Corydon and Miranda 1/3

Corydon and Miranda - William Boyce
A Pastoral Interlude from Clive's "The Rehearsal" (1750)
Libretto by 'A Gentleman of Bath'

Overture: Allegro - Vivace (Taken from the 1758 Ode for the King's Birthday)

Recitative:

Miranda -

It must be so:
My shepherd ne'er shall prove
A renegado from the faith of love,
Nor shall Marcella wean him from these arms
Even though her wealth be boundless as her charms.

Air:

Miranda -

If Cupid once the mind possess,
All low affections cease.
No troubles, then, can give distress,
No tumult break the peace.

Oh, had I thousand gifts in store,
Were I of worlds the queen,
For him I'd covet thousands more,
And call profusion mean!

Then let my swain my love return,
And equal raptures feel;
Nor let his passions cool or burn
As fortune winds her wheel.

If his fond heart I may believe
Immutably secure,
No sorrow then can make me grieve,
No loss can make me poor.

Miranda: Phillipa Hyde

Peter Holman
Opera Restor'd

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