Pericles, Prince of Tyre: Act 5, Gower

    comedy

    SCENE II:

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    A brief transition: Pericles' ship arrives at Mytilene. Lysimachus announces he will marry Marina. The ships prepare for Ephesus.

    Enter GOWER, before the temple of DIANA at Ephesus
    GOWER
    Now our sands are almost run;
    More a little, and then dumb.
    This, my last boon, give me,
    For such kindness must relieve me,
    That you aptly will suppose
    What pageantry, what feats, what shows,
    What minstrelsy, and pretty din,
    The regent made in Mytilene
    To greet the king. So he thrived,
    That he is promised to be wived
    To fair Marina; but in no wise
    Till he had done his sacrifice,
    As Dian bade: whereto being bound,
    The interim, pray you, all confound.
    In feather'd briefness sails are fill'd,
    And wishes fall out as they're will'd.
    At Ephesus, the temple see,
    Our king and all his company.
    That he can hither come so soon,
    Is by your fancy's thankful doom.
    Exit