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;