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FLORESTEIN, Nephew to the CoUIM. CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD. FIRST GIPSY.

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ARGUMENT.

TaB actiou of this opera commences with an assem- when the Gipsy Queen enters, and claims the 10Te 01 l)Iage of villagers, with Count Arnheim, Florestein, and Thaddeus for herself. Taunted by Devilshoof with the others, for the purpose of hunting. They depart for that hopelessness of her love, she dissembles, anI} joins the purpose, and Arline, the Count's daughter, induces her hands of Thaddeus and Arline, still muttering revenge. Ilttend3L.t, Buda, to allow her to join, the party, at safe Then turning tlercely to Devilshoof she forces him to dediR~Lce Thaddeus. enters, exhausted by long tiight liver to her the jewel he has taken from Floresteiu, aud trom pursuing soldiers, and soon Devilshoof, and a party they part with mutal vows of revenge on each other. )1' 'dp"ii'~ appear. and purpose to rob Thaddeus, who, The gipsies afterward assemble at a fair in Presburg. and however. proposes to join their band, and is accepted. Arline, while telling fortunes, attracts the attention of ~lIdd~nl, there are loud alarms and coufusion, and it is Florestein, who asks a kiss, but receives a slap in the ~ullOval'>"4. that Arline, and her attendant, are being at- face instead. The Gipsy Queen has noticed Floresteiu's Llick?J h some wild animal On hearing this, Thaddeus attentions, and tried to make Thaddeus jealous, but proi."" 1! th, ritle which Florestein had left, runs up a rock, fessinf( now to reward Arline for her truth, 'puts on her ~ll!'. (Mo!'. Arhue is brought in, wounded iu the arm by neck the jewel taken by Devilshoof from Floreateiu, It,.· rt"!( ID its death-struggles. Th~ Count is profuse in Florestein sees the jewel, and denounces Arlme as leagued hip &d.Lowledgments of the service rendered him by with robbers. Arline is seized and taken into the hall of 'rIvddclus, a-d the fete begtns, The Count offers as a justice, to be interrogated by the Count. Iu her anger ~t, the Emperor's health, a toast Thaddeus refused to .t the unjust accusation, she is about to stab hers~lf, but lin honor to; and on being pressed to do so, hurls his hsr hand is arrested by the Count, who sees the scar upon ~Jw.J. ~ t~ contempt at the statue or the emperor. The her arm, and soon recognizes hi. daughter.

DOLl<>6 draw ,tIJeir swords, and demand the life of the In the third act, Arline is discovered in the Oounr'e .1'I~it<lr. The Count endeavors to save Thaddeus from palace, dressed for a ball, but looking at the gipsy dress their fury, gives him a purse, and urges him to tiy. He she used to wear, all the joys of her gipsy life recur to .... jects the purse, and Devil-hoof appears to protect Thad- her memory, and she breaks out in one of'the wild songs deu •. but is himself seized and confined in the castle- of the glpsles, At this instant, Devilshoof enters, and alia tbe f1ile eounuues, While all are engaged, Devils- proposes to make her the Gipsy Queen. She refuses, hoof descends from the roof of tbe castle, enters the and Thaddeus appears; but the great doors are thrown chamber of ArlilJe, and bears her away, pursued by the open, giving scarcely time for Devilshoof t') escape by C,lUl,t and. tne uoblss, Devilshoof knocks away the the window, and Thaddeus to conceal himself in a eloset, trunk o{ a tree, which serves as a bridge, after he has The Gipsv Queen enters the brilliant assemblage, and PK8:!ed over it hearing Arline, and the act closes with the tells the Count his daughter has a lover concealed in the (jCl<l'air of i he Count, and the I!OrrOW of his fr'enda closet. Thaddeus is discovered, but Arline boldly avows

The second act id twelve years later than the tirst. and he is h'llr lover, and sball be her husband; and on the .. rline, now eighteen years old, is discovered sleeping on Count's despairing attempt to avert the tie which he supa tiger-ekiu, in the !lipsy camp. Florestein enters, and poses dishonorable, Th ... ddeus proves that lie is of noble is confronted by Devilshoof and a party of gipsies, who birth, and displays the commisaion he held in the service rub him of his watch aud jewels ; but the Gipsy Queen of Poland, when the Count withdraws his objections, and enters, and commands them to restore every thing, a com- the lovers are united. The Gipsy Queen II .... hired a mand wruch ihey all obey but Devilshnof wbo has gone, gipsy to kill Thaddeus, but Devilshoof strike" the g.io bearing a jewe!led medallion of Ploreatein's, Arlme and change- its dire stiou at the moment of discnatge , an d awakening. hears from Thaddeus the incidents of his tirst the Gipsy Q'leell is herself killed. '

1tJ""ting with her, and they plight their mutual k-ve '.

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ACT I.

SCENE I.

l Tlw rkateua and grourids 01 Oount ARNHEIM, on the Danuoe.near Preeburq, On one side the principal entrance to the castle; opposite is a statue of the Emperor, ab01Je which a party is employed raising the Austrian flag. On rising of the curtain, the retainers of Oount ARNHEIM are discovered pr6paring for the chase.

CHORUS.

Up with the banner, and down with the slave ha 11 dare to dispute the right, Wherever its folds in their glory wave,

Of the Austrian eagle's flight:

Its pinion flies

As free in the skies

As that of the airy king, .And through danger fleets, Like the heart that heats Bene;th his plumed wing

[After they have jiud the flag they all come forward.

l\1ow the foeman lieth low, and the battle-field's W.;lI. We may honor in peace what in war we have doue.

The stirring chase, the fpsti ve board, The :Varied charms which each afford, Shall the day and night beguile.

And care shall be drowned in that glass Which nothing on earth can ~urpa.ss, But a lovely woman's smile,

Then up with the banner, etc.

[At the end of the chorus Oount ARNHEIM awl FLoREBTEIN enter from the chateau (8.E.L) follow6d by 'lJariou8neighboring nobles,pages, huntemen, etc., and his child ARLINE, attended 7Yu BUDA., etc.

SOLO.-CoUNT •

A soldier's life has seen of strife, In all its forms iMI much,

That no gentler theme the world will deem, A soldier's heart can touch.

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THE BOHEMIAN GIRL.

CHO R p-S.- RETAINERS.

Hail to the lord of the soil,' Hill vassal's love is the spoil That lord delights to share.

CHORUS. HUNTERS.

A way to the hill and glen, Where the hunter's belted men, With bugles shake the air.

[The COUNT, after bowing W his friends, sees ARLINE, and takes her in his arms.

AlI I who can tell save he wbo feels, The care a parent's love reveals, How dear, fond thing. thou art To this lone. widowed heart 1

A way to the hill and glen, etc.

