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The Hall of ARIMANES.--ARIMANES on his Throne, a Globe of Fire, surrounded by the SPIRITS.
Hymn of the SPIRITS: Hail to our Master!--Prince of Earth and Air!-- Who walks the clouds and waters--in his hand The sceptre of the elements, which tear Themselves to chaos at his high command! He breatheth--and a tempest shakes the sea; He speaketh--and the clouds reply in thunder; He gazeth--from his glance the sunbeams flee; He moveth--earthquakes rend the world asunder. Beneath his footsteps the volcanoes rise; His shadow is the Pestilence; his path The comets herald through the crackling skies; And planets turn to ashes at his wrath. To him War offers daily sacrifice; To him Death pays his tribute; Life is his, With all its infinite of agonies-- And his the spirit of whatever is!