eful! can it be
When my heart on thee depends
For its peace, that thine attends
To such trifles?

LIVIA. Moscon, yes,
For I find, I must confess,
Short accounts make longest friends.

MOSCON. Such being then thy constancy,
Livia, I must say good-bye,
Till to-morrow. Ah! if he
Is thy two-day fever, I
Hope he's not thy syncope.

LIVIA. Well, my friend, from this you know
I no malice bear.

MOSCON. Just so.

LIVIA. See me then no more to-day,
But to-morrow, sir, you may:
I'll not need to send. Heigho!
[Exeunt.

* * * * *

SCENE X.

A WOOD.

CYPRIAN, as frightened; CLARIN, stealthily after him.

CYPRIAN. Doubtless something must have happened
'Mong the stars; imperial clusters,*
Since I find their influences
To my wishes so repugnant.
Up from the profound abysses
Some dark caveat must be uttered,
Which prohibits the obedience
Which they owe me as my subjects.
I, a thousand times, with spell-words
Made the winds of heaven to shudder,
I, a thousand times, the bosom
Of the earth with symbols furrowed,
Yet mine eyes have not been gladdened
By the human sun refulgent
That I seek, nor in mine arms
Hold that human heaven.

[footnote] *'Asonante' in 'u-e' to the end of Scene XV.

CLARIN. What wonder?
When a thousand times have I
Scraped the earth as if for nuggets,
When a thousand times the wind
By my screeching was perturbed,
And yet Livia was oblivious.

CYPRIAN. Once again then I am humbled
To invoke her thus. Oh, listen,
Beautiful Justina....

* * * * *

SCENE XI.

A phantom Figure of JUSTINA appears.

The Figure, CYPRIAN, and CLARIN.

FIGURE. Summoned,
As I wander through these mountains,
I obey a call so urgent.
What, then, wouldst thou? what, then, wouldst thou,
Cyprian, with me?

CYPRIAN. Oh, I shudder!

FIGURE. And since now....

CYPRIAN. I am astonished!

FIGURE. I have come....

CYPRIAN. What thus disturbs me?

FIGURE. To this place....

CYPRIAN. What makes me tremble?

FIGURE. Where....

CYPRIAN. Oh! whence this doubt that num