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Enter JANUS	A
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Janus Chronos Chronos mend thy pace	B
An hundred times the rolling sun	C
Around the radiant belt has run	C
In his revolving race	B
Behold behold the goal in sight	D
Spread thy fans and wing thy flight	D
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Enter CHRONOS with a scythe in his hand and a globe	E
on his back which he sets down at his entrance	F
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Chronos Weary weary of my weight	G
Let me let me drop my freight	G
And leave the world behind	H
I could not bear	I
Another year	J
The load of human kind	H
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Enter MOMUS laughing	K
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Momus Ha ha ha ha ha ha well hast thou done	C
To lay down thy pack	L
And lighten thy back	L
The world was a fool ere since it begun	C
And since neither Janus nor Chronos nor I	M
Can hinder the crimes	N
Or mend the bad times	N
'Tis better to laugh than to cry	M
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Chorus of all three 'Tis better to laugh than to cry	M
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Janus Since Momus comes to laugh below	O
Old time begin the show	O
That he may see in every scene	P
What changes in this age have been	Q
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Chronos Then goddess of the silver bow begin	Q
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Horns or hunting music within	Q
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Enter DIANA	R
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Diana With horns and with hounds I waken the day	S
And hie to the woodland walks away	S
I tuck up my robe and am buskin'd soon	T
And tie to my forehead a waxing moon	T
I course the fleet stag unkennel the fox	U
And chase the wild goats o'er summits of rocks	U
With shouting and hooting we pierce through the sky	M
And Echo turns hunter and doubles the cry	M
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Chorus of all With shouting and hooting we pierce through the sky	M
And Echo turns hunter and doubles the cry	M
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Janus Then our age was in its prime	V
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Chronos Free from rage	W
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Diana And free from crime	V
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Momus A very merry dancing drinking	K
Laughing quaffing and unthinking time	V
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Chorus of all Then our age was in its prime	V
Free from rage and free from crime	V
A very merry dancing drinking	K
Laughing quaffing and unthinking time	V
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Dance of Diana's attendants	X
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Enter MARS	Y
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Mars Inspire the vocal brass inspire	Z
The world is past its infant age	W
Arms and honour	Z
Arms and honour	Z
Set the martial mind on fire	Z
And kindle manly rage	W
Mars has look'd the sky to red	A2
And Peace the lazy god is fled	A2
Plenty peace and pleasure fly	M
The sprightly green	P
In woodland walks no more is seen	P
The sprightly green has drunk the Tyrian dye	M
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Chorus of all Plenty peace c	B2
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Mars Sound the trumpet beat the drum	C2
Through all the world around	D2
Sound a reveillie sound sound	D2
The warrior god is come	C2
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Chorus of all Sound the trumpet c	B2
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Momus Thy sword within the scabbard keep	E2
And let mankind agree	B2
Better the world were fast asleep	E2
Than kept awake by thee	B2
The fools are only thinner	Z
With all our cost and care	Z
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But neither side a winner	Z
For things are as they were	Z
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Chorus of all The fools are only c	B2
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Enter VENUS	A
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Venus Calms appear when storms are past	F2
Love will have his hour at last	F2
Nature is my kindly care	Z
Mars destroys and I repair	Z
Take me take me while you may	S
Venus comes not every day	S
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Chorus of all Take her take her c	B2
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Chronos The world was then so light	D
I scarcely felt the weight	G
Joy ruled the day and Love the night	D
But since the queen of pleasure left the ground	D2
I faint I lag	G2
And feebly drag	G2
The ponderous orb around	D2
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Momus All all of a piece throughout	H2
Pointing to Diana Thy chase had a beast in view	I2
To Mars Thy wars brought nothing about	H2
To Venus Thy lovers were all untrue	I2
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Janus 'Tis well an old age is out	H2
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Chronos And time to begin a new	I2
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Cho of all All all of a piece throughout	H2
Thy chase had a beast in view	I2
Thy wars brought nothing about	H2
Thy lovers were all untrue	I2
'Tis well an old age is out	H2
And time to begin a new	I2
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Dance of huntsmen nymphs warriors and lovers	J2

John Dryden

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