Alas, that the garish light is permitted to lift the veil that so concealed those flames, that the play of the senses was fain to cool and assuage the burning soul.
LUCINDA
And so sometimes the cold and serious day will annihilate the warm night of life, when youth flies by and I renounce you, even as you once more greatly renounced great love.
JULIUS
Oh, that I might show you my unknown friend, and her the wonder of my wondrous happiness.
LUCINDA
You love her still and will love her forever, though forever mine.
That is the wonder of your wondrous heart.
JULIUS
No more wondrous than yours. I see you, clasped against my breast, playing with your Guido's locks, while we twain in brotherly union adorn your serious brow with eternal wreaths of joy.