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,