There will be fire.
And thou, O Earth, give ear!
There will be fire.
Sem. (maidens). Who shall be sent to fetch this fire
for the king?
Sem. (youths). Shall we put forth in boats to reap,
And shall the waves for harvest yield
The rootless flames that nimbly leap 790
Upon their ever-shifting field?
Sem. (maidens). Or we in olive-groves go shake