The Poetical Works of James Thomson The City of Dreadful Night: By James Thomson ("B. V."): Edited by Bertram Dobell: With a Memoir of the Author: In two volumes |
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DON GIOVANNI AT COVENT GARDEN
(June 8, 1866)
Who is this appealing, with archly tender feeling,
To that sturdy rustic as sullen as a boar?
Sweet Zerlina Patti singing Batti, batti;
Rustical Masetto sulking sulking more and more.
To that sturdy rustic as sullen as a boar?
Sweet Zerlina Patti singing Batti, batti;
Rustical Masetto sulking sulking more and more.
Enviable peasant! sulking must be pleasant
Feasted with such beauty, such caresses and such art;
Adelina Patti singing Batti, batti,
Soul and body singing with the voice that sings Mozart.
Feasted with such beauty, such caresses and such art;
Adelina Patti singing Batti, batti,
Soul and body singing with the voice that sings Mozart.
By that sweet love's token, even had she broken
All the ten commandments and twice as many more,
I would cry, Dear Patti, singing Batti, batti,
Sin and sing, you angel, sin and sing encore!
All the ten commandments and twice as many more,
I would cry, Dear Patti, singing Batti, batti,
Sin and sing, you angel, sin and sing encore!
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Darling young Zerlina, charming Adelina,
Long be you the Hebe of this heavenly music-wine;
First, O Patti, Patti, pouring Batti, batti,
Then Vedrai carino, the nectar more divine!
Long be you the Hebe of this heavenly music-wine;
First, O Patti, Patti, pouring Batti, batti,
Then Vedrai carino, the nectar more divine!
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