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Show PROGRAMMES OF BALLETS. 373 Mokanna's standard floating in the air, and flies to it. Mokanna re-enters in despair. Hope has forsaken him; he prepares for death. A ferocious smile expresses the joy he feels in beholding himself the destroyer of his species. His reign is at an end, but he has been the assassin of mankind. This abominable thought seems to give him pleasure to the last. The happiness, however, of Zelica and Azim torments him, and he is furious at not having prevented it, and it even inspires him with a sort of remorse. The conquering army approaches; part of the ramparts are beaten down, and several edifices become a prey to the flames. Mokanna then procures a flambeau, and fires one side of the palace. H e falls near the ruins, and breathes out his soul in horrible blasphemies. Kaled and Zelica enter in time to behold the last moments of the impostor ; and the victorious armies, headed by Azim and the Caliph, now arrive at the scene. Each returns thanks to heaven at the happy event which delivers the people from a barbarous tyrant. Kaled unites Zelica to her lover, and peace bestows untroubled joy. A General Picture. |