'Duett: Squire, Edmunds, and Norton'

The Village Coquettes, An Operatic Burletta in Two Acts (1836). London: John Dicks, p.15.

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Dickens, Charles. 'Duett: Squire, Edmunds, and Norton.' The Village Coquettes (1836): p. 15. Dickens Search. Eds. Emily Bell and Lydia Craig. Accessed [date]. https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1836-The_Village_Coquettes_Duett_Squire_Edmunds_and_Norton.

Squire. Listen, though I do not fear you,

Listen to me, ere we part.

Edmunds. List to you! Yes, I will hear you.

Squire. Yours alone is Lucy’s heart,

I swear it, by that heav’n above me.

Edmunds. What! can I believe my ears! 

Could I hope that she still loves me.

Squire. Banish all these doubts and fears,

If a love were e’er worth gaining,

If love were ever fond and true,

No disguise or passion feigning,

Such is her young love for you.

Squire. Listen, though I do not fear you,

Listen to me, ere we part.

Edmunds. List to you! yes, I will hear you.

Mine alone is her young heart.