I course the fleet stag, unkennel the fox, And chace the wild goats o'er fummits of rocks, With fhouting and hooting we pierce through the sky, And Echo turns hunter, and doubles the cry. Cho. of all. With fhouting and booting we pierce through JANUS. the fky, And Echo turns hunter, and doubles the cry.. Then our age was in' t's prime, CHRONOS. Free from rage: DIANA. And free from crime. MOMUS. A very merry, dancing, drinking, Cho. of all. MARS. Laughing, quaffing, and unthinking time. Free from rage, and free from crime, Enter MARS. Infpire the vocal brass, inspire; Arms and honour, Arms and honour, Set the martial mind on fire, And kindle manly rage. Mars has look'd the sky to red; The The sprightly green, In woodland-walks, no more is feen; The sprightly green has drunk the Tyrian dye. Cho. of all. Plenty, peace, &c. MARS. Sound the trumpet, beat the drum; Through all the world around, Sound a reveille, found, found, Cho. of all. Sound the trumpet, &c. MOмUS. Thy fword within the fcabbard keep, Cho. of all. Enter VENUS. VENUS. Calms appear, when storms are past; Cho. of all. Nature is my kindly care; Mars destroys, and I repair: Take me, take me, while you may, Venus comes not every day. Take her, take her, &c. CHRONOS.The world was then fo light, Joy rul'd the day, and love the night. But, But, fince the queen of pleasure left the ground, I faint, I lag, And feebly drag The pondrous orb around. MOMUS. All, all of a piece throughout; Point ing to Diana } Thy chace had a beast in view; [To Mars] Thy wars brought nothing about; 'Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new. Dance of huntsmen, nymphs, warriors, and lovers. SONG XIV. SONG of a SCHOLAR and his MISTRESS, who being cross'd by their Friends, fell mad for one another; and now first meet in Bedlam. [MUSIC within.] The Lovers enter at oppofite doors, each held by a Keeper. PHYLLIS. LO OOK, look, I fee-I fee my 'Tis he alone; For, like him, there is none: love appear! 'Tis the dear, dear man, 'tis thee, dear. AMYNTAS. Hark! the winds war; The foamy waves roar; I fee a fhip afar : Toffing and toffing, and making to the fhore: So radiant of hue, St. Hermo, St. Hermo, that fits upon the fails? St. Hermo, never, never fhone so bright; "Tis Phyllis, 'tis Phyllis, that faves the fhip alone, For all the winds are hufh'd, and the ftorm is overblown. PHYLLIS. Let me go, let me run, let me fly to his arms. VOL. II. AMYNTAS. AMYNTAS. If all the fates combine, I'll force my way to Phyllis, and break [Here they break from their keepers, run to each other, and embrace.] PHYLLIS. Shall I marry the man I love ? And fhall I conclude my pains ? And the vapors leave my brains. AMYNTAS. Body join'd to body, and heart join'd to heart, To make fure of the cure, Go call the man in black, to mumble o'er his part. PHYLLIS. But fuppose he should stay— AMYNTAS. At worst if he delay, 'Tis a work must be done, We'll borrow but a day, And the better, the fooner begun. Cho. of both. At worst if he delay, &c. [They run out together hand in hand.} PRO |