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ACT II.
SCENE. A Room in Gasparo's House.
TRIO. Aurora, Fabulina, Gasparo.
Aurora.
To hear our suit do not refuse,
Then reject it if you can.
Fabulina.
'Tis a weeping female sues
To the gallant heart of man.
Gasparo.
Less resentful must I seem,
What I intend they little dream.
[Aside.
Vainly strive not to deceive,
For not a word will I believe.
Aurora.
Ah! relent, our fault forgive;
Your smiles the sign of peace shall be.
Aurora and Fabulina.
Let us the fond hope believe,
That pardon in your eyes we see.
Gasparo.
Be sincere now if you can,
Why deceive a poor old man.
Aurora and Fabulina.
Can such silly girls as we
Think your wisdom to deceive.
Ah! relent, &c.
Gasparo.
In a trial of who can trick best,
While so certain is each to succeed,
And becomes of the other the jest;
Then to cheat is a pleasure indeed.
All.
In a trial, &c.
AIR. Guillermo.Aurora.
To hear our suit do not refuse,
Then reject it if you can.
Fabulina.
'Tis a weeping female sues
To the gallant heart of man.
Gasparo.
Less resentful must I seem,
What I intend they little dream.
[Aside.
Vainly strive not to deceive,
For not a word will I believe.
Aurora.
Ah! relent, our fault forgive;
Your smiles the sign of peace shall be.
Aurora and Fabulina.
Let us the fond hope believe,
That pardon in your eyes we see.
Gasparo.
Be sincere now if you can,
Why deceive a poor old man.
Aurora and Fabulina.
Can such silly girls as we
Think your wisdom to deceive.
Ah! relent, &c.
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In a trial of who can trick best,
While so certain is each to succeed,
And becomes of the other the jest;
Then to cheat is a pleasure indeed.
All.
In a trial, &c.
THERE, the moon-silver'd waters roam,
And wanton o'er the unsteady sand,
Spangling with their starry foam,
The tow'ring clift that guards the land.
And wanton o'er the unsteady sand,
Spangling with their starry foam,
The tow'ring clift that guards the land.
There, the screaming sea bird flits,
Dips in the wave his dusky form;
Or on the rocking turret sits,
Th' exulting Dæmon of the storm.
Dips in the wave his dusky form;
Or on the rocking turret sits,
Th' exulting Dæmon of the storm.
There, as village legends tell,
Many a shipwreck'd sea-man's ghost
Listens to the distant knell,
When midnight glooms the fatal coast.
Many a shipwreck'd sea-man's ghost
Listens to the distant knell,
When midnight glooms the fatal coast.
AIR. Fabulina.
A saucy knave who pass'd the door,
Wou'd needs, forsooth, make love to me;
But, as I've often said before,
You know, Sir, that must never be.
Wou'd needs, forsooth, make love to me;
But, as I've often said before,
You know, Sir, that must never be.
Of flames and darts, despair and death,
In vain declaim'd the silly youth;
I laugh'd 'till almost out of breath,
Believe me, Sir, I tell you truth.
In vain declaim'd the silly youth;
I laugh'd 'till almost out of breath,
Believe me, Sir, I tell you truth.
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I frowning vowed, without your leave,
His face again I ne'er wou'd see;
Dear Aurora help me out,
[Aside to Aurora.
I shall betray myself I doubt,
So kind a Master to deceive!
[to Gasparo.
His face again I ne'er wou'd see;
Dear Aurora help me out,
[Aside to Aurora.
I shall betray myself I doubt,
So kind a Master to deceive!
Oh! fie! no that cou'd never be,
I said to him—No, no—'twas he
Spoke next, he said, says he to me,
Dearest Fabulina hear me;
Indeed, indeed, you need not fear me.
I said to him—No, no—'twas he
Spoke next, he said, says he to me,
Dearest Fabulina hear me;
Indeed, indeed, you need not fear me.
Says I—says he—says I—says he—
At length (enrag'd, my maiden pride)
My heart I cry'd is not for you;
In vain your betters oft have try'd,
You know, dear Sir, that's very true.
