The Gondoliers by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

No. 4: DUET (Casilda & Luiz)

"O rapture... Ah, well beloved"

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Casilda & Luiz:

O rapture, when alone together
Two loving hearts and those that bear them
May join in temporary tether,
Though Fate apart should rudely tear them.

Casilda.

Necessity, Invention's mother,
Compelled me to a course of feigning —
But, left alone with one another,
I will atone for my disdaining!

Ah, well-beloved,
Mine angry frown
Is but a gown
That serves to dress
My gentleness!

Luiz.

Ah, well-beloved,
Thy cold disdain,
It gives no pain —
'Tis mercy, played
In masquerade!

Casilda.	Luiz.
	Ah, well beloved!
Ah, well beloved!
	Ah, well beloved!
Ah, well beloved!
	Ah, well beloved!
Mine angry frown Is but a gown That serves to dress My gentleness!	Thine angry frown Is but a gown That serves to dress Thy gentleness!
Ah, well,	Ah, beloved!
Ah, well beloved, beloved!	Ah, well beloved, beloved!

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