READ STUDY GUIDE: Act III, Scenes i-ii |
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Section 6:
ACT III, SCENE I Sicilia. A Street in some Town.
ACT III, SCENE I Sicilia. A Street in some Town.
| [Enter CLEOMENES and DION.] |
| CLEOMENES.: |
| The climate's delicate; the air most sweet; |
| Fertile the isle; the temple much surpassing |
| The common praise it bears. |
| DION.: |
| I shall report, |
| For most it caught me, the celestial habits,— |
| Methinks I so should term them,—and the reverence |
| Of the grave wearers. O, the sacrifice! |
| How ceremonious, solemn, and unearthly, |
| It was i' the offering! |
| CLEOMENES.: |
| But of all, the burst |
| And the ear-deaf'ning voice o' the oracle, |
| Kin to Jove's thunder, so surprised my sense |
| That I was nothing. |
| DION.: |
| If the event o' the journey |
| Prove as successful to the queen,—O, be't so!— |
| As it hath been to us rare, pleasant, speedy, |
| The time is worth the use on't. |
| CLEOMENES.: |
| Great Apollo |
| Turn all to th' best! These proclamations, |
| So forcing faults upon Hermione, |
| I little like. |
| DION.: |
| The violent carriage of it |
| Will clear or end the business: when the oracle,— |
| Thus by Apollo's great divine seal'd up,— |
| Shall the contents discover, something rare |
| Even then will rush to knowledge.—Go,—fresh horses;— |
| And gracious be the issue! |
| [Exeunt.] |
