>Act
II
No. 21: Scena
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! |
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! |
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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