And the lips victorious!
Chorus of Monks.
“Pour the wine, then, pour it!
Let the wave bear all before it!
There’s none to score it,
So pour it in plenty, pour it!”
The next number is for orchestra only, and once more the instruments are used for a continuance of the action by a description of the carousal of the monks in a characteristic allegro bacchanale, the abbot testifying his indignation through the medium of the trombone and the use of the Gregorian melody. The sentiment of the latter is expressed by the following verse:—
“What mean this revel and carouse?
Is this a tavern and drinking-house?
Are you Christian monks or heathen devils,