![]() Mitranes: O my Arsaces, credit not the voice Of Fame, she is deceitful oft, and vain Perhaps hereafter thou mayest weep with me, And admiration on a nearer view May turn to pity. ![]() SCENE I.Īrsaces: Once more, Mitranes, thou beholdest thy friend, Who, in obedience to the royal mandate In secret sent, revisits Babylon, The seat of empire how Sémiramis Imprints the image of her own great soul On every object! these stupendous piles, These deep enclosures, where Euphrates pours His tributary waves the temple’s pride, The hanging gardens, and the splendid tomb Of Ninus, wondrous monuments of art! And only less to be admired than she Who raised them! here, in all her splendid pomp, More honored than the monarchs of the East, Arsaces shall behold this glorious queen. Gardens with fine hanging terraces, raised above the palace: on the right hand the temple of the magi, and on the left a mausoleum adorned with obelisks. ![]() ![]() The scene represents a large peristyle, at the bottom of which is the palace of Sémiramis. ![]()
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