The sacred oath revering. I have spoken.
[The Aeropagites advance; and, as each puts his pebble into the urn, the Chorus and Apollo alternately address them as follows:
Chorus.
I warn ye well: the sisterhood beware,
Whose wrath hangs heavier than the land may bear.
Apollo.
I warn ye well: Jove is my father; fear
To turn to nought the words of me, his seer.
Chorus.
If thou dost plead, where thou hast no vocation,