 | The Enchanter ; Or, Love and Magic |  |
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ACT I.
SCENE I.
A Room in the Enchanter's Castle.MOROC.
Recit.
O love, Destroyer Love, this Ravage cease,
Or give me Conquest, or restore my Peace.
Air.
Or give me Conquest, or restore my Peace.
I burn! I burn!—
Where e'er I turn
Each Object feeds my Flame;
The Hinds that whistle Care away,
The Birds that sing, the Beasts that play,
Shew what a Wretch I am!
Where e'er I turn
Each Object feeds my Flame;
The Hinds that whistle Care away,
The Birds that sing, the Beasts that play,
Shew what a Wretch I am!
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“A Wretch of Reason and of Power,
“Who in this trying Hour
“Cannot conquer or retreat;
“Passion all my Pow'r disarms,
“Moroc yields to Woman's Charms,
“And trembles at her Feet.”
“Who in this trying Hour
“Cannot conquer or retreat;
“Passion all my Pow'r disarms,
“Moroc yields to Woman's Charms,
“And trembles at her Feet.”
SCENE II.
Moroc, Kaliel.MOROC.
Recit.
O Kaliel! Kaliel! Speak thou faithful Slave,
What Hope?—Will Zaida yield?—Alas, I rave!
KALIEL.
Recit.
Torn from her Lover's Arms,—The mournful Fair,
Rejects your Vows, and cherishes Despair;
Like a transplanted Flower, the blooming Spoil,
Droops in a foreign, tho' a richer Soil.
Air.
Rejects your Vows, and cherishes Despair;
Like a transplanted Flower, the blooming Spoil,
Droops in a foreign, tho' a richer Soil.
In vain I try'd
Each soothing Art,
To swell her Pride
Or melt her Heart.
Each soothing Art,
To swell her Pride
Or melt her Heart.
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In vain your Love,
Your Pow'r display'd,
Nor Pow'r could move,
Nor Love persuade.
Your Pow'r display'd,
Nor Pow'r could move,
Nor Love persuade.
With lifted Eyes,
She Zoreb calls,
Then strikes her Breast!
The Sighs that rise,
The Tear that falls,
Declare the rest.
She Zoreb calls,
Then strikes her Breast!
The Sighs that rise,
The Tear that falls,
Declare the rest.
MOROC.
Obdurate Fair-one! What uncommon Mould
Impress'd thy Mind—That Pleasure, Power, nor Gold
Can soften or allure it;—Take this Wand;—
[Gives a Wand to Kaliel.
Again persuade,—implore,—at thy Command
Joys shall attend—While I with other Arms
My Rival seek, and Hell shall aid my Charms.
Air.
My Slaves below
Prepare, prepare!
Enchant the Foe,
Deceive the Fair:
Magic now with Magic vies,
Moroc's Art, with Zaida's Eyes.
Prepare, prepare!
Enchant the Foe,
Deceive the Fair:
Magic now with Magic vies,
Moroc's Art, with Zaida's Eyes.
[Sinks.
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SCENE III.
KALIEL.Air.
Fly airy Sprites,
Around her Fly:
Sooth her with Delights,
Charm her Ear, and Eye.
Around her Fly:
Sooth her with Delights,
Charm her Ear, and Eye.
Fly swifter than the Wind,
Let your Spells her Fancy bind,
Thro' her Senses reach her Mind.
Let your Spells her Fancy bind,
Thro' her Senses reach her Mind.
[Exit.
SCENE IV.
A Garden belonging to the Enchanter.ZAIDA.
Air.
Intruder Sleep! In vain you try
To hush my Breast, and close my Eye;
The Morning Dews refresh the Flow'r,
That unmolested blows;
But ineffectual falls the Show'r
Upon the canker'd Rose.
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SCENE V.
Zaida, Kaliel.Kaliel.
Recit.
O Let not Grief your Bloom destroy,
Youth's fairest Blossoms spring from Joy,
And Beauty's Cheek with Tints supply,
Which nipt by Sorrow fade and die.
Air.
Youth's fairest Blossoms spring from Joy,
And Beauty's Cheek with Tints supply,
Which nipt by Sorrow fade and die.
