--_A woody and mountainous
district
near Mount
Ararat.
Ararat.
Byron
SAMIASA.
AZAZIEL.
RAPHAEL, THE ARCHANGEL.
MEN.
NOAH AND HIS SONS.
IRAD.
JAPHET.
WOMEN.
ANAH.
AHOLIBAMAH.
_Chorus of Spirits of the Earth. --Chorus of Mortals_.
HEAVEN AND EARTH.
PART I.
SCENE I.
--_A woody and mountainous district near Mount
Ararat. --Time, midnight_.
_Enter_ ANAH _and_ AHOLIBAMAH. [138]
_Anah_. OUR father sleeps: it is the hour when they
Who love us are accustomed to descend
Through the deep clouds o'er rocky Ararat:--
How my heart beats!
_Aho. _ Let us proceed upon
Our invocation.
_Anah_. But the stars are hidden.
I tremble.
_Aho. _ So do I, but not with fear
Of aught save their delay.
_Anah_. My sister, though
I love Azaziel more than----oh, too much!
What was I going to say? my heart grows impious.