2l And what strength I haveÆs mine own,
- l3l Which is most faint. Now Ætis true
- l4l I must be here confined by you
- l5l Or sent to Naples. Let me not,
- l6l Since I have my dukedom got,
- l7l And pardoned the deceiver, dwell
- l8l In this bare island by your spell;
- l9l But release me from my bands
- l10l With the help of your good hands.
- l11l Gentle breath of yours my sails
- l12l Must fill, or else my project fails,
- l13l Which was to please. Now I want
- l14l Spirits to enforce, art to enchant;
- l15l And my ending is despair
- l16l Unless I be relieved by prayer,
- l17l Which pierces so, that it assaults
- l18l Mercy itself, and frees all faults.
- l19l As you from crimes would pardoned be,
- l20l Let your indulgence set me free.
- (He awaits applause, then exit)
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