Poems, chiefly pastoral By John Cunningham. The second edition. With the Addition of several pastorals and other pieces |
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INCANTATION.
Performed at the Theatre in Sunderland, in a new Pantomime.
Recitative.
HECATE.From the dark, tremendous cell,
Where the fiends of magic dwell,
Now the Sun hath left the skies,
Daughters of inchantment, rise.
Air.
[The Witches appear.
Welcome from the shades beneath!
Welcome to the blasted heath!
Where the spectre and the sprite
Glide along the glooms of night.
Beldams!—with attention keen,
Wait the wish of Harlequin:
Many a wonder must be done
For my first, my fav'rite son.
Chorus of Witches.
Welcome to the blasted heath!
Where the spectre and the sprite
Glide along the glooms of night.
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Wait the wish of Harlequin:
Many a wonder must be done
For my first, my fav'rite son.
Many a wonder shall be done,
Hecate, for your fav'rite son.
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