midas
midas: yes, what is it?
this man’s been making trouble in the town. we believe he is a vagrant, sir, of the worst, most drunken kind.
midas
silenus: hello king!
what should we do?
midas
silenus: nice place!
execute him?
alcyone and ceyx
narrator: these two adored each other and lived in a monotony of happiness
but nothing in this world is safe
alcyone and ceyx
alcyone: now i am petrified, surely -
she said
alcyone and ceyx
narrator: she was hardly consoled
but she saw that she could not hold out any longer
alcyone and ceyx
narrator: she allowed herself to be soothed
and consented to his going. there were no more details left to be checked
alcyone and ceyx
narrator: arranged on their benches
were ready to row and go.
alcyone and ceyx
narrator: he boarded and then gave the sign
and then he turned to wave at her. she waved at him while the ribbon of black water widened between the ship and the shore
alcyone and ceyx
narrator: and only the sails remained
and then, they too, disappeared. she gazed still at the empty and desolate blue.
aalcyone and ceyx
ceyx: with as much blue water astern as remained ahead
but as the sun was sinking in the west, the water, everywhere blue until now, began to be flecked with the white-capped waves sailors dislike. the weatehr was worse with every moment for the winds were on the loose.
alcyone and ceyx
ceyx: secure the spars!
but poseidon and his henchmen had arrived. the rest was one enormous green catastrophe.
alcyone and ceyx
narrator: teh men have lost their belief in their captain,
their courage
alcyone and ceyx
narrator: even their will to live as they wait for the end.
one weeps and groans aloud.
alcyone and ceyx
narrator: another curses his fate.
and one says one word,
alcyone and ceyx
ceyx: alcyone,
again and again
alcyone and ceyx
ceyx: alcyone, my treasure, alcyone
and this is the end of the world.
