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Scuote Amor con Marte armato.<br />

Nuovo soglio, &c.<br />

Scena XII.<br />

Creonte<br />

À voi di Tracia, e Gnido<br />

Onnipotenti Numi,<br />

Se non sarete à miei desiri avarí,<br />

Ergerò nuovi Altari<br />

Accesi ogn’hor di Nabatei Profumi.<br />

Sia di Nemesi il ferro<br />

Debellator dell’usurpato soglio;<br />

E sia da Citerea,<br />

Come à Paride in Sparta, à me concesso<br />

Dell’Helena Tebana hoggi il possesso.<br />

Troppo caro è quel bel Volto,<br />

Che dal seno il Cor m’hà tolto,<br />

Ne saprei che più bramar.<br />

Goderò del Ciel le faci,<br />

Se quei Lumi si vivaci<br />

Potrò giunger à baciar.<br />

Troppo caro è quel, &c.<br />

Cosi vago è quel sembiante,<br />

Che quest’Alma ha’ resa amante,<br />

Che à lui cede ogni beltà.<br />

Il mio Cor sarà beato,<br />

S’al mio sen quel Sen bramato<br />

Sorte amica stringerà.<br />

Cosi vago è quel, &c.<br />

Scena XIII.<br />

Regio Museo, che ostenta la Reggia dell’Armonia.<br />

Anone<br />

Dell’Alma stanca à raddolcir le tempre.<br />

Cari Asili di Pace à voi ritorno:<br />

Fuggite pur fuggite<br />

Da questo seno o de Regali fasti<br />

Cure troppo moleste, egri pensieri;<br />

Che val più de gl’Imperi<br />

In solitaria soglia, & humil Manto<br />

Scioglier dal Cor non agitato il Canto,<br />

Sfere amiche hor date al Labro<br />

L’Armonia de vostri giri.<br />

E’ pos<strong>and</strong>o il Fianco lasso,<br />

Habbi moto il Tronco, il sasso<br />

Da miei placidi respiri,<br />

Sfere, &c.<br />

With the well-armed Mars. †<br />

Fate guides you, etc.<br />

Scene XII<br />

Creonte<br />

To you all-powerful Gods<br />

Of Thrace † <strong>and</strong> Knidos, †<br />

If you will not be miserly with my desires,<br />

I shall erect new Altars<br />

Always burning with Nabatene † Perfumes.<br />

May my sword be like that of Nemesis, †<br />

The conqueror of the usurper’s throne,<br />

And may Venus,<br />

Like Paris † in Sparta, † cede to me,<br />

That I might possess this Theban Helen † today.<br />

All too precious is that beautiful Face,<br />

That has taken my Heart from my breast,<br />

It knows not what further to yearn for.<br />

I shall enjoy the lights of that Heaven,<br />

If I can succeed in kissing<br />

Those lively Eyes.<br />

All too precious is that, etc.<br />

So delightful is that face<br />

That this Soul has surrendered, a lover,<br />

To which every beauty cedes.<br />

My Heart shall be blessed,<br />

If friendly Fate will clasp<br />

That yearned-for Breast to my breast.<br />

So delightful is that face, etc.<br />

Scene XIII<br />

Royal Study, which vaunts the Seat of Harmony.<br />

Anone<br />

To refresh my tired Soul<br />

I return to you, dear sanctuaries of Peace.<br />

Flee, flee then<br />

From this breast, oh cares of Royal pomp,<br />

Troubling, sick thoughts;<br />

For it is better to release the Song<br />

From an easy Heart, in solitary habitation<br />

And humble Clothing, than from the Throne.<br />

Friendly spheres, now give my Lips<br />

The Harmony of your rotation.<br />

And resting my weary Limbs<br />

May the Tree, the Stone, have motion<br />

From my peaceful breathing.<br />

Friendly spheres, etc.<br />

f e s t i va l o p e ra<br />

† See glossary of terms, pages 210–211<br />

167<br />

2 0 1 1 b o s t o n e a r l y m u s i c f e s t i v a l<br />

NIOBE, REGINA DI TEBE

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