Zapolya Analysis

Song



(Act II, Scene I, lines 65-80)



A sunny shaft did I behold,

From sky to earth it slanted :

And poised therein a bird so bold--

Sweet bird, thou wert enchanted !



He sank, he rose, he twinkled, he trolled

Within that shaft of sunny mist ;

His eyes of fire, his beak of gold,

All else of amethyst !



And thus he sang : `Adieu ! adieu !

Love's dreams prove seldom true.

The blossoms they make no delay :

The sparkling dew-drops will not stay.

Sweet month of May,

[Image] We must away ;

[Image][Image] Far, far away !

[Image][Image][Image] To-day ! to-day !'



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Hunting Song



(Act IV, Scene II, lines 56-71)



Up, up ! ye dames, ye lasses gay !

To the meadows trip away.

'Tis you must tend the flocks this morn,

And scare the small birds from the corn.

Not a soul at home may stay :

[Image]For the shepherds must go

[Image]With lance and bow

To hunt the wolf in the woods to-day.



Leave the hearth and leave the house

To the cricket and the mouse :

Find grannam out a sunny seat,

With babe and lambkin at her feet.

Not a soul at home must stay :

[Image]For the shepherds must go

[Image]With lance and bow

To hunt the wolf in the woods to-day.

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