There sit an old and young one on the sward;
They seem to have been dancing somewhat hard.
Mephistopheles.
O! once begun, they’ll go on like the devil.
Come, come! they rise again—let’s join the revel.
[Faust and Mephistopheles join the dance; the former with the Young Witch as his partner; the latter with the Old one.
Faust. [dancing with the young Witch]
A lovely dream once came to me,
I saw in my sleep an apple-tree;
Two lovely apples on it did shine;