Part 5 (2/2)

Awake, ye damsels; hear my cry, Calling my Chosen; hearken ye!

A MAIDEN.

Who speaketh? Oh, what echoes thus?

ANOTHER.

A Voice, a Voice, that calleth us!

THE VOICE.

Be of good cheer! Lo, it is I, The Child of Zeus and Semele.

A MAIDEN.

O Master, Master, it is Thou!

ANOTHER.

O Holy Voice, be with us now!

THE VOICE.

Spirit of the Chained Earthquake, Hear my word; awake, awake!

[_An Earthquake suddenly shakes the pillars of the Castle._

A MAIDEN.

Ha! what is coming? Shall the hall Of Pentheus racked in ruin fall?

LEADER.

Our G.o.d is in the house! Ye maids adore Him!

CHORUS.

We adore Him all!

THE VOICE.

Unveil the Lightning's eye; arouse The fire that sleeps, against this house!

[_Fire leaps up on the Tomb of Semele._

A MAIDEN.

Ah, saw ye, marked ye there the flame From Semele's enhallowed sod Awakened? Yea, the Death that came Ablaze from heaven of old, the same Hot splendour of the shaft of G.o.d?

LEADER.

Oh, cast ye, cast ye, to the earth! The Lord Cometh against this house! Oh, cast ye down, Ye trembling damsels; He, our own adored, G.o.d's Child hath come, and all is overthrown!

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