[During this, a retainer brings doum. (R.) IJ rijle to FLORESTEIN, who puts it away from him. Oount ARNHEIM exits into chateau. Nobles and hunters ascend rocks and exeunt. ARLINE petitions BUDA to let her accompany them, and goes off by afootpath, at side oj rocks. with her and FLORESTEIN.

r Enter THADDEUS, breathless and e:r;ha~d, in. o slate oj great alarm.

SCENE.

".a. Whither, ah 1 whither, do my errant footsteps guidme ? I can no longer elude the vigilance of my pursuere If I find not aid or shelter, I am lost 1

CAV ATINA.-THADDEUS.

A tear bedews my lingering eye, As thus I quit my land of birth; My bosom throbs with painful sigh, To leave all dear on earth.

Alas 1 alas 1 my native land,

I heed not now wherever I dwell, Since banished by stem fate's command; I bid to thee-a sad farewell 1

[.At the end of song, a troop of gipsi68, headed by DEVILSHOOF, their leader, suddenly aopeu1 (R.) and are about to seize and rob THADDEUS. but, presuming by h.is dress. that lwJ· ill a sol· dier, they /tWp and ei/!a,mi'ft6 hi1(l.

CHORUS.

In the gipsy's llfe you read,

A life that all would like to lead:

Tbrough the wide wodd. '0 rov~ Be it sunny or drear,

With but little to love,

And. stil:\ le~ to fear:

Sometimes under roof, and sometimes thl'OWll Where the wild wolf makes- his. lair,

Por he who's no home to call his own

Will find a home somewhere.

'Tis the maxim of man,

What's another'. to claim;

Then to keep all he can,

And, WEl. d,Q tbe Same I;

. Thua a habit once, 'tis a custom groWlio And every man will take care,

It he. hasn't a home to can hie f)wu,

To find a home somewhere,

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Tha. The s' ght of these wanderers has inspired me witb a project. (To DEV.) Your manner and habit please me. I should like to join yrour band. I am yOUl1g, Itrong. and have, I hope, plenty of courage.

])611. Who are you?

Tha. One without money, without home,and without hope.

])611. You're just the fellow for us, then 1

Gip. (who is on the look out on rock R.) Soldiers are coming this way.

Tha. 'Tis me they are in search of.

Dell. Indeed I then they'll be cunning if they find YOIL

[In a moment they strip the soldier's dress off THADDEUS, and as they are putting a gipfiY" frock, ete., O'IJer him, a roll of parchment witlt ual attached. falls at the feet of DEVILS HOOF, toM 8eize1 it. THADDEUS hae jmt time w miiIJ himself with the gipsies, when a, body ~: soldier« enter in pursuit.

0jJi. (scrotinizing gipsies.) Have you seen any one ?8B1!! ihis way-any stranger?

])etI. No one-stay-yes, a young Polisf soldier ran ':1y Just now, and passed up those rooks.

Offi. That's him-thanks, friend 1 forward 1

[ElI;evnl soldier8 up rocil.

DUET AND CHORUS.

Comrade, your hand We understand

Each other in a breath. .

[Shaking liis 1iIJ.1IIl

This grasp secures Its owner yours,

In life, and until death.

The scenes. and days to me, Which seemed so blest to be,

N.o Time can e'e~ restore,

In the gipsy's life you may read, etc. My wants are few-

Want we never knew,

But what we could supply Then what is worse,

I have no purse-«

We nothing have to buy. My heart 'twil~ ringThat is a thing

In which we never deal.

But ali I need'Twere best, indeed,

To borrow, beg, or steal,

I'll the gipsy 's life you may read, et.q.

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The scenes and. days to me, Which seemed so blest to be, No time can ever restore.

Then rest ye here while we Explore each spot and see, What luck there is in store.

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Oh 1 what is the worth of the richest mOO'. wealth, Which the chances are likely he came to.by stealth, Unless he can rovo abroad in tQe &ee air,

As free' 88 Ql'e we, from all sorrow aDd care f

TIlE BOHEMIAN GIRL.

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[All neunt R.-Loud shouts amd alarms ar" Mard, which 'become more and more di8tinct, wMn a body of huntMnen are seen to cross tM tree O'DM the rooke; etc., and exeunt by tlu path where ARLINE, ete., went off. Alar'IIU continue WMn FLORESTEIN rushee in, apparentl!l friflhtened to death. THADDEUS and PEASANTRY rush in, evincing the greatest stau

of terror.

Tha, What means this alarm ?

Pea. The Count's child and her attendant hav~ been at.acked by an infuriated animal, and are probably killed lire this?

na. What do I here ?

[He pereeioe« the rifle that FLORESTElN has ~ on tM stage, utters an exclamation, seiee« it, rum up the rock, aims, fires, and intJtantly 'NLSMs off. The di8charge of the rifle, and the alarm of the peasantry, 1Yrirog Count ARNHEIM and hi8 party to tM spot. All maintain a painful silence, when THADDEUS enters, confJeging ARLINE, who ie wounded in the arm.

Tha. I return thee thy child.

Cou. (clasping his child in his arms.) Praised be Proridence her life is saved, for she is all that renders mine happy.

[Looking at her ann, then addressing BUDA.

Let her wound have every attention, though it presents no sign of danger.

[Bn DA goes into the castle with ARLINE, and Count

ARNREIY advomces to THADDEUS.

&ranger, accept the hand of one who, however different to yon in station, can never snffi~iently thank you for the service yon have rendered him. I trust you will remain,

and join the festivities we are about to indulge in; and "will gratify me to hear how I can be useful to you.

rIw.. I thank your lordship; but-

OOK. I to the Nobles.) Pray, my friends, join your ent;r._'aties to mine.

[HtrIl the nobles all BUn'ound the CoUNT and THADDEUS.

Then be seated, friends, and let the fete begin.

[They all seat themselves at the tables, which hoee previously been laid on the O.P. opposite the castle. THADDEUS takes hi8 seat at the farther end, FLORESTEIN occupying a promi'I1eTIt position. When they are seated, a val"iety of dances are introduced, durirlg which BUDA is seen at one of the window, holding on her knee the child, whose arm ill bound ap. At the termination of the dancing the COUNT rislill. '

CI?u I ask you to pledge but once, and that is, to the OM. health and long life of your Emperor.

[Here the guests fill their glasses, ri8e, and turning towards the statue of tke Emperor drink, while the peasantry surround it respect: fully. THADDEUS alone keeps his seat, on per-

. ceifJing which FLORESTEIN gOIill up to the COUNT

and points it out to him. ' De1J.

Flo. Your new acquaintance, my dear uncle, is not ~erburd~ned with politeness or loyalty, for he neither 6lls his glass, nor fulfills your wishes.

Oou. (filling a glass and goi1lf! up to THADDEUS.) I OM. ehallenge yoo to empty this to the health of our Em

_ror.

