Songs, &c In the romantic drama of Adelmorn, the outlaw. First performed at Drury Lane theatre on Monday, May 4, 1801. [by M. G. Lewis] The overture and music entirely new, composed by Mr. Kelly |
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4. CANTATA.
[MY Love! My Love!—oh! gentle zephyrs, say]
HUGO.
RECITATIVE [Accompanied].
MY Love! My Love!—oh! gentle zephyrs, say,Did Theseus, godlike Theseus, walk this way?
But oh, ye Gods! what object shocks mine eyes?
Swift thro' the waves his distant vessel flies;
To leave me here the rogue's intention sure is:—
Oh! rage, distraction, vengeance, fire and furies!
ARIA.
Return, return, false youth, I pray,
Return to your Infanta:
Alas! you fly, and bear away
My heart, and my portmanteau!
Return to your Infanta:
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My heart, and my portmanteau!
Ah! if forced yourself to leave me,
Why of all my clothes bereave me?
Why, alone, desert me here?
Surely there had been no sin in
Leaving me a change of linen,
And a tall, stout grenadier.
Why of all my clothes bereave me?
Why, alone, desert me here?
Surely there had been no sin in
Leaving me a change of linen,
And a tall, stout grenadier.
I'm seized by distraction, my brain sure is turning,
My blood is in flames, and my bosom is burning.
Love's arrow, transfixing
My bosom, now sticks in
My gizzard, and makes it with agony fry!
I'll heed, in my fury,
Nor justice, nor jury:
So either I'll fly
Post-haste to the sky,
Or plunge in the flames of Mount Ætna and die,
Ætna and die, Ætna and die,
Or plunge in the flames of Mount Ætna, and die.
My blood is in flames, and my bosom is burning.
Love's arrow, transfixing
My bosom, now sticks in
My gizzard, and makes it with agony fry!
I'll heed, in my fury,
Nor justice, nor jury:
So either I'll fly
Post-haste to the sky,
Or plunge in the flames of Mount Ætna and die,
Ætna and die, Ætna and die,
Or plunge in the flames of Mount Ætna, and die.
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