cultural resources in henrik ibsen's early environment - Ibsen.net

2.
If you meet a nymph,
Leave her to herself!
Hunter, o let her go!
Remember that Actæon was
Punished for a bold glance!
Hunter, o you take care!
3.
Walk on the safe road,
Do not get lost and lose yourself,
Hunter, in case you are taken!
But if you have lost our track,
Listen to our hunter's chorus,
That will call you back.
(They cross the bridge.)
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FOURTH ACT.
A meadow in the thicket. A stream flows from a spring, and curves around the foot of
the hill. It is a clear moonlit night.
SCENE ONE.
MOGENS with a spade in his hand.
So now I have become a treasure-hunter.
Be brave! This is the critical moment!... I have
Never before been at this place so late.
I always walked around it at a distance,
And very often saw the elf-girl on the hill....
There she is!... No, it was only the moon,
Playing upon a bush. Moonlight
Is no good; I like the dark better,
Real pitch-black gloom,
In which one cannot distinguish anything. This light
Confuses the eye with so many images.
Here that is not possible; but on the other side,
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