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I'll reach conclusion and corollary.
Dar. (looking at Phyllon). Oh, fairyhood!
How wonderfully like our Phyllon!
Sel. (looking at Ethais).Yes.
And see—how strangely like our Ethais.
Thou hast a gallant carriage, gentle knight. (Sighing)
Zay. How very, very like our Ethais.
Eth. It's little wonder that I'm like myself;
Why, I am he.
Sel. No, not our Ethais. (Sighing.)
Eth. In truth, I am the Ethais of all
Who are as gentle and as fair as thou.
Sel. That's bravely said; thou hast a silver tongue;
Why! what can gods be like if these be men.
(During this dialogue, Darine shows by her manner that she takes great interest in Ethais.)
Say, dost thou come from earth or heaven?
Eth. (gallantly ptttting Jiis arm round them). I think I've come from earth to heaven.
Sel. (to Darine with delight). Oh! didst thou hear?
He comes from earth to heaven! No, Ethais,
We are but fairies—this, our native home.
Our fairy-land rests on a cloud which floats
Hither and thither, as the breezes will;
At times a mighty city's at our feet,
At times a golden plain, and then the sea,
Dotted with ships and rocks and sunny isles.
We see the world; yet saving that it is