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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![Corn. Listen! to what but madness ? Curse on the sex ! Mr. JV, Hold: curse not all for one. Corn. That one was all to me—had I but died, and ignorant of this, I had been blessed ! Mr. JV. To covet death is the common fault of disappointed confidence. Remember, • resigna¬ tion is our duty. %/ Corn. You have no broken heart—you have no wife—nor I— Mr. JV. \JViping his Eyes.^ I am a man, and must partake your sorrows: but can I be your friend, and let them crush you? No:—then let my friendship, blending with my duty, draw^ from the sacred source of healing hope, that consolation which may calm your breast. Corn. O, you had need, for you have planted a dagger there, death, death only can withdraw.— Which w^ay w-ent they ? lil fly, pursue, and sacri¬ fice ’em. \Going Mr. JV. [Stops him?\ Hold—recollect your¬ self, and then— Corn. [JVith an affected calmness.] I will! the storm is past—give me wine—I am sick at heart. O, man ! man! hug adders, vipers, scor¬ pions, but trust not woman! [Tears open the Parcel^ and produces two Portraits in one Frame.] That was her present; she herself had begged it; her portrait and mine, united in one band, as w e were!—O, how the w ish delighted me ! Look at that face; does that, sir, speak deceit? See, see that angel-smile ! that heavenly look !—that—that —confusion! [Dashes it doxtm.] But it’s over— I’ve conquered—I’ve torn her from my heart— ha—ha—hah ! [Hysterically?^ [Rushes oif \ WilliamsJollowmg,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30374790_0070.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
