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Pericles - Act 5, EpilogueAct 5, Epilogue
⌜EPILOGUE⌝
Synopsis:
Gower reflects on the now-completed story and tells the fate of Cleon and Dionyza.
⌜Enter Gower.⌝GOWER
2485 In Antiochus and his daughter you have heard
2486 Of monstrous lust the due and just reward.
2487 In Pericles, his queen, and daughter seen,
2488 Although assailed with fortune fierce and keen,
2489 5 Virtue ⌜preserved⌝ from fell destruction’s blast,
2490 Led on by heaven, and crowned with joy at last.
2491 In Helicanus may you well descry
2492 A figure of truth, of faith, of loyalty.
2493 In reverend Cerimon there well appears
2494 10 The worth that learnèd charity aye wears.
2495 For wicked Cleon and his wife, when fame
2496 Had spread his cursèd deed ⌜to⌝ the honored name
2497 Of Pericles, to rage the city turn,
2498 That him and his they in his palace burn.
2499 15 The gods for murder seemèd so content
2500 To punish, although not done, but meant.
2501 So on your patience evermore attending,
2502 New joy wait on you. Here our play has ending.
⌜He exits.⌝