But since thou cam’st with this new mystic art

Into our house thou hast but seldom asked

What my fair magic beings are about.

More often thou hast only thought of worth

What wears a solemn air of dignity;

While those who caper out of sheer delight

Are uncongenial to thy mystic ways.

Capesius:

I do not doubt, Felicia, that I

Shall one day comprehend the meaning hid