Quote#Speech
And silence their mourning
Quote byNahum Tate · 1652–1715
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dido and Aeneas (opera; music by Henry Purcell).
English (original)
And silence their mourning With vows of returning But never intending to visit them more. No never, no never, intending to visit them more.
— Nahum Tate
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