Dido and Aeneas, ACT 2, Scene 2: The Grove: Stay, Prince, and hear Great Jove's Command (Spirit-Aeneas)

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Stay Prince and hear great Jove's Command,
He summons thee this Night away.
Tonight?
Tonight thou must forsake this Land,
The angry God will brook no longer stay,
Jove commands thee waste no more,
In Love's delights those precious Hours,
Allow'd by th'Almighty Pow'rs.
To gain th' Hesperian Shore,
And Ruin'd Troy restore.
Jove's Commands shall be obey'd,
Tonight our Anchors shall be weigh'd.
But ah! what Language can I try,
My Injur'd Queen to pacify?
No sooner she resigns her Heart,
But from her arms I'm forc'd to part.
How can so hard a Fate be took,
One Night enjoy'd, the next forsook.
Yours be the blame, ye Gods, for I
Obey your will, but with more Ease could dye.