Ch. 761: SCENE V. Another part of the same, more remote from Thebes

SCENE V. Another part of the same, more remote from Thebes****

Music. Enter the Queens with the hearses of their knights, in a funeral solemnity, &c.

SONG.

_Urns and odours bring away;

Vapours, sighs, darken the day;

Our dole more deadly looks than dying;

Balms and gums and heavy cheers,

Sacred vials filled with tears,

And clamours through the wild air flying. _

_Come, all sad and solemn shows

That are quick-eyed Pleasure’s foes;

We convent naught else but woes.

We convent naught else but woes. _

THIRD QUEEN.

This funeral path brings to your household’s grave.

Joy seize on you again; peace sleep with him.

SECOND QUEEN.

And this to yours.

FIRST QUEEN.

Yours this way. Heavens lend

A thousand differing ways to one sure end.

THIRD QUEEN.

This world’s a city full of straying streets,

And death’s the market-place where each one meets.

[_Exeunt severally. _]