The Sonorous Island (1771) - Page 24

In a stupid respect

Do you see her? it is a blue fly

On your august forehead;

It was flying in circles:

It had gone a league

By flying in circles.

On your august forehead.

V I V A T C H E', to Presto.

Go, run, look for Durbin. The friendship that binds them,
Will perhaps know in an instant
How to recall her spirits, make her heart content,
And cure her of her madness.

SCENE IX.

VIVATCHE', CÉLÉNIE.

V I V A T C H E'.

Recognize, Madam, both my features and my voice.

C É L É N I E.

I have never seen you; but I recognize you.
But for the rest, is it necessary to know one another?
(During the ritornello Célénie will have two chairs brought, have them placed closer, and have the Sultan sit.)

ARIA.

Without knowing each other one can understand each other,

You understand well.

You are not unaware that my son-in-law,

My Vizier's son-in-law, or the Vizier his son-in-law,

Was a great Necromancer,

You understand well.

The heavens are not blue for nothing,

You understand well.

This Fairy thought to surprise them;

Her opinion was not mine;

It was hers,