VOCERO OF A GIRL FOR HER FATHER.

I came forth from Calanca

At the twelfth hour of the night,

And everywhere I sought him,

I sought him by torchlight,—

And when I found my father,

'Twas his corpse that met my sight.

(Another girl enters, seeking a relative, also slain.)

Ye who would find Matteju,

Go farther up the steep;