ARCADES. PART OF A MASK, OR ENTERTAINMENT, PRESENTED TO THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF DERBY, AT HAREFIELD, BY SOME NOBLE PERSON OF HER FAMILY ARCADES. The Characters appear on the Scene in vastoral habit, moving towards the scat of state, with this L SONG. song: Look, nymphs, and shepherds, look, Is that which we from hence descry, This, this is she To whom our vows and wishes bend: Fame, that, her high worth to raise, Mark, what radiant state she spreads, Sitting, like a goddess bright, Might she the wise Latona be, Mother of a hundred gods? Juno dares not give her odds: Who had thought this clime had held A deity so unparallel'd? As they come forward, the Genius of the wood appears, and, turn ing towards them, speaks: Gen. Stay, gentle swains, for, though in this disguise, I see bright honour sparkle through your eyes; |