Sigh not your Hours away,
Youth should be ever gay;
Ever should dance around
Pleasure's enchanted Ground:
Reason invites you,
Passion excites you,
Raptures abound!
Youth should be ever gay;
Ever should dance around
Pleasure's enchanted Ground:
Reason invites you,
Passion excites you,
Raptures abound!
Spring shall her Sweets display,
Nature shall vie with Art;
No Clouds shall shade the Day,
No Grief the Heart.
Nature shall vie with Art;
No Clouds shall shade the Day,
No Grief the Heart.
Love shall his Treasures bring,
Beauty shall sport and sing,
Free as the Zephyr's Wing,
Beauty shall sport and sing,
Free as the Zephyr's Wing,
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Soft as his Kiss,
“Changing
“and
“Ranging
“From Bliss to Bliss.”
Free as the Zephyr's Wing, &c.
“Changing
“and
“Ranging
“From Bliss to Bliss.”
Free as the Zephyr's Wing, &c.
Come then sweet Liberty!
Let us be ever free,
What's Life without Love, what Love without Thee?
Let us be ever free,
What's Life without Love, what Love without Thee?
ZAIDA.
Recit. Accomp.
To Zaida's Ears thy Strains might sweetly flow,
Had Zoreb's Air or Face her Bosom fir'd;
No transient Passion caught her Heart,—Oh, no!
Can Passion die, that Virtue has inspir'd?
Air.
Had Zoreb's Air or Face her Bosom fir'd;
No transient Passion caught her Heart,—Oh, no!
Can Passion die, that Virtue has inspir'd?
Whate'er you say, whate'er you do,
My Heart shall still be fix'd and true;
The vicious Bosom Love deforms,
And rages there in Gusts and Storms;
But Love with us a constant Gale
Just swells the Sea, and fills the Sail;
Neither of Winds or Waves the Sport,
We rule the Helm, and gain the Port.
My Heart shall still be fix'd and true;
The vicious Bosom Love deforms,
And rages there in Gusts and Storms;
But Love with us a constant Gale
Just swells the Sea, and fills the Sail;
Neither of Winds or Waves the Sport,
We rule the Helm, and gain the Port.
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Recit.
Ye Votaries of Mirth and Love,
In all your various Mazes move,
Be frolick, changeable, and free,
Charm her with sweet Variety:
The happiest Union known on Earth,
Is Mirth with Love, and Love with Mirth.
[Kaliel waves his Wand.
SCENE VI.
Lyssa enters with her Followers, as the Votaries of Mirth and Love.LYSSA.
Air.
When youthful Charms
Fly Pleasure's Arms,
Kind Nature's Gifts are vain;
We should not save,
What Nature gave,
But kindly give again.
Fly Pleasure's Arms,
Kind Nature's Gifts are vain;
We should not save,
What Nature gave,
But kindly give again.
Tho' Scorn and Pride
Our Wishes hide,
And tho' the Tongue says, nay;
The honest Heart,
Takes Pleasure's Part,
Denying all we say.
Our Wishes hide,
And tho' the Tongue says, nay;
The honest Heart,
Takes Pleasure's Part,
Denying all we say.
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The Birds in Spring,
Will sport and sing,
And revel thro' the Grove;
And shall not we,
As blith and free,
With them rejoice and love?
Will sport and sing,
And revel thro' the Grove;
And shall not we,
As blith and free,
With them rejoice and love?
Let Love and Joy,
Our Spring employ,
Kind Nature's Law fulfil;
Then sport and play
Now whilst we may,
We cannot when we will.
Our Spring employ,
Kind Nature's Law fulfil;
Then sport and play
Now whilst we may,
We cannot when we will.
[A Dance by the Followers of Lyssa.
LYSSA.
Recit.
'Tis thus we revel, dance and play,
Life with us is Holyday:
Constancy would pall our Joys,
Varied Passion never cloys.
Duett.
LYSSA.
Would you taste the Sweets of Love,
Ever change, and ever rove,
Fly at Pleasure, and away.
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Nectar if you taste and go,
Poison if you stay.
ZAIDA.
Would you taste the Sweets of Love,
Never change and never rove,
Fly from Pleasures that betray.
Love's the Cup of Bliss, and Woe,
Poison if you taste and go,
Nectar if you stay.
[Exeunt severally.
End of the First ACT.
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