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ACT III
RECIT. & DUET - Lady Vernon & Sir George
 MIDI FILE [19KB, 3' 17"] |
 [3' 08"] |
| SIR GEORGE. | |||
| Alone — alone! No friendly tone | |||
| To bid my heart rejoice. | |||
| My son beneath the sighing sea — My daughter dear estranged from me! |
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| No kindly voice To say rejoice! |
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| Alone — alone! | |||
| LADY VERNON. | |||
| Not whilst I live. | |||
| SIR GEORGE. | |||
| Why kneelest thou to me? | |||
| LADY VERNON. | |||
| Husband, forgive! | |||
| A suppliant I to thee! | |||
| 'Twas I who urged our daughter's flight — | |||
| Oh! how can I atone? | |||
| Upon that wild and starless night, | |||
| The culprit, I alone! | |||
| SIR GEORGE. | |||
| Then it was thou! | |||
| LADY VERNON. | |||
| My head I humbly bow. | |||
SIR GEORGE raises her.
| SIR GEORGE. | ||
| Bride of my youth, wife of my age, Who, hand in hand and page by page, |
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| Hast read life's book with me, | ||
| Upon whose knee our son hath slept, Together we have smiled and wept |
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| Over his grave — the sea. | ||
| Until we quit life's chequered scene, Love, let us keep our friendship green; Friends we have always, always been, |
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| Friends let us always be. | ||
| LADY VERNON. | ||
| Our years are spent, our heads are grey, And slowly ebbs the tide away |
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| That bears us out to sea. | ||
| SIR GEORGE. | ||
| I print a kiss upon thy brow; We are too old to quarrel now; |
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| What have I left but thee? What have I left but thee? |
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| BOTH. | ||
| Until we quit life's chequered scene, Love, let us keep our friendship green; Friends we have always, always been, |
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| Friends let us always be! Friends let us always be! Friends let us always be! |
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Exeunt.
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