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No. 21: Scena
 MIDI
File [36KB, 4' 03"] |
| Chorus.1 | ||
| Away! Away! Thou art no Queen of ours! | ||
| Give place to our Darine! | ||
| Bow thee unto the storm that lowers! | ||
| Down, down with the traitress Queen! | ||
| Zayda. | ||
| 'Tis true we counselled thee to call | ||
| These mortals here from earth. 'Twas but to test thy worth! |
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| We knew too well that thou wouldst fall, | ||
| As thou indeed hast done. Thy subjects every one Thine infamy have seen, Thou sorry, sorry Queen! |
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| Darine, Zayda, Locrine & Neodie. | ||
| Thou sorry, sorry Queen! | ||
| Chorus. | ||
| Away! Away! Thou art no Queen of ours! | ||
| Give place to our Darine! | ||
| Bow thee unto the storm that lowers! | ||
| Down, down with the traitress Queen! | ||
| Selene. | ||
| So let it be, for I have proved unfit! I had a trust — I have forsaken it! |
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| Chorus. | ||
| Down, down with the traitress Queen! | ||
| Selene. | ||
| Though my default was born of good
intent, Mine was the sin, be mine the punishment! |
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| Chorus. | ||
| Hail! Hail! to our loved Darine! | ||
| Selene. | ||
| Bows in remorse the head that ye condemn. | ||
| [Taking off her crown and placing it on DARINE. | ||
| Well loved Darine, wear thou this diadem! | ||
| Chorus. | ||
| Down with the traitress Queen! Down with the traitress Queen! |
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| Selene. | ||
| See, my beloved sister-maidens, how Imperially it rests upon her brow! |
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| Chorus. | ||
| Hail to our Queen, Darine, Darine! |
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| Sopranos. | Mezzos & Altos. | ||||
| Hail! Hail! to thee we bow! | Hail! Hail! to thee we bow! | ||||
| Henceforth thou art our Queen! | Henceforth thou art our Queen! | ||||
| Beloved Darine, in loyalty | Beloved Darine, in loyalty | ||||
| We bow, we bow to thee. | We bow, we bow to thee. | ||||
| Hail to Darine! | Hail to Darine! | ||||
| Thou art our Queen! | In loyalty we bow to Darine! | ||||
| We bow to thee in loyalty, | In loyalty, we bow to thee in loyalty, | ||||
| We bow to thee in loyalty, | We bow to thee in loyalty, | ||||
| We bow, we bow to thee, | Henceforth to thee we bow, to thee, | ||||
| Darine to thee, | Darine to thee, | ||||
| Henceforth our Queen. | Henceforth our Queen. | ||||
| Hail! Hail! to thee we bow! | Hail! Hail! to thee we bow! | ||||
| Henceforth thou art our Queen! | Henceforth thou art our Queen! | ||||
| Beloved Darine, in loyalty We bow, we bow to thee. |
Beloved Darine, in loyalty We bow, we bow to thee. |
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| Hail to Darine! Thou art our Queen! |
Hail to Darine! In loyalty we bow to Darine! |
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| We bow to thee in loyalty, We bow to thee in loyalty, We bow, we bow to thee Darine to thee, |
In loyalty, we bow to thee in loyalty, We bow to thee in loyalty, Henceforth to thee we bow, to thee, Darine to thee, |
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Henceforth our Queen! |
Henceforth our Queen! Hail to our Queen! Hail to Darine! Darine, Darine! All hail! |
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The Fairies march round DARINE and make obeisance to her.
1. In the libretto, this number begins
with the following lines which are absent from the vocal
score:
| Darine. | Thou art the source of all the ill | |
| That blights our Fairyland! | ||
| Zayda. | Thine is the impious hand | |
| That worked our misery, until | ||
| The very air we breathe Was made to reek and seethe With the accursed offence Of plague and pestilence! |
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| Darine. | Bow thee unto the storm that lowers! Away! Thou art no Queen of ours! |
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Page modified 13 March 2009