I turn new knowledge upon old events,

And the effect is ... but I must not tell;

It is not lawful. Your own turn will come

One day. Wait, Festus! You will die like me.

Fest. 'T is of that past life that I burn to hear.

Par. You wonder it engages me just now?

In truth, I wonder too. What's life to me?

Where'er I look is fire, where'er I listen

Music, and where I tend bliss evermore.

Yet how can I refrain? 'T is a refined