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No. 14: 'Tis done, the spell is broken
Sung by Lady Maud, Dame Cherry, Sir Cecil, Lord Carnaby, and Brown
| Lady Maud: | The Others: | ||
| 'Tis done, the spell is broken, | 'Tis done, 'tis done | ||
| We must away, we must away, | we must away | ||
| The herald rays be- | The spell is | ||
| token, betoken the coming day. | broken we must away. | ||
| Lady Maud: | Dame Cherry: | Sir Cecil: | Lord Carnaby: | ||||
| Once more, once more we die | Once more, once more we die | ||||||
| in slumber, in slumber deep. | in slumber, in slumber deep. | ||||||
| Soundly we sleep! | Soundly we sleep! | ||||||
| In slumber deep | In slumber deep | ||||||
| Lady Maud: | Dame Cherry: | Sir Cecil: | Lord Carnaby: | Brown: | |||||
| Once | Once | ||||||||
| more we die | more we sleep | Once more we sleep | Once more we sleep | Once more we sleep | |||||
| we sleep | we sleep | we sleep | a cen- | ||||||
| a century! | a century! | a century! | a century! | tury! | |||||
| 'Tis | 'Tis | ||||||||
| done | we must away! | done | we must away! | we must away! | |||||
| the spell is | the spell is | ||||||||
| broken, | we must away! | broken | we must away! | we must away! | |||||
| we | we | ||||||||
| must away | we must | must away | we must | we must | |||||
| we must away! | away! | we must away! | away! | away! | |||||
| The he- | 'Tis done | 'Tis done | 'Tis done | 'Tis done | |||||
| rald rays be token | the spell | the spell | the spell | the spell | |||||
| the coming day | is broken | is broken is broken | is broken | is broken | |||||
| Ah! we | we must | we must | we must | we must | |||||
| must away | we must away | we must away | we must away | we must away | |||||
| the spell is broken | the spell is broken | the spell is broken | the spell is broken | the spell is broken | |||||
| is broken we must away! | we must away! | we must away! | we must away! | we must away! | |||||
| Sir Cecil and Lord Carnaby: |
| Once more, once more we sleep a century! |
| Lady Maud: | Dame Cherry: | The Others: | |||
| Once more | Once more | ||||
| once more we sleep | once more we sleep | Once more we sleep | |||
| a century | a century | a century | |||
| we must a- | |||||
| way we must away | we must | we must | |||
| 'tis done we must away! | must away | must away | |||
| . . . . | we must away! | we must away! | |||
All retire to their pictures, the veils fall over them. Day breaks. Lights up.
