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SCENE VII.

The sound of a tabor and pipe is heard at a distance: Nancey and Sukey come forward.
BOATSWAIN.
Recitativo.
See where young Nan and Sue appear:
Away—or you are wind-bound here.
Ah let them not, my lads, come nigh:
Each carries witchcraft in her eye.

NANCEY
sings.
Hear me, gallant sailor, hear me!
While your country has a foe,
He is mine too—Never fear me;
I may weep: but you shall go.

SUKEY
sings.
Tho this flowery season wooes ye
To the gentler sports of May,
And love sighs, so long to lose ye—
Honor calls: let Love obey.

First SAILOR
sings.
Can the Sons of Britain fail her,
While her Daughters are so true?
Your soft courage must avail her:
We love glory—loving you.

Second SAILOR
sings.
War and danger now invite us:
Blow, ye winds; for Britain blow!
Every gale will most delight us,
That wafts us soonest to the foe!

GENIUS.
Then, away from idle pleasures:
You are bent on nobler measures,
And must now your worth approve.
Teach these peaceful shores to wonder,
At the cannon's mortal thunder:
'Tis the music Britons love.

CHORUS.
Soon these peaceful shores shall wonder,
At the cannon's mortal thunder:
'Tis the music Britons love.

SONG.
Teach these hills to resound, and these vallies to ring,
Success to our country, renown to our king!

ALL.
These hills shall resound, and these vallies shall ring,
Success to our country, renown to our king!

Here a dance: Which ended, BRITANNIA speaks.
Go then: the call of glory each attend:
At home, abroad, your country's rights defend.
While this great aim, united, you pursue,
And Britain is, to Britain, nobly true,
Bear high your hopes to conquest and renown:
The cause, that heaven inspires, success shall crown!