The farmer's wife: a comic opera, in three acts / Written by C. Dibdin, Jun. and performed, for the first time, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, February 1, 1814.
- Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin
- Date:
- 1814
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The farmer's wife: a comic opera, in three acts / Written by C. Dibdin, Jun. and performed, for the first time, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, February 1, 1814. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ten a copy of verses on you.—I implore ye hear them. [Pulls out a paper Susan. * [Aside.’] Laws! I should like to hear his poetry of all things.—Well, make haste then. Peter. [Reads conceitedly^ O, snow drop of purity! primrose of prettiness ! Moss rose of modesty ! wall-flower of wittiness 1 Dafiydown-dilly of damsels so fair! O, tulip of taste ! carnation of comeliness ! Pink of perfection ! and lily of loveliness! Listen, O, list, or I die—I declare ! Did you mind the beauty of the alliteration ? Susan. Ha! ha! ha! I don’t know what you mean by illiteration^ but I never heard such non¬ sense in my life; why, the boys make as good on the 3 th of November— I see no reason W hy gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.” Peter. Can nothing move you? Here let me kneel, [K7ieels^ and pour out the overflowings of a heart oppressed with ecstatic oppression, and ex¬ piring with sympathetic sighs. Susan.' Go along, you fool; I only listened to laugh at you; and if you follow me any more. I’ll set Robin about you, and then you may make rhymes upon the beating you’ll get: you’re an ignorant, impudent, conceited monkey! we all despise you, and are so glad you’re going. Peter. But I won’t go yet, if it’s only to tease you. “ Aid me Venus, Loves and Graces”— [Catches, and is struggling to kiss her, when Cornflower comes forward, and takes her from him.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30374790_0048.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
