In its response this time the chorus is full of energy and impetuosity as it shouts with great power, “O, we cannot! the Archangel Michael flames from every window.” The chant of the bells is now taken by the basses alone:—
“Funera plango!
Fulgura frango!
Sabbato pango!”
Lucifer makes his last appeal with all the strength that voice and orchestra can reach:—
“Aim your lightnings
At the oaken
Massive, iron-studded portals!
Sack the house of God, and scatter
Wide the ashes of the dead.”