STRONG-ARM
Beautiful sights are not for us to see.
ROCK
The great ceremonies do not need the gaze of such as us.
FIR-SAPLING
Yes! we know that. Our duty is to work on in silence,—patiently to prepare the beauty of the festival which is not for our eyes.
STRONG-ARM
Are you complaining?——Every creature must accept the place in life which falls to its lot.
ROCK
That law governs all. There are some animals that are proud and splendid, birds with magnificent plumage, and there are also rats and horrible insects, which inspire loathing.