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MONSIEUR DE POURCEAUGNAC
ACT I
SCENE II. – A LADY SINGER, TWO MEN SINGERS, several others performing on instruments, DANCERS

LADY (sings)

Spread, charming night, spread over every brow

The subtle scent of thy narcotic flower,

And let no wakeful hearts keep vigil now

Save those enthralled by love's resistless power.

More beautiful than day's most beauteous light,

Thy silent shades were made for love's delight.

FIRST SINGER

Love is sweet when none our wills oppose;

Then peaceful tastes our gentle hearts dispose;

But tyrants reign, who gave us birth and life.

Ah! love is sweet when love is free from strife.

SECOND SINGER

All who strive 'gainst love must fall;

Perfect love will conquer all.

ALL THREE

Let us love with an eternal ardour!

Let parents frown, and try in vain to cure,

Absence, hardship, or cruel fortune's rigour

Will only strengthen love when true and pure.

First entry of the Ballet

(Dance of the two Dancing Masters.)

Second entry of the Ballet

(Dance of the two Pages.)

Third entry of the Ballet

(Four Spectators, who quarrelled during the dance, now dance, sword in hand, fighting all the while.)

Fourth entry of the Ballet

(Two Soldiers separate the combatants, and dance with them.)