SON G 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 '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: But what's that I view, So radiant of hue, St. Hermo, St. Hermo, that fits upon the Ah! No, no, no. St. Hermo, never, never fhone so bright; 'Tis Phillis, only Phillis, can shoot so fair a light; 'Tis Phillis, 'tis Phillis, that faves the ship alone, For all the winds are hufh'd, and the ftorm is overblown. Phillis. Let me go, let me run, let me fly to his arms. Amyntas. If all the fates combine, And all the furies join, I'll force my way to Phillis, and break thro the charm. [Here they break from their keepers, run to each other, and embrace.] Phillis. Shall I marry the man I love? And fhall I conclude my pains? I feel the blood bound in my veins ; With a lively leap it began to move, 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. Phillis. But fuppose he should stay "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 band in hand.] |