The Sonorous Island

At their expense also I intend to amuse myself
By some trick of my foolish magic.
I am dreaming of it.

V I V A T C H E'.

Dream of it, that is how I understand it.

DUET.

V I V A T C H E'.

I love to see these people
With their intractable mood,
Then sweet, then frightful.
I love lovers
And their respectable sorrow.

P R E S T O.

To see their intractable mood
Affect an amiable exterior,
The tranquil air, an affable air,
And to see them quietly enraged:
Yes, it is a true pleasure.
I love to see their lamentable air;
I love to see their little torments.

End of the first Act.