Zay. Another boon? Why, brother Ethais,

What can our monarch give that we have not?

Eth. In truth, I can not say—’twould seem that we

Had reached the sum of fairy happiness!

Sel. But then we thought the same, before our King

Endowed us with the gift of melody;

And now, how tame our fairy life would seem

Were melody to perish from our land!

Phyl. Well said, Selene. Come, then, let’s away, (going)

And on our journey through the outer world