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No. 15b: DUET (with Dance). (Jaqueline & the Devil)
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| JACQUELINE (struggling against her drowsiness). | ||
| Up and down, And through the town, |
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| Out of the gate and across the meads, | ||
| This love-sick weaver He durst not leave her, |
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| He needs must follow wherever she leads. | ||
| Yet, O, he sighed, As ever she cried, — |
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| "Now say what magic hath made thee fair?" | ||
| "In sooth, sweet dame, How this beauty came, |
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| Though I fain would tell thee I may not dare." | ||
| (aping SAIDA and SIMON). | ||
| Ah! | ||
| Thou art he! And I am she! |
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| For so she beckoned, and so he came; | ||
| DEVIL (aping SAIDA and SIMON). | ||
| I am he! And thou art she! |
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| For so she beckoned, and so he came; | ||
| BOTH. | ||
| Through fire and water He would have sought her, |
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| With jaws agape and with eyes aflame! | ||
| Through fire and water He would have sought her, |
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| With jaws agape and with eyes aflame! | ||
| JACQUELINE. | ||
| On and on, Till, one by one, |
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| The pale stars flicker'd and fled away; | ||
| With eyes entrancing, She led him dancing |
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| Beyond the river and through the hay! | ||
| Yet still he sighed As ever she cried, — |
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| "Whence came thy beauty, oh, tell me true?" | ||
| "Nay, how it befell I am loth to tell, |
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| For none may know how this wonder grew!" | ||
| (aping SAIDA and SIMON). | ||
| Ah! | ||
| Thou art he! And I am she! |
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| For so he followed where'er she led; | ||
| DEVIL (aping SAIDA and SIMON). | ||
| Thou art she, And I am he! |
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| For so he followed where'er she led; | ||
| BOTH. | ||
| She crooked her finger, He dared not linger |
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| Though day was dawning and night had fled! | ||
| She crooked her finger, He dared not linger |
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| Though day was dawning and night had fled! | ||
| JACQUELINE. | ||
| In and out, And round about, |
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| She led him at last to that hidden bower; | ||
| And there with pressing, And soft caressing, |
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| She wooed him fondly for all an hour! | ||
| But though she sighed, Yet ever he cried, — |
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| "How came this beauty I may not say!" | ||
| Then up she leapt, And away she stept, |
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| "Enough, false lover! then go thy way! | ||
| JACQUELINE. | DEVIL. | |||
| Ah! | ||||
| I am he, and thou art she! | ||||
| Oh, let me be, | ||||
| The way from the valley is long and steep! | I am he, and thou art she! | |||
| Nay, faster! faster! faster! faster! | ||||
| Good my master, my feet are weary, | Nay, faster! faster! faster! faster! | |||
| I needs must sleep, must sleep! | Nay, faster! faster! faster! faster! | |||
JACQUELINE sinks to the ground, overcome by slumber, while the DEVIL continues the dance.
| DEVIL (aside) . | ||
| Artful weaver, Wouldst deceive her! |
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| Nay, but her beauty shall make thee moan, | ||
| Till all forsaken, Thy heart shall waken — |
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| And then the Devil shall claim his own. | ||
DANCE.
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Page modified 15 October 2011