Air. Smooth the furrows of thy brow, But be ever fix'd to you. JUNO. Then contented I resign Quiet when thy love is mine, When my arms with thine are folding. CUPID. Then, jolly Bacchus, why should we stand out? If we have quarrelled, zounds! we'll drink about. AIR. Love and wine uniting, Are to the sense delighting, And captivate the soul. Love and wine uniting, All heav'n they can afford. BACCHUS. Zounds, I agree, 'tis folly to oppose it: Let's pay our duty here, and then we'll close it. To you, ye brave, ye fair, ye gay, CUPID. For you, ye fair, whose heavenly charms JUNO. Ye brave, the pillars of the state, JUPITER. From you, ye glories of mankind, CHORUS. So when along the eastern skies END OF THE REVENGE. And I tell you, Mr. Latitat, it shall not be.-I'll have no Society of Antiquaries meet here. None but the honourable Members of the Coterie shall assemble here-you shall know. LATITAT. Suspend your rage, Lady Tempest, and let me open my brief. Have you not this day, moved by the instigation of the devil, and not having the fear of God before your eyes, wilfully and wittingly and maliciously, driven all my friends out of my house? Was it done like a Woman of Quality? LADY TEMPEST. It was done like a Woman of Spirit: a character, shall ever be my task to maintain. Air. Away with your maxims, and dull formal rules, The shackles of pleasure, and trammels of fools ; For Wisdom and Prudence I care not a straw, I'll act as I please, for my will is my law. LATITAT. But upon my soul, Madam, I have one more consideration which should especially move you to bridle your passion: for it spoils your face. When you knocked down Lord Rust with the bust of Marcus Aurelius, you looked the very picture of the Alecto last taken out of the Herculaneum. Air. Passion worse than age will plough |