Tha. (taki .. g the glass.) I accept the challenge, and thus I empty the goblet,

[(Joes up to the statue and throws down the glass milt the utmost contempt. A general burst of indignati911 folloue,

Olwrm of g'Uests, rising, drawing their swords and n.,Jv -ing towards THADDEUS.

Down with the daring slave Who disputes the right Of a people's delight,

And would their anger brave!

Oou; (To the nobles and ,que,.ts, interposing betuec«

them and THADDEUS.

Although 'tis vain to mask The rage such act demands, Forgive me if I ask

His pardon at your hands;

If from vour wrath I venture to have craved. The life 'Of one, my more than life who saved. (To TaA.) Stranger, I answer not·

One moment for your life;

Quit, while you may, a spot

Where you have raised a strife.

[Throws THADDEUS a puru of goM Your longer presence will more excite,

And this will the service you did me requite. [DEV1LSHOOF "11"1,,., i,,_ D",. Where is the hand will dare to touch,

One hair of a head I prize so much?

[Taking the hand of THADDf:r., (To Cou.) That pulse of pride you boast

Within me beats as high,

You and your titled host,

Proud lord, I do defy.

Flo. (Aside, with a glas,. in one hand, and a leg .. f II bird in the other.)

Upon my life 'tis most unpleasant, Just as one had attacked a pheasant.

TAa. (who has taken up the purse, th,'01IJs it at ii., COUNT'S feet.)

Take back your gold, and learn to know One-above aught you can bestow.

CHORUS OF NOBLES, ETC. Down with the daring slave Who would our fury brave.

Stand back, ye craven things. Who dares obstruct our path, Upon his rashness brings

The vengeance of my wrath.

[DEVILSHOOF, defending THADDEUS, retreat" pressed upon by the nobles, gUliIlts, etc.; sohen the COUNT orders a party of his retainers to divide them ; they eeiee DEVILSHOOF and tllh-t

him into the castle. .

Seize him and bind him, and there let him find, Escape from those walls better men have con. fined.

Here a party of the huntsmen and ret"iners 8'1'''' rate THADDEUS and DEV1LSHOOF; the)! ,,,ardl THADDEUS oif, and exit arnon.q the "ocks, wl,i'. DEV1LSHOOF i.' dragged into the castle,

(as they arB drarming him '!ff.)

I'hough meshed by numbers in the yoke Of one by all abhorred,

Yet tremble worthless lord,

At the vengeace you thus provoke.

Down witb the daring slave Who would our fury brave I

THE BOHEMIAN GIRL.

(J1to.

[DEVTLSHOOP' i8 dragged ;ff into the castle; tM COUNT, NOBLES, etc., reseat themselmes, when other dances are introduced and the festival continues. BUDA i.~ seen. to leave the window at which she has been seated with ARLINE, and she enters and converses with the COUNT. In the midst of the most joyous mooemente of the donee, DEVII,SIlOOF is seen descending from tM roof of the castle, until he reaches the windmD of ARLINE'S chamber, into which he is seen to to enter, and to shut it immeditltely. BUD ... then enters the castle, and in a minute afteruard» the festivities are interrupted by a'Violent shrieking, the window is thrown open, and BUDA, pale, and with dishevelled hair, signifies by her gestures that ARLINE luu di. appeared.

What sounds break on the air' What looks of wild despair

A grief as wild impart.

My child! that word alone, With agonizing tone,

Bursts in upon my heart!

L COUNT and NOBLES dash into the castle. A geMral m.ovement of all-some are seen at the window of ARLINE'S chamber, signifying that she is gone.

Be every hand prepared

Their liege lord's hall to guard, With devotion whose bond

All ties is beyond.

(kneeling and appearing greatly alarmed. Why, what with dancing, screaming, fighting, One really is a shocking plight in,

And it puzzles quite one's wit

To find a place to pick a bit.

[The COUNT T?ISheS from the castle, drag.qing BUDA, and folloued by NOBLES. BUDA, trembling, fall. on her knees.

Wretch! monster! give me back The treasur e of my soul ~ Go--all-the spoiler's footsteps track That treasured prize who stole.

But no, vain hope! unless we pray to Him Who hoaleth all sorrow, with suppliant limb.

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Oou.

PRAYER.

Thou, who in might supreme, O'er the fate of all reign est, Thou who hope's palest beam In the mourner sustainest.

VouC)hsafe,to lend an ear

To the grief of the wailer, Cut short the dark career

Of the ruthless assaller.

[During the pra.ver DEVILSHOOJ' U s_ elimMng IIp the rocks with, ARLINE i" lou amaa.

CHORUS.

Fonow, follow, with heart and with ann, Follow, follow and shelter from harm The pride of Arnheim's line,

Where all its hopes entwine.

Follow, follow,

O'er break and through hollow I Climb the hill, ford the stream, High in air weapons gleam I

Dash through where danger lies! Danger--ay, death despise I

To save let all combine

The pride of Arnheim's line.

[At the most animated part of the aMrus ~ of gentry, retainers, servants, etc .• ar( seen '""'~ ing towards the rocks, and over every port, itl'l pursuit of DEVILBHOOF, who, p6'rceivinq lou situation, knocks au'ay, the moment he has crossed it, the trunk of the tree which serveR 1M a bridge between the two rocks, and thus blJ!l"1J their passage. COUNT ARNHEIM, in his distrfMtion, is about to ihroui himself into the gulf-lH u held back by attendants, into whose armR ~ falls senseless. Some are in attitude of prayer =-others menace DEVILBHOOF, soho, folding ARLINE in his large cloak, disappears in the depth. of the forest.

EMD OJ' ACT I.

ACT II.

[NOTE.-7WeZtle years are supposed to elap" bd_tl tM First and Second Acts.]

SCENE 1

Street in Presburg by tiwonlight. Tent !if the QU«1I of the Gipaies, largtJ curtai1UJ at the brulc-it i& lighted by a lamp. On the opposite side of the .tage are houses, one of tDhich, a Hotel, is lighted up.

[A.LUIE is discovered asleep on a tiger-ski_THAllDEUS is watching OVol'l' her. .As the curtain riRP~ a Patrol of the Oity Guard marches by, aoo GIl loon as they are gone off, DEVI LSHOOJl' and a party of gipsies, soropped up in cloaks, suddenly appecr.

CHORUS.

Silence! silence I-the lady moon Is the only witness now awake,

And weary of watching, perchance she I!OOD

To sleep will herself betake.

Silence! silence! from her throne, in air

She may look on and listen for aught we care, But if she attend unto our behest,

She will quietly go to her rest.

SOLO-DEVILSHOOJ'. _ There's a deed to do whose gains

=. Will reward the risk and the peins--.

-, [The Gipsies all draw their dagger. and tI"'IHdelighted.

Fie! fie! to ~ e"_::~':"-- when you appeal,'

You may draw his purse without drawing mm steel;

THE BOIIEMIAN GIRL.

