The Shulamite
(dreaming in the Shepherd’s arms.)
My own love’s voice. Arise, my fair one, he tells me, arise and let us go....
The Shepherd
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not, nor awake my beloved till she will.
(Solomon motions; the Shepherd is removed.)
Act II.
A Street in Jerusalem.
In the distance is Solomon and his retinue.
Chorus of Men
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness, exhaling the odor of myrrh and of frankincense and all the powders of the perfumer?