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You are here: > > Major Works > > Web Opera No. 4: Duet (Rita & Vasquez) "A guard by night "
Vasquez: A guard by night, a guide by day,
Upon the mountain wild, The sacred sign protects the way, And saints watch o'er the child: And saints watch o'er the child. Rita: Oh! tell me, will he see my love?
Vasquez: Thy lover he will not see,
Place all thy trust in Heav'n above, Pray Heaven set thee free,
Vasquez goes up and disappears within hut. Rita continues, without noticing that he has left her. Rita:I only beg one grace,
Once more to see his face; If never more, if never more, Why then, be death my choice. Vasquez: (from hut.) Rita!
Rita: My name!
Vasquez: Dear Rita!
Rita: 'Tis his voice!
I cannot see, I hope, I faint with fear. Vasquez! Vasquez: Dear Rita!
Rita: Vasquez!
(entering.) I am here!
Rita: A prison with you is no prison for me.
Vasquez: For the moments too fleet,
That are shar'd love with thee! Both: When the sun brightly rises o'er hill, dale and lea,
There's hope in the morrow, Yes, then we'll be free! There's hope in the morrow, Yes, then we'll be free! When the sun brightly rises o'er hill, dale and lea, There's hope in the morrow, Ah! then we'll be free! There's hope in the morrow, Ah! then we'll be free! There's hope in the morrow, Ah! then we'll be free! Ah! then we'll be free! Exeunt Rita and Vasquez. Page Created 18 February 2004 |
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