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SCENE I.
The Stage darkened—represents a cloudy sky, a very rocky coast, and a ship on a tempestuous sea.—Ariel comes upon the stage.AIR.
Arise
, arise, ye subterranean winds,
Arise ye deadly blighting fiends;
Rise you, from whom devouring plagues have birth,
You that i' th' vast and hollow womb of earth
Engender earthquakes, make whole countries shake;
Ye eager winds, whose rapid force can make
All, but the fix'd and solid centre, shake:
Come, drive yon ship to that part of the isle
Where nature never yet did smile.
Arise ye deadly blighting fiends;
Rise you, from whom devouring plagues have birth,
You that i' th' vast and hollow womb of earth
Engender earthquakes, make whole countries shake;
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All, but the fix'd and solid centre, shake:
Come, drive yon ship to that part of the isle
Where nature never yet did smile.
Myself will fly on board, and on the beak,
In the waste, the deck, in every cabin,
I'll flame amazement. Sometimes I'll divide,
And burn in many places. On the top-mast,
The yards, and bowsprit will I flame distinctly,
Then meet and join. Jove's lightnings, the precursors
Of dreadful thunder-claps, more momentary
And sight out-running, are the the fire and cracks
Of sulph'rous roaring; the most mighty Neptune
Shall seem to siege, make his bold waves tremble,
Yea, his dread trident shake.
[Exit.
In the waste, the deck, in every cabin,
I'll flame amazement. Sometimes I'll divide,
And burn in many places. On the top-mast,
The yards, and bowsprit will I flame distinctly,
Then meet and join. Jove's lightnings, the precursors
Of dreadful thunder-claps, more momentary
And sight out-running, are the the fire and cracks
Of sulph'rous roaring; the most mighty Neptune
Shall seem to siege, make his bold waves tremble,
Yea, his dread trident shake.
Repeated flashes of lightning, and claps of thunder.
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