No. 15 - Septett & Chorus Lyrics by B. C. Stephenson

[Bantam:] Now let's to bed.
[Wilder:] To bed so soon?
[Dorothy:] Good night!
[Wilder:] We leave our hearts behind us.
[Lydia:] Most polite!
[Dorothy & Lydia:] Alas! how soon can man forget!
Today he vow'd that he'd be true
To me-- yes, me alone-- and yet
Tonight he sighs and dies for you!
[Wilder:] If you and I once more could meet.
[Sherwood:] Our happiness would be complete!
[Bantam:] Good night, your Grace, and pleasant dreams!
[All:] Good night, your Grace, and pleasant dreams!
[Bantam:] This way!
[Wilder:] Is all prepared?
[Lurcher:] All right!
[Dorothy:] Your Grace, good night!
[Wilder:] We meet again tonight!
[All:] Pleasant dreams attend your slumber!
Happy fancies without number,
Guide you in the land of sleeping,
'Midst the fairies, vigil keeping.
[All with Chorus:] Visions bright your sleep adorning,
Tend you till the light of morning,
Through the latticed window breaking
Tells you that the day is waking;
[Dor., Lyd., Wil. & Sher.:] And through the pane
Creeps day again!
Your Grace-- good night!
[All:] And through the pane
Creeps day again!
Your Grace-- good night!