| (Child) Will it be long before she comes? | |
| (Queen) I gladly take the throne. | |
| (1, 0) 163 | So, then—at last—my task is done! |
| (Queen) A task well done! | |
| (Father) Say now what you would ask of us. | |
| (1, 0) 181 | To eat no pauper bread. |
| (1, 0) 182 | To labour while I may. |
| (1, 0) 183 | To sit a little in the sun and talk with friends. |
| (Father) You do not ask enough. | |
| (Father) Ask now your heart's desire. | |
| (1, 0) 191 | You grant my heart's desire? |
| (Crowd) Yes! | |
| (Crowd) Readily! | |
| (1, 0) 194 | If you would give me my heart's desire, give me to know this little child shall never go the way I went; give me to know that women shall no more weep for men who die before the hour; give me to know that I have truly carried out the task you set me; give me to know that the long red riot of the world is done! |
| (Queen) Speak! | |
| (1, 0) 203 | I bore this as your servant, and, as your servant, I lay it at your feet. |
| (1, 0) 205 | Come, friends, let us now pledge allegiance. |
| (1, 0) 207 | With all my heart, for all my days, I bind myself to you! |