Then let us join hands and unite. Laft Chorus of the fhepherds and nymphs. 45 50 A CAN CANT AT A, SET BY MR, GALLIARD, RECITATIVE. ENUS! thy throne of beauty now refign! Who more deferves Love's crown to wear! Has deeply grav'd it in my heart; And does this maid infpire With his own art, to give a furer wound. AIR. Hark! the groves her fongs repeat; Echo lurks in hollow springs, And, transported while fhe fings, 5 ΙΟ Learns her voice, and grows more fweet Could Narciffus fee or hear her, 15 From his fountain he would fly, And, with awe approaching near her, Hark! Hark! the groves her fongs repeat; Echo lurks in hollow fprings, Learns her voice, and grows more sweet. RECITATIVE. Yet Venus once again my fuit attend! And when from heaven you fhall defcend, This fhining empress to array, 20 25 When you prefent her all your train of Loves, Tell her she wants one charm to make the reft more gay, IN every age, to brighter honours born, 35 The The fair for ever thus her charms prolong, Th' inspiring Beauty, the recording Muse. 10 CLAUDIANUS. IN EPITHALAMIO HONORII ET MARIÆ. CUN UNCTATUR ftupefacta Venus. Nunc ora puellz, Hæc modo crefcenti, plenæ par altera lunæ : TRANSLATED. 10 Venus coming to a nuptial ceremony, and entering the room, fees the bride and her mother fitting together, &c. On which occafion Claudian makes the following defcription. THE 'HE Goddess paus'd; and, held in deep amaze, Now views the mother's, now the daughter's face; Different Different in each; yet equal beauty glows, A beauteous bud, nor yet admits the skies. 5 ΙΟ CANT AT A. SET BY MR. PEPUSCH. FOOD AIR. OOLISH Love! I scorn thy darts, To captivate unmanly hearts. 5 |