Nakar and Damilcar descend in clouds, and sing,
Nakar. Hark, my Damilcar, we are called below!
Dam. Let us go, let us go! Go to relieve the care Of longing lovers in despair!
Nakar. Merry, merry, merry, we sail from the east, Half tippled at a rainbow feast.
Dam. In the bright moonshine while winds whistle loud, Tivy, tivy, tivy, we mount and we fly, All racking along in a downy white cloud: And lest our leap from the sky should prove too far, We slide on the back of a new-falling star.
Nakar. And drop from above In a jelly of love!
Dam. But now the sun's down, and the element's red, The spirits of fire against us make head!
Nakar. They muster, they muster, like gnats in the air: Alas! I must leave thee, my fair; And to my light horse-men repair.
Dam. O stay, for you need not to fear them to-night; The wind is for us, and blows full in their sight: And o'er the wide ocean we fight! Like leaves in the autumn our foes will fall down; And hiss in the water.
Both. And hiss in the water, and drown!