A New Dramatic Entertainment Called the Royal Chace or, Merlin's Cave With several new Comic Scenes of Action Introduced into the Grotesque Pantomime of Jupiter and Europa |
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SCENE II.
First Comic.
All Assembly of the Gods, to wait the coming of Jupiter upon Earth.Mercury descends.
Mercury.
'Tis well, my Brother Gods,
'Tis well this Diligence you show:
Behold, thro' Realms of yielding Air,
Our Master makes his Tour below;
The soft Intrigues of mighty Jove
Let Mortals cease to blame,
With Pride he bows to mightier Love,
To court the beauteous Dame.
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Europa's Beauties are his Wings,
On which he cuts th'Ethereal Road,
And to a Heav'n, more pleasing
Than his own, he springs.
AIR.
What Scenes of approaching Delight
Swell the warm Bosom of Jove!
What Love does for ever invite,
More than all he leaves Above!
Heavenly Rover, happy Lover,
When caressing,
Then possessing,
More than all he leaves Above.
Swell the warm Bosom of Jove!
What Love does for ever invite,
More than all he leaves Above!
Heavenly Rover, happy Lover,
When caressing,
Then possessing,
More than all he leaves Above.
[Exeunt.
[Comic continued.]
| A New Dramatic Entertainment Called the Royal Chace or, Merlin's Cave | |