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Scene Eighth.
—The Porcelain Pavilion.Enter Princes, Nymphs, &c., Shepherds and Shepherdesses, &c., &c., Cupid, with Alidor and Zephyr.
Zeph.
I've kept my promise—Now keep yours, and set me
Up in this building.
Prin.
If the gods will let me.
Zeph.
Then turn your heavenly eyes towards the ceiling.
While Cupid to the beau monde is appealing,
In box and stall—I fly to the Parterre,
Of course, and whisper, I'm your favourite air!
I know how very gracious you can be,
'Twas you who first made somebody of me.
Then let me for this “airy nothing,” claim
“A local habitation and a name.”
Finale.—“Yankee Melodies.”
“My Mary Ann.”
Prin.
Though “Young and Handsome,” everybody knows
Myself I did not style;
I hope all those who are so, in yonder rows,
Will on their namesake smile.
Ali.
And let the drama play Merry An-
Drew for a little while,
And the gay cap of Folly permit her to wear
In the old Olympic style, Merry Friends!
In the old Olympic style!
Zephyr
—“Bobbing Around.”
One year I was a Yellow Elf,
The next a Prince who frown'd around;
But now you see me as myself:
I'm Young—and Handsome, too!
As such to-night I've danced and sung,
Bobbing around, around, around!
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The Handsome sure you'll do.
And let the Drama play Merry An-
Drew for a little while,
And come down with the ready for your holiday fare,
In the old Olympic style, Merry Friends!
In the old Olympic style!
Chorus.
And let the Drama, &c.
(during the chorus, Zeyphr is elevated on a pedestal, and the Nymphs in a group form a Tableau)
CURTAIN.
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