SCENE IX.
Orontes, the Enchantress, Madauces, and Cassandane
led by Melampus.
ORONTES
presenting the Enchantress to MELAMPUS.
Inimitable hero, let this gift
Repair my errors.
MELAMPUS.
Royal friend, my labours
Thou hast o'erpaid.
ENCHANTRESS.
Adversity, though bitter,
Medicinal to frailty we have felt,
And been corrected all. Our future days
Let us devote to rational delights
And contemplation. King of kings, Orontes,
Thou may'st hereafter from thy potent throne
With moral rapture traverse in remembrance
Each suff'ring past, and error's bonds dissolv'd.
Thou dearest hero, rising pure from trials,
Shalt cease from labours; thou shalt walk with science,
And in the tranquil fellowship of wisdom
Possess the morning sweets and ev'ning's calm
In these untroubled shades.
CASSANDANE.
What sudden blaze
Of light!
MADAUCES.
From Circe, Juno, and the Sun.
CASSANDANE.
The Genius too of Caucasus returns.
