With ether’s light around them,—flick’ring red;
One of the forms quite clearly leaves the rest;
And comes to me;—sent from the dark abyss.
(Maria steps forth from the abyss.)
Maria:
Thou seest demons;—summon up thy strength,
They are not thus,—before thee they appear
What they are not. If thou canst hold them fast
Until their phantom nature shall become
Illumined to the being of thy soul