"Sweet the balmy days of spring, And blushing roses that they bring; But sweeter far is love." Ilmas answers them in a broad and exultant strain ("Ay, sweet indeed is Love"). As the song ends, Sâwa and attendants enter, and the scene closes with a very dramatic chorus and solos, accompanying the preparations for death. The second scene opens with a solemn march for orchestra, preparing the way for the climax, and leading up to a chorus and solo for Ilmas ("What have these Sounds to do with bridal Robes?"). As she kneels, awaiting her fate, an orchestral interlude, set to the rhythm of the gallop, indicates the rapid approach of Sayid. A short and agitated dialogue follows between the watchman and the people. Sayid declares his presence, and a graceful duet with Ilmas ensues ("Noble Maiden, low before thee Sayid bows"), leading to a powerful choral finale ("Never before was known a Deed like this"), closing with a stirring outburst for all the voices:-- "O Love, thy car triumphal Rolls round the subject world More glorious than the chariot Of the sun. "We hail thee, Love victorious! Ride on with strength divine, And quench all mortal passion In thine own." Jubilee Ode.[29] This work, upon which Dr. Mackenzie has been engaged for some time past, is now complete, and on its way to several distant parts of the Empire, where arrangements are making to perform it in celebration of the Jubilee. Primarily, as our readers know, the Ode was intended for the Crystal Palace only, but it will be given also in Canada, Australia, Trinidad, Cape Colony, etc.; thus standing out from all its fellows as in some sort an Imperial work.