Chimed in so aptly with thy fantasies!
(Aloud.) Be not deceived;
I am a mortal like thyself, in all
Except thine innocence!—A sinning man,
Unworthy of thy love. Be not deceived.
Vav. I know thee, and I love thee as thou art—
Not as the Spirit of my nightly dreams,
But as thou art—a man of Life and Death.
Flor. Hast thou then seen a Spirit in thy dreams?
Vav. I have—the Spirit of the Sun-dial—