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ACT I.

I.—Shore of the Mediterranean.

Enter.

Azlea. sunset on the ocean! Gloriously

Has the god canopied his purple bed

With crimson and with gold! and on the sea

The ruby richness of his radiance shed—

Tinging the wavelets with a deeper dye,

More regal in its hue than blushing morn,

And softer than the loveliness of noon;

Yet beautiful, as when from darkness born

Light threw o'er earth its heaven-borrowed boon,

And earth and ocean burst from mystery!

And grand as beautiful; the glowing sky,

With its high piled up masses of bright clouds,

And ocean mirror striving to outvie

In gorgeousness the many-colored crowds

Of grotesque forms sailing the upper blue;

And the o'erhanging rocks, whose sullen gloom

Rests like a frown upon the ocean's brow—

Whose towering crests along the shores loom,

Contrasting with their shade the sunset's glow:

Earth, sky, and ocean, make one splendid view!

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Her. Methinks the hollow sighing of the main

Hath wondrous music in it. The wild tales