THEATRE-MANAGER. To-day we rest for once; we, the brave sons of Mieding. Old mountain and damp dale,—that is the whole scenery! HERALD. That the wedding-feast may be golden, fifty years are to be past; but if the quarrel is over, I shall like the golden the better. OBERON. If ye spirits are with me, this is the time to show it: the king and the queen, they are united anew. PUCK. When Puck comes and twists himself round, and his foot trails in the dance,-hundreds come after to rejoice along with him. ARIEL. Ariel awakes the song, in tones of heavenly purity: his music lures many trifles, but it also lures the fair. OBERON. Wedded ones, who would agree,-let them take a lesson from us two. To make a couple love each other, it is only necessary to separate them. TITANIA. If the husband looks gruff, and the wife be whimsical, take hold of both of them immediately. Con duct me her to the South, and him to the extremity of the North. ORCHESTRA TUTTI. FORTISSIMO. Flies' snouts, and gnats' noses, with their kindred! Frog in the leaves and cricket in the grass: they are the musicians! SOLO. See, here comes the bagpipe! It is the soap-bubble. Hark to the Schnecke-schnicke-schnack through its dull nose. SPIRIT WHICH IS JUST Formed. Spider's foot and toad's belly, and little wings for the little wight! There is not an animalcula, it is true, but there is a little poem. A PAIR OT LOVERS. Little step and high bound, through honey-dew, and exhalations. Truly, you trip it me enough, but you do not mount into the air. INQUISITIVE TRAVELLER. Is not this masquerading-mockery? Can I believe my eyes? To see the beauteous god, Oberon, here to-night, too! |