With bows, and politeness, and great respect, You may take more than he can at first detect. [Pointing to the lighted windows of the hot,'

.. Bee" where in goblets deep

What sense they have they steepWatch here! till each to his, home

. Shall reel on his doubtful way. Watch here I and the goblet's foam

Will make him an easy prey I Silence! silence! this way, this wayl

fI'lo

[As the Gipsies retire up the stage, FLoREsn~ staggm·. out of the hotel-he is elegantly dress. with chain, rings, ete., and a rich medallio round his neck.

Wine! wine! If I am heir

To the Count-my uncle's line- [ Hicc"J

Where's the fellow-will dare

To refuse his nephew-wine? . [Hiccuj

That moon there, staring me in the way,

Can't be as modest as people say,

For meet whom she will, and in whatever spot, She often looks on at what she ought not. Wine! wine! wine!

[The GIPSIES have. by this ti11Ul advanced, aft"

DEVI,LSHOOF goes politely up to FLORESTEIIf.

My ear caught not the clock's last chime,

_And I beg to ask the time? '.

[li'LORESTEIN reels, recovers a little, and after cytn.q

DEvlLSHoOF

(Aside.) If the bottle has prevailed, Yet whenever I'm assailed,

Though there may be nothing in it, I am sobered in a minute-

(To DEV.) You are really so polite,

That (pulling out his watch) 'tis late into the

night.

(taking the watch and putting into his fob.) You are very kind-can it really be!

Are you sure it is so late?

(assuming courage.) May J beg to ask 1-

I am grieved to see Anyone in such a state, •

And will gladly take the utmost care

Of the rings And chains you chance to wear.

fhv.

fifo.

DftI.

It'lo. o-«

[Taking from FLORESTEIN his rings, chain, and the rich medallion. FLORESTEIN draw. hi. sword.

What I thought was politeness is downright theft. And at this rate I soon shall have nothing left.

[A t a sign from DEVI LSHOOF the Gipsies in.~ta .. tl)J mrround FLORESTEIN, and take et·er.'1 oaiuablr from him.

0Ta0. Advance with caution, let every man Seize on, and keep whatever he eo.n.

[The GIPSEY QUEEN enter».

Qtleen. To him from whom you stole, Surrender back the WHOLE.

r77te Gipsies return the different things 10 FLORESTEIN.

1'10. (fH'embling and looking over the things.)

Thanks madam-lady-but might I request A medallion in diamonds-worth all the rest.

[At a sign from the QUGEN, who seems 10 comfliand iJB mtitvti<m..

CHORUS (iI' G J:rBIES.

On our chieftain's share we ne'er encroach

. And he fled with that prize, at your approseh,

flue. (to FLOBESTEIN.) Be your safety my careFlo. (trembling.) I'm in precious hands.

Que. (to Gipsies.) Follow and list to your Queen'B com mands,

Oho. Y68, we will !ist to our Queen's commands.

[Exeunt, QUEEN, holding FLOBESTEIN, all of II tremble, in OM hand, and beckoning tke Gipsies to folloui with the other. .As ~on as they haTJe gone off, ARLINE, who 11,118 been awoke by the noise, comes from the tent followed by THADDEUS.

Art Ah, Thaddeus, would you not lik" to kuow m1 dredm? Wel~ I will tell it y~.

I DREAMED THAT I DWELT.

I dreamed that I dwelt in marble halls, With vassals and serfs by my side,

And of all who assembled within those wall6 That I was the hope and pride.

J had riches too great to count-could boast Of a high ancestral name j

And I dreamed, which charmed me most, [Talc1:ng both hiB hands ill he>" That you loved me still the same.

I dreamed that suitors besought my hand, That knights upon bended knee,

And with vows no maiden hc:\rt could withstand, That they pledged their faith to me.

And I dreamed that one of this noble II08t '

Came forth my hand to claim j ,

Yet I also dreamed. which charmed me most, That you loved me still the same.

[At the rod of the baUad THADDEUS press« .\ H~ISI . to hiB heart.

A rt A lid you do love Die still ? Tha. M ore than life itself:

Arl. Yet is there a mystery between our atrection~ .• nd their happiness that I would fain unravel. By the !OVE you say you bear me, solve it.

Art Tha.

DUET.

(taking her hand and pointing 10 tM marll.) That wound upon thine arm. '

Whose mark through life will he,

In saving thee from greater harm

Was there transfixed by me.

By thee?

E'er on thy gentle head 'I'hy sixth sun had its radiance shed,

A wild deer, who had lain at bay, Pursued by hunters, crossed the way,

But slaying him I rescued thee, '

And in his death-throe's agony .

I'hat tender frame by his antler gored This humble arm to thy home restored, Strange feelings move this brelllli

It never knew before.

And bid me here implore

That you reveal the rest..

Art

!l'ti]E B0HE,MlAN GIRL.

Ar.

THE SECRET OF HEliBIRTH.

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The 800ffit of her birth To me is only known;

The secret of a lite whose wonn I prize beyond myown,

The secret of rnv birth

To him is fully known,

The secret of a life whose worth I prize r-eyond my own

Speak, teli me-ease my to~red heart, A ud that secret evil or good impart,

1'ha. I w'll tell thee, although the words may il8nr 'One who so loves, thee, from thy love forever.

WHERE IS THE SPELL.

Where is the spell hath yet effaced

The first fond lines that love hath traced, A nd after yel:\rs have but lmpresr " More deep in love's confiding breaiJtf

Th&. Arline I

..1"t. A nd yet few spells Have ever effaced The first fond lines

That love hath traced.

Tha. Ah I what spell hath yet effaced

Th e first fond lines that love hath traced ?

ArL Doubt not I

7'lta. Aud after years have but imprest More deep in love's confiding breast.

Art Where is the spell hath yet effaced 1 The first fond lines that love hath tmeed, .!

A nu after years have but imprest ;J

More deep in love's confiding breast' !:l

7'ha. And yet few spells ha ve ever effaced I;';

The first fond linea that love hath traced, I ~ And after years have but imprest,

More deep in love's couflding breset, J

[At the end of the nnet THADHEUS throws ~iT(lSelj, , in an ec .• tacy, at the feet of ARLINE, and j,S ba~h-

in{! her hand with kiSseS, when the back cwriam, of the tent are withdraW'll. and the QUEEN appears, pale ana wembUng with passion. She ad. vances towardsARLIN'E, and pointing to THADTJEUS.

QrH. And dare you aspire to the love of him who pos-

eesses the heart of your queen ? .

Art. Let bim speak for himeelf; and choose between Il&

[THADDEUS, tJ/1whaabeen -a~/y watching 1M two, here runs and embraces ARLINE. 8he surVey8 the QUEEN 'WitlltJn aJir of triumph.

.Arl. (to the QUEEN) I made no~cfle boast j (then *' '..fnADDBU8 ) summon our comrades 'hither.

