Wretched Amintor with a flame

Title:

A Song design'd to have been brought into the part between Climander and Herminia

Primary Text:

MS Folger, 194 (copied out in tiny letters after the epilogue).

Secondary Ed:

1903 Reynolds reprints Folger text, 410-11 (before epilogue); rpts of 1903 Reynolds: 1928 Murray, 71 (but as separate song in its own right, retitled "Love's Pang," following "A Sigh;" 1930 Fausset, 119 (as a song from Aristomenes, following the Prologue to Charles Finch.

Comment:

The song reinforces the play's story: Herminia longs for Climander although she will not marry him as her rank is above his.
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