MERMAN AND MERMAID.
(Grand Operatic Phantasmagoria)
Epilogue.
(The Submarine World)
OWONDLO.
Rise, behold dear Fleehion,
'Tis the Submarine World
We have entered again.
FLEEHION.
Blessed be our God.
Come, let us pray,
That the almighty Creator
Hath spared our children's lives.
OWONDLO.
(Searches caves)
Not a sign of them.
(Pauses)
No not here.
FLEEHION.
Let us call for them.
OWONDLO AND FLEEHION.
(Aria)
Oh merciful God,
Oh merciful God,
We have vainly sought
Our children in vain.
Cans't thou give us
One ray of hope.
Thou hearest not,
Thou seest not.
Thou hidest from us.
Thou hast not
The power to return.
Oh merciful God.
(Owondlo and Fleehion, who are wearied and worried, die; in each other's arms they are embraced. At the entrance of cave where their children and grandchildren are within.)
