(MIMI _goes nearer the window, so that the moon's rays fall on her
while_ RUDOLPH _contemplates her ecstatically._)

RUD. Lovely maid in the moonlight!

MAR. And poetry let flow.

RUD. Your face entrancing.
Like radiant seraph from on high appears!
The dream that I would ever, ever dream, returns.

RUD. | MIMI.
|
| Love alone o'er hearts has sway
Heart to heart and soul to soul | Ah Love! to thee do we surrender.
Love binds us in his fetters. | (_yielding to her lover's
(_placing his arm around MIMI_ embrace_)
Love now shall rule our hearts | Sweet to my soul the magic voice
alone, | Of love its music chanteth,
Life's fairest flower is love! | Life's fairest flower is love!
Life's fairest flower is love! | (RUDOLPH _kisses her._)


MIMI. (_disengaging herself_) No, I pray you!

RUD. My sweetheart!

MIMI. Your comrades await you!