ACT V
Scene: The garden of Pelagon, as in first act. Enter youths and maidens dancing about Pyrrha and Biades. They sing:
Hymen, god of bended knees, Who would gain to thee must lose! Take from us thy merry fees, Though our fairest thou dost choose,— Pyrrha and our Biades!
Fling the garland and the wreath! Roses, roses consecrate, That upgive their happy breath In an ardor 'neath our feet, Kissing fortune in their death!
Sparta's won, and Athens' wed! Shyest hours of midnight, bring Charm and blessing for the bed Whence a fairer Greece shall spring And her golden peace be bred!
[They dance off, lower right, as Pelagon and Stesilaus enter middle left]
Pel. Ha, neatly sung! By Hermes, they have made
A tickling in my sandals.
Ste. Frivol!
Pel. Eh?
Nay, youth must wind his horn——
Ste. Not in my ears!