Bring in the children!
(Exit one of the attendants. Behind the scene the children’s voices are heard.)
Hark, ah, hark, they cry!—
Lady, thy little ones! Oh, Heaven must die
And perish away from earth, if thou stay dumb
Looking on these!
(Enter the two children; they run to Alcestis with outstretched arms.)
Children.—
Mother!
Nurse.—