Songs, Duos, Trios, Chorusses, &c. in the Comic Opera of the Carnival of Venice, as it is Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane [by Richard Tickell] |
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AIR by Mr. DODD. |
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AIR by Mr. DODD.
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Which sense of the five does not Bacchus delight!He's a rose to the Smell. He's a ruby to Sight.
From the flask as He sparkles, He sings to the ear,
And He's soft to the Touch, as to Taste He is dear:
'Gain'st his God-head 'tis impious for Mortals to strive;
For each sense should be His, who can cherish the five.
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But no charm that He gives no delight He supplies,Is so sweet as the Opiate He sheds o'er our sighs;
For when Care or dull Sorrow perplexes our breasts,
He can banish the Senses that harbour such Guests!
To his God-head let Mortals then fervently call,
Who can sooth every Sense, by suspending them all.
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