Enter CHRONOS, with a scythe in his hand and a globe on his back, With shouting and hooting we pierce through the sky, Chorus of all. With shouting and hooting we pierce through the sky, 35 * Wex. Dryden's spelling in his very last piece. See note on "Anaus Mirabilis," stanza 4 [Dance of huntsmen, nymphs, warriors, and lover s. SONG OF A SCHOLAR AND HIS MISTRESS, WHO, BEING CROSSED BY THEIR FRIENDS, FELL MAD FOR ONE ANOTHER, AND NOW FIRST MEET IN BEDLAM.* Music within. The Lovers enter at opposite doors, each held by a Keeper. St. Hermo, St. Hermo, that sits upon the sails? + Ah! No, no, no, St. Hermo never, never shone so bright; 'Tis Phillis, only Phillis can shoot so fair a light; 'Tis Phillis, 'tis Phillis that saves the ship alone, 15 For all the winds are hushed, and the storm is overblown. This song was intended for the madhouse scene in "The Pilgrim" (act 3, scene 7). A scholar is there, who, after being examined by two gentlemen, is pronounced sane, and is on the point of being discharged. The story of his lady-love is Dryden's invention; there is no Phillis in Beaumont and Fletcher's play. The lights of St. Hermo, or St. Elmo, meteoric appearances in the Mediterranean. PHILLIS. Let me go, let me run, let me fly to his arms. AMYNTAS. If all the fates combine, And all the furies join, I'll force my way to Phillis, and break through the charms. 20 [Here they break from their keepers, run to each other and embrace. PHILLIS. Shall I marry the man I love? I feel the blood bound in my veins ; AMYNTAS, Body joined to body, and heart joined to heart; Go call the man in black, to mumble o'er his part. 25 30 35 And the better the sooner begun. [They run out together hand in hand. C C |