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Excerpt from The Posthumous Dramatick Works of the Late Richard Cumberland, Esq., Vol. 2 of 2 Night. The Entrance of a Prison. Augusta enters, attended by Sameas, with a Guard bearing Torches. Aug. Advance your torches to the dungeon's mouth - And is it here my beauteous rival dwells? Is it within these melancholy walls That Mariamne, Herod's matchless queen, Once the bright wonder of the gazing world, Ambition's victim, now despairing pines? Sam. Such was the will of Herod, and, though dead, Yet, whilst his stern decree; stands unrevok'd, Here she must dwell, nor view the light of heaven, Till mercy beams upon her. Aug. I would see How gracefully the heroine wears her chains: Twice seven long years she triumph'd on my throne. I would fain see, if those all-conquering eyes, Whose fires extinguish'd mine, maintain their lustre. Sam. Is this a triumph worthy of Augusta? What joy can it reflect on Judah's queen To mark the faded cheek, the languid eye. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.