Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

The Intriguing Chambermaid. A Comedy of Two Acts.

London

Printed for J. Watts

1734

Love may take the heart with storm and rule there alone

AIR III. Fanny blooming Fair, &c.

Let bold Ambition lie
Within the Warrior's Mind;
False Honours let him buy,
With Slaughter of Mankind:
To Crowns a doubtful Right,
Lay thousands in their Grave:
While wretched Armies fight
Which Master shall enslave.
Love took my Heart with Storm,
Let him there rule alone,
In Charlotte's charming Form,
Still sitting on his Throne:
How will my Soul rejoice,
At his Commands to fly,
If spoken in that Voice,
Or look'd from that dear Eye!
To Universal Sway
Love's Title is the best;
Well, shall we him obey,
Who makes his Subjects blest?
If Heaven for Human Good
Did Empire first design,
Love must be understood
To rule by Right Divine

War::Invasion Government::Rule and Subjection::Rule of Love

HDIS

First performed 15 Jan 1734. 9 entries in ESTC (1734, 1748, 1750, 1755, 1761, 1776, 1790).

The Intriguing Chambermaid. A Comedy of Two Acts. As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s Servants. Taken from the French of Regnard, by Henry Fielding, Esq. (London: Printed for J. Watts at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln’s-Inn Fields, 1734). <Link to ESTC>

08/07/2004