Excerpt from The Sunken Bell: A Fairy Play in Five Acts
Scene. - A fir-clad glade in the mountains. R. up stage, beneath an overhanging rock, a hut, with practicable door and windows. L.C. an old well.
Rautendelein is seated on the edge of the well, combing her thick golden locks and addressing a bee which she is trying to drive way. In one hand she has a mirror.
Rautendelein.
Thou buzzing, golden, wight - whence com'st thou here?
Thou sipper of sweets, thou little wax-maker!
Nay! Tease me not, thou sun-born good-for-naught!
Dost hear?... Begone!... 'Tis time I combed my hair
With Granny's golden comb. Should I delay,
She'll scold me when she comes. Begone, I say!
What?... Loit'ring still?... Away - away with thee!
Am I a rose bush?... Are my lips a rose?
Off to the wood with thee, beyond the brook!
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