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Alfred

A Masque
Mallet, David (1705?-1765)
  
ALFRED:
  
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PROLOGUE.
  
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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SCENE VI.
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SCENE VII.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.

  
EPILOGUE.
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SCENE V.

Solemn music is heard at a distance. It comes nearer in a full symphony: after which a single trumpet sounds a high and awakening air. Then the following stanzas are sung by two aëreal Spirits.
First Spirit.
Hear, Alfred, father of the state,
Thy genius heaven's high will declare!
What proves the hero truly great,
Is never, never to despair.

Both Spirits.
Is never to despair.

Second Spirit.
Thy hope awake, thy heart expand
With all its vigour, all its fires:
Arise, and save a sinking land!
Thy country calls and heaven inspires.

Both Spirits.
Earth calls and heaven inspires.

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