With aged cramps; and more pinch-spotted make them,
Than pard, or cat o'mountain."[524:B]
Lastly, the spirits of air, as beings of a more delicate and refined nature, are appointed by our magician to personate, under the direction of Ariel, a "most majestic vision;" "spirits," says their great task-master,
———————————— "which by mine art
I have from their confines call'd to enact
My present fancies;"[524:C]
and which, on the fading of this "insubstantial pageant," melt "into air, into thin air."
It appears, also, that these etherial forms were occupied night and day in chanting the most delicious melodies, or in suggesting the most delightful dreams. The isle, says Caliban,
————————————— "is full of noises,
Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.