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Antony and Cleopatra

Act IV, Scene 9

OCTAVIUS CAESAR's camp.
 
[Sentinels at their post]
 
FIRST SOLDIER
          ,       ,         ,         ,           ,
      If we | be not | relieved | within | this hour,
           ,        ,      2      ,          ,           ,
      We must | return | to the court | of guard:| the night
          ,       ,          ,         ,          x
      Is shi|ny; and | they say | we shall | embattle
        2     ,        ,      2      ,
      By the se|cond hour | in the morn.
 
SECOND SOLDIER
                                                ,     ,
                                         This last | day was
           ,      ,    2
      A shrewd | one to us.
 
[Enter DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS]
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
                                 ,        ,         ,
                            Oh bear | me wit|ness night.
 
THIRD SOLDIER
            ,         ,
      What man | is this?
 
SECOND SOLDIER
                           T     T     T      ,
                         Stand close, and | list him.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
          ,        ,       ,          ,        ,
      Be wit|ness to | me (O | thou bles|sed moon)
            ,       ,        ,       ,     ,
      When men | revol|ted shall | upon | record
              ,       ,   2     ,      2 ,       ,
      Bear* hate|ful me|mory: poor | Enobar|bus did  ??
          ,          ,        ,    oo   oo
      Before | thy face | repent.|    |
 
FIRST SOLDIER
      ,    ,
      Eno|barbus?
 
THIRD SOLDIER
                  ___     __     ,
                 Peace:| hark | further.
 
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS
          ,   2      ,       2     ,     ,     ,
      Oh so|vereign mis|tress of true | melan|choly,
           ,    2      ,         ,          ,      x
      The poi|sonous damp | of night | disponge | upon me,
             ,       ,     ,      ,        ,
      That life,| a ve|ry re|bel to | my will,
            ,         ,      ,         ,          ,
      May hang | no long|er on | me: throw | my heart
          ,           ,           ,        ,        ,
      Against | the flint | and hard|ness of | my fault,
        ,     2       ,            ,             ,         ,
      Which being | dried with | grief, will | break to | powder,
           ,       ,      T      T      T    ,  2
      And fi|nish all | foul thoughts. Oh | Antony,
       ,             ,       ,        ,     ,
      Nobler | than my | revolt | is in|famous,
           ,        ,          ,        ,    ,
      Forgive | me in | thine^own | parti|cular;
           ,          ,       ,           ,     ,
      But let | the world | rank me | in re|gister
         ,       ,        ,       ,     ,
      A mas|ter-lea|ver, and | a fu|gitive:
         ,   2   ,    ,  2
      O An|tony! O | Antony!
 
[Dies]
 
SECOND SOLDIER
                                     ,         ,
                             Let's^speak | to him.
 
FIRST SOLDIER
        T     T   T     ,           ,           ,
      Let's hear him,| for the | things he | speaks
      <-            ,     ,
        May || concern | Caesar.
 
THIRD SOLDIER
                                       ,        ,          ,
                                Let's^do | so. But | he sleeps.
 
FIRST SOLDIER
         ,    ,                 ,         x         ,
      Swoons ra/ther; for | so bad | a prayer | as his
           ,      ,          ,
      Was ne|ver yet | for sleep.
 
SECOND SOLDIER
                                   ,          ,
                                  Go we | to him.
 
THIRD SOLDIER
         ,     ,       ,     ,
      Awake | sir, a|wake; speak / to us.
 
SECOND SOLDIER
                                            ,     2
                                          Hear you sir?
 
FIRST SOLDIER
            ,         ,             ,
      The hand | of death | hath raught | him.
 
[Drums afar off]
                                                 ,          ,
                                               Hark | the drums
          ,       ,          ,           x       ,
      Demure|ly wake | the slee|pers. Let us | bear him
        2      ,           ,        ,        ,          ,
      To the court | of guard;| he is | of note:| our^hour
          ,      ,
      Is ful|ly out.
 
THIRD SOLDIER
                           ,          ,      2   ,       ,
                     Come^on | then, he | may reco||ver yet.  \\
 
[Exeunt with the body]

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