ALWYN
Truth is more sweet than melody,
And wisdom than melodious words.
When you have learned to greet
With their own mystic speech all living birds
And minister to their necessity,
This pipe shall be restored, and we will make
Together a new song, more sweet for knowledge’ sake.
[In pantomime, he demands and receives the pipe from Quercus. Shy then addresses Quercus.]
SHY