At length (enrag'd, my maiden pride)
My heart I cry'd is not for you;
In vain your betters oft have try'd,
You know, dear Sir, that's very true.
AIR. Blazio.
OH dear! What shall I do?
What line pursue.
My spirits in a fluster,
Won't let me bounce and bluster,
Else wou'd I try,
Perchance if he,
As well as I,
A coward may be.
[Aside.]
Racks and tortures I despise,
My honor 'tis alone I prize.
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Oh! if I cou'd but run away!
[Aside]
Hark! hark! What do they mutter?
Dreadful murmurs do they utter.
I'm in such a taking, quiv'ring, quaking,
Every limb with terror shaking;
Egad! they're off—I'll not delay,
Now's the time to run away.
SCENE, the Fair at Naples.
GLEE. Fabulina, Marietta, &c.
LET mirth and joy appear,
Their jocund tale to tell!
Charming the list'ning ear
And drown the envious bell.
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AIR.
Altador.
MEMORY repeating,
Past joys to soothe my soul;
Hope points where pleasures greeting
In bright succession roll.
Revenge, content defeating,
I shun thy dire controul.
Past joys to soothe my soul;
Hope points where pleasures greeting
In bright succession roll.
Revenge, content defeating,
I shun thy dire controul.
Jealousy no longer heeding,
Shall I her fatal wiles obey;
Ne'er again my bliss impeding,
Will I own Suspicion's sway.
Shall I her fatal wiles obey;
Ne'er again my bliss impeding,
Will I own Suspicion's sway.
Her constancy my soul transporting,
With joys too vast to be express'd;
See fav'ring Love my presence courting!
I come, I hasten to be bless'd.
With joys too vast to be express'd;
See fav'ring Love my presence courting!
I come, I hasten to be bless'd.
SCENE. The Entrance of the subterraneous Road under Virgil's Tomb, leading from Naples to Pausilipo.
AIR.
Fidelia.
[I]
IN childhood's careless happy day,When Nature speaks unspoil'd by art,
Affection mark'd our infant play,
And fix'd it's root in either heart.
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Say, then, ah! can I cease to love her?
II.
Oppress'd by sickness, languid, weak,Attentions kind did she bestow;
And bade upon my pallid cheek,
Reviving health and joy to glow.
New kindness wou'd each hour discover;
Say, then, ah! can I cease to love her?
SCENE. The Rocky Coast near Naples, with the Point of Pausilipo in the Distance. At first, the Moon is seen, a storm then rises.
SECOND FINALE.
Altador.
UNHAND me, cowards, give me way,
And let me dare the mortal fray.
Guillermo and Gasparo.
Bear him to the ship away.
Aurora
(entering.)
Oh! Barbarians, stay! I come,
My Altador, to share thy doom.
Altador
(in the boat.)
Ah! if compassion marks the brave,
You will not let me sue in vain;
From death a faithful lover save,
Bear him to love and life again.
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[in the boat.]
We dare not turn against the wave
And bear you to the shore again.
Gasparo
[to the Sailors.]
Be gone—and to the castle bear
This willing victim of despair.
Aurora.
To death in pity instant bear,
The wretched victim of despair. [The Sailors lead her off.]
Guillermo.
Ah! me—on board that hapless bark
Is all the treasure I possess.
She drives—she springs her main-mast—hark
I hear the signals of distress.
Enter Fabulina.
Fabulina.
Whatever path pursuing,
While nought but danger viewing,
Will busy fancy form
Future terrors in the storm.
Enter Fidelia.
Fidelia.
In vain my mistress seeking,
The skies their vengeance wreaking,
Leave busy fancy, &c.
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In vain expectance did I measure
The vineyard's ripening treasure.
Guillermo.
In vain expectance did I measure
My future hoards of treasure.
Enter Peasants with Lights.
GENERAL CHORUS.
See the clouds that whirling sweep,
The surface of the troubled deep.
The angry winds their fury pour,
And howl along the distant shore.
In bursts the clanging rocks rebound,
And spread the dire terrific sound.
END OF ACT II.
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