Dido and Aeneas, ACT 1: Scene: The Palast:If not for mine, for Empire's sake (Aeneas-Belinda)
If not for mine, for Empire's sake,
Some pity on your lover take;
Ah! make not, in a hopeless fire
A hero fall, and Troy once more expire.
Pursue thy conquest, love,
Her eyes confess the flame her tongue denies.
Pursue thy conquest, love.