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Franklin in a dedication to Johnson describes himself as 'a sincere admirer of his respectable talents; post, end of 1780. In the Gent. See Boswell's Hebrides, Oct. 15. When I told this to Miss Seward, she smiled, and repeated, with admirable readiness, from Acis and Galatea, 'Bring me a hundred reeds of ample growth, To make a pipe for my CAPACIOUS MOUTH. BOSWELL.
The Newly Born, a pretty girl who would have been guessed as seventeen in our day, sits up in the broken shell, exquisitely fresh and rosy, but with filaments of spare albumen clinging to her here and there. ACIS. Hold your noise, will you? The washing begins. The Newly Born shrieks and struggles. A YOUTH. Lie quiet, you clammy little devil. A MAIDEN. You must be washed, dear.
Thus equipped, he would manfully sally forth with pipe in mouth to besiege some fair damsel's obdurate heart not such a pipe, good reader, as that which Acis did sweetly tune in praise of his Galatea, but one of true delf manufacture, and furnished with a charge of fragrant tobacco.
THE NEWLY BORN. We loathe them. ECRASIA. They are noisome. ACIS. I don't want to be hard on the poor devils; but they are making me feel uneasy in my inside. I never had such a sensation before. MARTELLUS. I took a lot of trouble with them. But as far as I am concerned, destroy them by all means. I loathed them from the beginning. ALL. Yes, yes: we all loathe them. Let us calcine them.
As much as I sought his society, so much did the Cyclops seek mine; and if you ask me whether my love for Acis or my hatred of Polyphemus was the stronger, I cannot tell you; they were in equal measure.
In October the papers again gave out that Handel was going to give oratorios and concerts at Covent Garden; no operas were announced, and for the time being Handel appeared to have abandoned opera altogether. Those ever popular favourites Esther and Acis and Galatea followed it, and, as in the foregoing season, Handel played organ concertos between the acts of these works.
The procession, headed by Acis, emerges from the temple. Six youths carry on their shoulders a burden covered with a gorgeous but light pall. Before them certain official maidens carry a new tunic, ewers of water, silver dishes pierced with holes, cloths, and immense sponges. The rest carry wands with ribbons, and strew flowers. The burden is deposited on the altar, and the pall removed.
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