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John Bell [1774], Bell's Edition of Shakespeare's Plays, As they are now performed at the Theatres Royal in London; Regulated from the Prompt Books of each House By Permission; with Notes Critical and Illustrative; By the Authors of the Dramatic Censor (Printed for John Bell... and C. Etherington [etc.], York) [word count] [S10401].

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Scene SCENE, the inside of a Church. Enter the funeral procession of Juliet, in which the following Dirge is sung.† ^note
CHORUS.
Rise, rise!
    Heart-breaking sighs,
The woe-fraught bosom swell;
  For sighs alone,
  And dismal moan,
Should echo Juliet's knell.

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AIR.
She's gone—the sweetest flower of May,
  That blooming blest our sight
Those eyes, which shone like breaking day,
  Are set in endless night! CHORUS.
Rise, rise! &c. AIR.
She's gone, she's gone, nor leaves behind
So fair a form, so pure a mind.
How could'st thou, Death, at once destroy,
The Lover's hope, the Parent's joy? CHORUS.
Rise, rise! &c. AIR.
Thou spotless soul, look down below,
  Our unfeign'd sorrow see:
Oh give us strength to bear our woe,
  To bear the loss of thee? CHORUS.
Rise, rise! &c.
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