., ['l'HADDEUS call8 the GipBiu Iogellw.

~rl.

CONCERTED PIECE. .Listen, while I relate

The hopes df the Gipsy's fkte. Lam loved by one, by oue I love An ,{)ther hearts above.

And :the IIOledeligh t to me

[Tii1ri"'9 the 'lia.nd 1>/ Tlt.lD~.

Ie with, him united tobe,

Happ\" And light of tfelU't be thOse ;WJlO:ful.lallh bosom one Iaith repose J

u

Dev. (A8ide-Miutci0ft8ly pointi'n3 to lhe QUElJI( )

A rlVlll' 8 hate you may better tell ,

By her rage than by her tears,

And it, perchance, may be as well,

To set them both by the ears.

(Th QUE.) As queen of the tribe, 'tis yours, by right, The hands of those you rule to unite,

Oho, (To the QUEEN, wlw draws back and heaitatea.) In love and truth, by thee

Their hands united be,

Que. (Ha'IJfJhtily advancing and t..t.k-ing the hands oj

ARLINE aIIId. THADDEUS.

Hand to hand, and heart to heart, Who shall those I have mated part' By the spell of my sway,

Part them who may.

.

[JoinIng theW kanA Oho. Happy and light of heart be those

Who in each bosom one faith repose I

(During thi8 scene the stage haa beer! gtowing somewhat lighter. GIPSY enter«;

Gip. Mohling is beginning to dawn, and crowds ol people are already flocking towards the fair: the sports begin with daylight.

Que. Summon the rest of the eribe, lind meet me ~orthwith in the public square. (Th DEV.) Do yon remaiu to bear my further orders.

[Exeunl T"HADDEUS and A~LJNE, hand in "'!lid, !olWwed bf fhe other (}ipsUs, repeating clwrua.

DUET.

I>e!D.

This is thy deed-seek not to assuaga My jealous fears and a rival's rage.

I neither fear nor seek to calm- • (.Aside to DEV.) Hevenge is the wounded bosom',

balm.

That jewel with which thou hast dared to deck

Thy foredoomed neck,

Answer me--where didst thou get it-where? 'Twas intrusted to my care,

This very night, on this very spot Thy soul for once its fears forgot,

And a drunken galliard who crossed thy way, Became thy prey-

Fiend born. 'twere vain to fly The glance of her searching eye J

DOWN ON ,THY KNEE.

1Jeu.

Down on thy knee, and that gem restore, E'en in thy shame amazed,

Or long years of sin shall deplore The storm which thou hast raised. (Aside.) It best might be the prize 1

to restore,

Much as I seem amazed, EliSEMBLIL

Or hereafter I may deplore

The storm which I have raised.

(Kneelin!! and pr~enting the me lIion to fit.

Qm;Bl<.) Queen, I obey.

'Tis the wisest thing

Thy coward soul could do. [Takes medallion (aside.) Who from my grasp Buchpriz{' eoule wring,

'The doing it may rue.

Depart and join the rest.

oe«

'D6'IJ.

'Que.

THE BOHEMIAN GIRL.

0.. r do tilY high behest- [Asitk.

The wrongs we forgive not and can not forget.

Will the edge of our vengeance

more sharply whet. ENBEMBLB.

~ Tho wrongs we forgive not and can

not forget,

,Will the edge of our vengeance more sharply whet.

r&:etmt the QUERN and DEVILSBOOI!' at separate sidu.

SCENE IL

Another street in Presburgh. Daylight

(.PMter AR'Lh'm1n a/anc,/uldress, joUowea by a flroop 0/ ~ietJ. 8M has a tambourine in her hand.

CHORUS.

In the gipsies' life you may read The life that all would like to lead.

ARIA.-ARLlIllL

Come with the gipsy bride,

And repair

To the fair,

Where the mazy dance

Will the hours entrance,

Where souls as light preside I

Life can give nothing beyond

One heart you know to be fond, Wealth with its hoards can not buy The peace content can supply:

Rank in its halls ~ay not find The calm Qf a happy mind.

So repair To the fair,

And they all may be met with there. Love is the first thing to clasp,

But if he escape your grasp, Friendship will then be at hand,

In the young rouge's place to stand I Hope too will be nothing loth

To point out the way to both.

So repair To the fair,

And they all may be met with there.

CHORUS.

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In 'the gipsies' life you may Te!\d, The li& that all would like to lead,

r Erit ABLINB,foll~bvthe tJ'ilM of Gi".u..

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SCENE m.

.A fhtmd Fair in th~ public Plate 01 Pf'68bu,.,. uti O'M Bide a large hotel O1Jer which is i1l8cribed "Tlu Hall of Justice;" Various group8 of Gentry, &ldiers, Oitize1l8, Peasantry C01Jer the 8Wg~ For~n shop« are seen in 'lJariou8 parts, curiom Rope-dancera, Showmen, Waxwork, a Quack Doetor, &hibitio1l8, etc., ete., are diJpersed here and tMt-a. Flags hung out at t~ windows, and "119- 'ng of bells, enliven the scene.

CHORUS.

Life itself is at the best

One scene in mask of folly drest.

And there is no part of its wild career But you will meet with here I

To these symbols of life your voices swell Vive la masque, et vive la bagatelle.

[At the end of the Ohoru« and during the Symphony, " movement iSlerceived at the further end of the Place, wMc is followed by the entrance of a double party of men Gipsies, headed by DEVIUlHOOF and THADDEUS, who force a pal/aage down the centre of the stage, Which tli.e!! occupy; they then open their ranks, when another jile of female Gipsies, headed by their QUEEN and ARLINE, pass down them, FLORESTElN and a party are aeen watching them. with great curiosity.

QUARTET.

AII'LINE, 'QUEEN, THADDEUS, Dsvn.saoos, From the valleys and hills

Where the sweetest buds grow,

And are watered by rills

Which are purest that fiow,

Come we I come we I

CHORUS.

Light of heart, fleet of foot, reckless of slight or gibe,

~ho can compare with the free happy Gipsy tribe?

, [During this the body of ,Gipaiea have bee" enacting characteristic dances, when ARLl NE, ca"7/' i"g a flower-basket in her hand, glide, round til tAe ClBBembled company, a1td aings.

SOLO.-ARLINII.

Sir knight, and lady, listen I That bright eye seems to gliSten

As if his trusted tale

Did o'er thy sense prevail I

(7b.~

TIl E BOIlEMlAN GIRL.

r To (1.nothf'.f'-pointin_q to her .Iae.,c.

Pretty maiden, take care, take care, What havoc love maketh there!

[To a third-pointing to a ring on her fi'n!J"" And this token; from love you borrow,

Is the prelude of many a sorrow.

There are those who have lived, who knew The gipsy's words to be true.

CHORUS.

