Pour eddying through the pathways of the oaks;

And as they come, the sentient grass and leaves

Bow towards them, and the tall, drouth-jaded oaks

Fondle the murmur of their flying feet.

SECOND MERCHANT.

The green things love unknotted hearts and minds;

And neither one with angels or with us,

Nor risen in arms with evil nor with good,

In laughter roves the litter of the waves.

[A crowd of faces fill up the darkness outside the window. A figure separates from the others and speaks.