BEAUTY
(Dancing on before.) I will be worshiped! I will be worshiped!
AMBITION
(Gathering at his back vast clouds of restless, threatening figures like himself.) I am his thought of strength! I am his thought of power. I am his thought of rage! I am his thought of contest! Oh, ho, ho, ho! Follow me! Follow me! See, we will sow destruction! We will spread despair! We will slay! We will burn! Oh, ho, ho, ho!
THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE
(Wildly, his fancy flaming furiously.) Oh, ho, ho, ho! I am God! I am that I am—all in all! I am my dream of myself! I will dream me dreams, visions. These are my creations, all! (He turns and surveys his endless fancies of horror and delight.) Oh, ho, ho, ho! Come, Art! Come, Love! Come, Hope! Come, Death! Dream as I dream! Create destiny, suffer! I am God! I cannot die! Insane! Insane! Insane! Oh, ho, ho, ho! (He shouts in agony, then joy, then sobs, staggering as he does so, ending in a gale of lunatic laughter.)
PITY
(To LOVE, hovering near.) We are his children; and we can do nothing?
LOVE
Nothing, save he think on us.