They call a God, this love
Who torments more than death does.
Each act was followed by an intermezzo which generally ended in a scuffle.
Bibernstein, who had dropped asleep, had a silk handkerchief stolen from his pocket; young Loewenwold a silver snuff-box.
Another piece followed, entitled “Daphne, pursued by the love sick Apollo, is transformed into a Laurel tree.”
Apollo threatens the nymph:
I will force thee to submit,
I really cannot suffer it.
She answers:
You so rudely do behave,