[A. the same danae of the other gip .• ies contimda. Light of heart, fleet of foot, reckless of slight or gibe,

Who can compare with the free happy Gipsy tribe!

[At the end of the damceand Ohoru. .• COUNT ARKHEI M and some Officers of State enter ; his hair "as become gray, his step is slow, and his appearance is that of sorrow. He is accosted by FLORESTEIN. He gazes attentively at ARLINE, sigh .• heavily, then exit with hls retinue into tM Hall of Justice.

Flo. (Goes up 'to ARLINE.) Fair creature, your manner has enchanted me, and I would fain take a lesson from you.

Arl. Of politeness, sir? By all means: to begin then, whenever you address a lady always take your . hat oft

Flo. Very smart (with a titter}-'pon my word. very smart. Your naivete only increases the feelings of admiration and devotion which a too susceptible heart-Arlo (l¥ursting out laughing.) Hal ha l ha I

Flo. Your indifference will drive me to despalr,

Arlo Will it really?

1"10. Do not mock me, but pity. my too susceptible 'lature, and let me print one kiss upon--

[Here ARLINE gives him a violent slap on the face; the QUEEN, who has gone up the stage wit". TIIADDEUB, now bl'ings him on one side and poini« out the situatioo of ARLINE and FWRESTEIN; he is about to rush upon FWRESTEIN jUoSt as ARLINE has slapped his face; on receiving it, he turns round, and finde himself between the two, and both are /n,ughing in his face.

Que. (eyeing FLORESTEIN.) It is the very person from whom they stole the trinkets I made them give him back again. ' [Taking the medallion from her bosom. This too is his, and now my project thrives.

(FLORESTJ>IN tur7lS up the stage to foin his porty,

and the QUEEN crosses to ARLINE.

You have acted well your part, and thus your Queen rewards you. [P/n,ces the medallion round,... neck. Forget not the hand who gave it.

Art (Kneeliny and kissing the Queen's hand.) Let this bespeak my gratitude.

Que. And now let our tribe depart.

[Ohorus and dance repeated, and. the Gipl'ies are all about to march off. THADDEUI:! ar.d ARLINE bring up the rear oj their body; and as they are going off, FLORESTEIN, who with his friends has been watching 'their departure, perceives his medaUion Oft the neck of ARLINE-he breaks thmugh the crowd and stops htIr--8he and THAD' UEUS come fin·ward.

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Flo. Though you treated me so lightly BOrne momentl past, you will not do so now. That medoJlion is mine i my friends here recognize it: an l: I accuse you or you' ucc.onplices of having robbed me. Guards I

CONCERTED PIECE.

Tha.

Chorus of Populace surrounding ARLINE.

Shame! shame! let us know the right, And shame on the guilty one light! (rushing before ARLINE to shield her.) He who a handwould on her lay, Through my heart must force his way. Tcar them asunder, but still protect,

Until they can prove what they but suspeet, To all who their belief have leant,

Heaven can attest I am innocent. _

[FLORFSTEIN. who has during this movement _

tered the "Hall of Justice," is now seen returning, followed by a strong guard, who file off each BUM of the steps.

(to CAPTAIN uF GUARD, pointing to AIlLINR.) There stands the' culprit, on you I call Conduct her away to the Hall-to the Hall To the hall [A RLlNE is arrested.]

[trying to rescue her.] Hold!

Soldiers seize her. l [Soldiers drive back the populace.

[To the people.] They who would brave the law,

Against themselves but draw.

Oh! heaven's mercy I ENSEJfBLR.

Free me, 'or else the law

Upon your heads you draw. j

Now it is with the law,

I beg leave to withdraw. Why should we fear the law, Or all the arms ye dra w ?

ARLINE is conducted. by a file of the G'IJ,IJ'I'd, pre' ceded by FLORESTEIN and 11.18 party into the "Hali. of Justice;" THADDEITS and others follow.

Oho.

Art

Flo.

Oap. Oho. Oap.

Art Tho.

Flo. Gip.

SCENE IV.

[Interior of Oount ARNHEIM'S Apartment in the HaU of Justice. A full·length portrait oj ARLlli'~;. as she was in the first act, hangs on Ute wall, Oount ARNHEIM enters, thoughtful and deiectcd; he contemplates ARLINE'S portrait; and unpes Ute tear from. his eye.

RECIT ATIVE.

Whatever the scenes the present hour calls forth be-

fore the sight, '

They lose their splendor when compared with !leeDei of past delight.

ROMANCE.-COUNT.

The heart bowed down by weight of woe,

To weakest hope will cling,

To thought and impulse while they flow ". That can no comfort bring,

With those exciting scenes will blend O'er pleasure's pathway thrown, But memory is the only friend..

That grief can call its own."

TIlE BOHEMIAN GIRL.

The mind will in its worst despair' Still ponder o'er the past,

On moments of delight that were Too beautiful to last.

To long departed years extend Its visions with them flown For memory is the only friend That grief can call its own.

: At the end of the song, a confused nmse i. heard outside, wlien the CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD and a mob of citizen." guards, and gentry enter. FLORESTEI N i., in the midst of them, who instantly rushes up to the COUNT.

Flo. It is your lordship's nephew-I,.who have been robbed 1 and there stands the culprit.

[Pointing to ARLI NE standing in the centre, pole, and with dishevelled hair, but still hauglity in her demeanor.

Cou, (aside.) 'Tis she I saw but now in the publie square. That girl-so young, so beautiful-i-commit :L robbery, impossible I

Arl. (looking contemptuously at FLORESTEIN; and turning with dignity to the COUNT.) Heaven knows I am innocent, and if your lordship knew my heart, you would not deem me guilty.

Flo. (pointing to his friends.) My witnesses are Irere, who all can swear they saw it on her neck.

All. We can.

Cou. (To ARLINE, in a kind tone.) Explain this matter to me, and without fear.

Arl. From the infamy with which I am unjustly threatened, thus I free myself.

[She draws a dagger from beneath her scarf, and is about to stab herself, when Count ARNHEIM rushes forward, seizes her arm and wrests the

dagger from her. •

FINALE.

0-. Hold I hold I

We can not give the life we take, Nor reiinite the heart we break I Sad tl,ling-

LTaking the hand oj ARLINE, and suddenly seei", ·the wound on her arm.

What visions round me rise,

And cloud with mists of the past mine eyes P That mark I those features! and youth! [Dragging ARLINE forward and in great agit6- tion.

My very life hangs on thy truthHow came that mark P

A.ri. (Recollecting'THADDEUS'S flIordB.)

E'er on my head

My sixth sun had its radiance shed,

A wild deer who had lain !II; bay, Pursued by hunters, eroseed my way; My tender frame by his antler gored, An humble youth to my home restored. The tale he but this day confessed, And is near at hand to relate the rest.

