ACT I
No. 3: DUET - Dorothy & Lady Vernon
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DOROTHY. | ||
Mother, dearest mother, | ||
Hearken unto me, | ||
Think not that another | ||
Draws my heart from thee. | ||
Though each day I know him | ||
Brighter shines the sun, | ||
All the love I owe him | ||
Robbeth thee of none. | ||
His I seem to borrow, | ||
All mine own is thine; | ||
In my virgin sorrow | ||
Help me, mother mine. | ||
LADY VERNON. | ||
Were but I above him, | ||
Simple were his task; | ||
Doth my daughter love him? | ||
That is all I ask. | ||
Were but I above him, | ||
Stranger though he be, | ||
If my daughter love him, | ||
Son he is to me! | ||
Whether wife or maiden, | ||
All my heart is thine; | ||
Joy or sorrow laden, | ||
Thou art daughter mine. | ||
BOTH. | ||
Whether wife or maiden | ||
Thou art daughter/mother mine; | ||
Joy or sorrow laden, | ||
All my heart is thine! | ||
DOROTHY. | ||
Mother, my own dear mother, | ||
Both of our lives entwine! | ||
Couldst thou have wed another, | ||
Had such a love been thine? | ||
Oh, mother dear, | ||
I love him so, | ||
No doubt or fear | ||
I seem to know! | ||
LADY VERNON. | ||
Go on thy way with gladness! | ||
Happily live the wife! | ||
And leave to me the sadness, | ||
And leave to me the strife. | ||
BOTH. | ||
Whether wife or maiden | ||
Thou art daughter/mother mine; | ||
Joy or sorrow laden, | ||
All my heart is thine, All my heart is thine, All my heart is thine! |
Exeunt.
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