THE MARRIAGE LEADER.
“Make ready! make ready,”
To his sister the youth is repeating;
“Make ready my steed for the wedding,
O sister! the young Doge [231] is waiting:
I’m bid to the wedding, I’m summon’d to guide
To the wedding the maiden—the Doge’s young bride.”
APPROACHING BRIDEGROOM.
What is shining on the verdant mountain?
Sun—or moon—so beautifully shining?
’Tis not sun, or moon that shines so brightly,
’Tis the bridegroom [232] hasting to the marriage.