[Here" tumult i, h8ard, and THADDEUS, hmnng ,scapedfrom those who had confined him, breok» into the room, and rusMs int. the arms of AR' LINE. The COUNT, on seeing him, reels back .A general ezcitement prevails.

.... With the force of fear and hope 1Iy feelings haTe to cope I

.4rl. (Approaclting the CnuNT, and pOlnti"1! to 'I'Ju., DEUS, who starts on beholding him.)

'Tis he the danger braved;

'Ts he my life who saved.

SOLO.

Oov. (Seizing ARLINE in his arms, aM in a tra~ of joy.)

Mine own, my long-lost child I Oh! seek not to control This frantic joy, this wild Delirium of. my soul!

Bound in a father's arms, And pillowed on his breast, Bid all the rude alarms

That assailed thy feelings, rest.

[COUNT clasps ARLI NE 10 liis hlJart-ki"UI Tut head, hand .• , hair; and .,ltedding tears of joy.

.Arl. (Bewildered, starts from the COUNT and "''''' ".

THADDEUS.)

Speak-speak? this shaken frame This doubt, this torture, seelIfy hopes-my very life-my fame Depends on thee.

TIaa. (Pointi"[1 to COUNT ARNHEIM with deep emotiott.

Aside.)

Dear as thou long hast been, Dear as thou long wilt be, Mourned as this passing scene Will be through life by me,

Though his heart, and none other, like mine can adON thee,

Yet (aloud) thou art not deceived-'TIs thy father before thee I

[ARLINE staggers, and th"n rushes into the Cou..r'. arms.)

Praised be the will of heaven 1

Whose light on them smiled,

And whose bounty hath given

The father his child!

Flo. Praised be the will of heaven, Whose light o'er me smiled, And whose bounty hat\ given A father his child I

D,,,. (Suddenly emerging from the crowd and dragging THADDEUS away.

Better to go ere driven, Than e'er be reviled, For the bounty hath given The father his child!

fIG. Though from this bosom riven, That hearl is beguiled,

The bereavement hath given The father his child!

[THADDEUS hide, his face in hi. hands much moved.

'tHE BOIl~MIAN GIRL .

Art. Praised be the will of heaven, Whose light o'er me smiled, And whose bounty hath given A father his child I

1

fflI. Praised be the will of heaven Whose light or themsmilec, And whose bounty hath given The father his child!

'>-ENslllolBLL

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EliD OJ" A~ II.

ACT III.

SCENE L

A 'J lendid Saloon, in tM Castle of Oount ABliHDIL On tM Ground Floor, a large toindO'lJ) at tM bacl opening ~ tM Parb; On the o. p. &ide, tM dotIr of a Bmall Oabinet, doors at the back, leading inN tpll.cimU Galleria.

Enter ARLIlIE, elegantly iJre8sed for a Ball.

~l. The past appears to me but a dream. Yet my henrt recalls enough to convince me it was all reality. W~.I LI I think of the wandering life I led, my memory wi) arert to him who in every trial preserved its honor.

R01fANZA-ARLINF~

Though they bid me wear a smile

And look joyously around,

Naught can e'er my heart begnile, Which to love .md truth is bound. 'Tis not palace, pomp, Or state, Princely gifts, though rich and rare, In this heart can change create,

While his form is imaged there.

Glvo me back the lowly cot,

Brightest home of earlier years j Oh! what joy was then my lot,

Now o'ercast by silent tears, Though I dare ndt breathe that name, Fondly cherished in my breast, Wealth and power I'd yield to claim Hi .• fond love with truth impressed,

A rl, (Ooi"g round the room to see if a",y one is .",t"',·;".'I.") Now no eye beholds me, I may at least indulge in Il remembrance of the past. (008S to the Oa~i"eI, o. 1" •• and brings out her gipsydre.s.) [To "erseif.] .. In the gip..y's lite you read-

Dev (sprinq;,'g into the apartment.)

The lite that all would like to lead." it,·l. (Rcrea1liinu.) Devilshoof here I

:!)

. lhv. Bu8h r fear not j we want you to ~ioln _ tribe. You shall become our queen.

~rl. Impossible I Leave me, I pray.

Dee. I have brought with me one who has greater powers of persuasion than I. (Calling TnAIlDlws) Friend!

[Here THADDEUS appears at the lJ';nclmD.

TOO I thought you had forgotten me.

. Arl. Forgotten you! (pointing to the gipsy's d,"ess.)

Bad I nothing else to remind me of you, this would always speak to me of you. Forgotten yOJ !

[DXVILSHOOF goe. 'Up to tbe toindow, on :M look-Ovt.

When other lips and other hearts Their tales of love shall tell,

In language whose excess imparts The power they feel so well, There may perhaps in such a scene, Some recollection be

Of days that have as happy been, And you'll remember me.

When coldness or deceit shall slight.

The beauty now they prize,

And deem it but a faded light

Which beams within your eyes j When hollow hearts shall wear II mask 'Twill break your own to see j

In such a moment I but ask

That you'll remember me.

[THADDEUS ha« barely time to take rifu[le in the cabinet, and DEVILSHOOF to ebcape by tM window, when the great doors are throum. open, and a brilliant assemblage enters led by "ountARNIIEIM, FLORESTEI!', etc. COUNT take« ARLINE's hand and present« her to the company.

lhu. Welcome, welcome all-share with me all the joy I fee~ while I present my loved and 1011g-lOl;t daughter.

FINALE.

(Jfw. Welcome the present, old ponder not On the days departed now,

Let tho cares that were theirs be forgot,

I And razed from pleasure's brow.

.FkJ. (lleeing the gipsy dress on a chair, and taking it up.) This is not all ornament tit to grace,

At such a moment, such a stately place, And perchance 'twere best to hide the prize

In this recess (pointing to cabinet) from his lordship's eyes.

~rl. (wlwse attention. has been riveted on the cab ina. ~nd seeing FLORES1'EIK go near it.)

That room and its treasure belong to me.

Aud from 1111 intrusion must sacred be.

Clio. Never mind time. nor what he has done, If he only the present wi.:! "mile upon I Welcome the present, oh I ponder not On days departed !lOW;

Let the cares that were theirs be forgot, And razed from pleasure's brow.

[A confused murmur ·is heard al the bock 0/ II" stage.

What sounds break on the ear, Checking young joY's career t

THE aOHEMIAN GI~I;. .

Arlo

[A fomale closely veiled, enter8 the aparlmml, ,_,

gOIJlJ up to Count ARNHEIlL Heed the warning voice I Wail, and not rejoice I

The foe to thy rest, .

Is one thou lovest best.

[She 1£18 her veil fall and discoaers the QUED if

the GIPSIES.

Who, and what art thou? Let me know Whom dost thou deem my foe?

Thiuk not my warning wild? r

'Tis thy re found child I

She loves a youth of the tribe I sway, And braves the world's reproof; List to the words I say-

He is now concealed beneath thy roof; Base wretch, thou-liest-«

Thy faith I begrudge, Open that door, and thyself be the judge.

