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 I.
A View of the Hermitage in the Royal Gardens at Richmond.Enter a Chasseur-Royal, with Attendants.
The Rosie Morn, with Golden Tresses crown'd,
Now leaves her gay Pavillion in the Skies,
To usher in the Sun: Before his Steps
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That pave, like sparking Gems, his radiant Way:
The Hunter-Horse breaths hard, and neighs aloud,
And snuffs the Air, and paws the sounding Earth;
The op'ning Hound exalts, all Nature's pleas'd,
And every Object to the Chace invites;
But most these Shades, where oft in silent Night,
Phebe her kindest Influence sheds,
And feeds the Mind with Thoughts contemplative,
As oft she wakes Aurora, with her cheerful Cries,
And early Summons, to the harmonious Chace.
AIR.
With early Horn
Salute the Morn,
That gilds this charming Place:
With cheerful Cries
Bid Echo rise,
And join the jovial Chace.
The vocal Hills around,
The waving Woods,
The crystal Floods,
All return th'enliv'ning Sound.
Salute the Morn,
That gilds this charming Place:
With cheerful Cries
Bid Echo rise,
And join the jovial Chace.
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The waving Woods,
The crystal Floods,
All return th'enliv'ning Sound.
[Exeunt.
| A New Dramatic Entertainment Called the Royal Chace or, Merlin's Cave | |