CANTAT A. Set by Mr. GALLIAR D. WHILE on your blooming charms I gaze, I'm fill'd with pleasure and furprize : How can I bear that fix'd difdain? AIR. Tyrant Cupid! when, relenting, RECITATIVE. But fee! while to my paffion voice I give, Th' applauded beauty, doubly bright, Seems in the moving tale to take delight, And looks, as fhe would let me live; And yet the chides, but with fo fweet an air, That while the Love denies, the yet forbids Despair. AIR. Fear not, doubting fair! t'approve me; Frown not, if you answer no; If you answer, frown not, no. When again I ask, pursuing, If you'll stay and fee my ruin? Blush not, doubting fair, t' approve me; Smile, and every fear forego ! 25 30 AN RECITATIVE. YE generous Arts and Muses, join ; While down your cheeks the streaming forrows flow, Let murmuring ftrings with the soft voice combine T'express the melody of woe. And And thou, Augufta! rife and wait With decent honours on the great; Condole my lofs, and weep Devonia's fate. Queen of cities! leave a while Turn to tender grief thy joy. Shall their forrow too employ. Thy beauteous fmile, AUGUSTA. RECITATIVE. 'Tis fame's chief immortality, I look'd, and faw a falling ftar. 15 20 AIR 5 RECITATIVE. Great George! whofe azure emblems of renown Are the fair gifts of Britain's crown, Patron of my illuftrious ifle! Thou faw'ft thy order late exprest 35 With added brightness on Devonia's breast; Meet the companion knight, and own him with a smile. DUETTO FOR BRITANNIA AND AUGUSTA. BRIT. To fhade his peaceful grave, AUG. To grace his peaceful grave, 40 |