[Count, rushing to the door of the cabinet, whiM

ARI.INE in vain opposes.

Stand not across my path, }

Brave not a father's wrath, ENSEMBLE.

Thrown thus across thy path,

Let me abide thy wrath.

r The COUNT pushes ARLINE' aside, opens gAl door, and THADDEUS appear8-the CoUl!" reels back, and ~(Jry line teems ptJMI- 8truck.

QUINTET AND CHORUS.

CoUNT, FLORESTEIN, THADDEUS, ARLINE, and QUE1IlII.

"'ha. Though every hope be fled, 1

Which seemed so bright before,

The vengeance I scorn to dread, Which they on me can pour I

lhu. (to ARLINE.) To shame and feeling I dead,

Now hopeless to deplore,

The thunder bursting on thy head, I Had not surprised me more.

Que. (Maliciously eyeing ARLINE.) I

All other feelings dead, I

Revenge can hope restore, ~ ENSlIKBLL

Its thunders on her daring head I

' I only live to pour. .

Flo. And this is why she said,

I must not touch the door: I

It clearly would have been ill bred, For rivals are a bore I

Arlo i Horror-stricken on seeing the QUEEN.) j To all but vengeance dead,

She stands mine eyes before I Its thunders waiting on my head In all her bate to pour.

Cuu. (Advancing to THADDEUS.

Leave this place thy polluting step hath cfOlllled, Depart, or thou art lost.

77ia. (Casting a'8orrO'UJjullnok on ARLINE CIS he is ..... to go. I

To threats I should contemn, For thy dear sake I yield.

.trl. (Summoning resolution.)

The bursting torrent I will stem,

And him I live for shield. I

[She takes THADDEUS by the hand, and gou '" at

COUNT, then twrfl.8 to the compan'fl.

.tn'eBlI: not the only tie, That bids my heart rejoice,

(With ener!TJI.) The husband of my choice. (rushing betweea them and drawing his sword. A

THADDE:'S. )

Depart, ere my thirsty weapon stains .

These halls with the blood of thy recreant vema r (To AHLINE,) False thing I beioved too long, too

well,

Brave not the madness thou canst not que~ I (&izing THADDEUS by the arm.

List to the warning voice that calls thee I Fly from the peril which enthralls thee I

r Darting a furious look at ARLINE as she paBWJ Mit Weep rivers--for ages pine 1

He shall never be thine.

[As the QUEEN is dragging THADDEUS towards 11M w~"nd&w, ARLINE stops him.

(to the assembly.) Your pardon, if I seek With my father alone to speak.

[Exeunt every one at the larl)e doors eG(:h #Be oj the windows, which close upon them.; fh~ QUEEli is saen to pass out of the windolQ, ARLINII ftJJlinI at the COUNT'S feet.

See at your feet a suppliant one, . W hose place should be your heart i Behold the only loving thing

To which she had to cling,

Who saved her life and watched o'er her y~ With all the fondness faith endears,

And her affections W'ln-

Rend not such ties apart.

Child I Arline I wilt thou? darest thou heap A stain thine after life will be weep,

On these hairs by thee and sorrow bleached-On this. heart dishonor never reached ?

(risino ill"ilsee1cing refuge in the arms of'l'HA,DDSUII. Wha;e \lr the danger, the ruin. the strife--

It must fall : united we are lor life.

(with rage.) , United I and would'st thou link ml

name

In a chain of such deep disgrace 7 My rank, my very blood defame With a blot no time can efface t

The child of my heart. of my house the pride, An outcast gipsy's bride I

(brea.1cing from her, and going up with great dip,", to Count ARNHEIll.)

Proud lord, although this head proscribed.

Should fall by the weapons thy wealth hath

bribed,

Although in revealing the name I bear, The home I shall see no more'

The land which to thee in its deep despair The deadliest hatred bore,

I may fall as have fallen tho bravest of foes. 'Twere better like them to die I

And in dishonored earth to lie,

Than bear unresented reproaches lke those. [Count AHNHELM and ARLINI<J be&ray sympt0m8 oj

astonishment, tlet great anxiety. . ctart not, but listen I

When the fair land of Poland was ploughed hy WI hoof

Of the ruthless invader-when might,

With steel to the bosom and flame to the roof Completed her triumph o'er right;

In that moment of danger, when freedom invoked .All the fetterless sons of her pride,

Arlo

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THE BOHEMIAN GlH,L.

III a phalanx as dauntress as freedom e'er yoked, I fought and I fell by her side;

My birth is noble, unstained my cres1; As thine own-let this attest.

[Takes hia commissum; seen in Ael 1, from loU. basom, and gives it to flu; COUNT, filM standi ji:&ed and bewildered.

Oou.. (greaU1l moved.) The feuds of a nation's strife, The party storms of life,

Should never their sorrows impart. To the calmer scenes of the heart. By this hand let thine hold

Till the blood of its veins be cold I

[THADDEUS, moved to tears, ia aboul to jail a4 th4 Count's feet, uiho checks him.

Not at mine-be that homage paid at hers, Who the fond one of feeling on thee confers,

TRIO.

Cou. Let uot the soul over sorrows grieve, With which the bosom hath ceased to heave:

Let us not think of the tempest past, If we reach the haven at last.

.drL Ne'er should the soul over sorrows

grieve ,

With which the bosom hath ceased to heave;

N ever should we think of the tempest ENSEllBL&

If P;:~each the haven at last. !

111.(}, Why should the soul over sorrowa

grieve, I

With which the bosom hath ceased

to heave; j

Why. should we think of the tempelli

past,

It we reach the haven at lIIIIt'

[During the trio, the 101m jlgur~ qf eM QUEEN has been S66n at the windcw in t"" back, and at the end of it, as THADDEUS U about to embrace AllLlNE, the QUEEN, in tJ tramport of rage, point» him out to Q Gipsy by her side,'who is in the act offiring at him, when DEVILSHOOF, who has tracked thei1' steps, aoerte the Gipsy's aim, and bl' a rapid movement: turns the musket toward" the QUEEN-it goes off, and she falls.

(The distaJt sound of joyous instruments heard. in the saloons, which t"~ intelligence of the catastrophe is supposed to /w,ve reached, ceases, and crowds of nobles, ladiee, guests, etc., pour in at each door. ARLINE rushes into the arms of THA.DDEUS, and then passes O1!er to the COUNT.

ARLINE AND CHORUS.

Oh what full delight, Through my bosom thrilIa, And a wilder glow

In my heart instills I Bliss I unfelt before,

Hope I without ailoy, Speak, with raptured tone Of that heart the joy.

TIlli: JIlID.

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BOHEMIAN G IRn.

51 "In the Qipsy's life you read."

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musical qualities :

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