Broadly speaking, a chorus is any substantial group of performers in a play, revue[?], musical or opera who act more or less as one. It can also mean a work, or section of a work, performed by a chorus. Today, it is most usually used as a synonym for choir to mean a group of singers who all sing together or a piece sung by such a group, but it can also mean a group of dancers, and in Greek drama it meant a group of actors.
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BLANKA. Whence you come, you mean? Oh, yes!
That I the moment that I saw you--
GANDALF. Yet you
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In manly combat with all doughty warriors;
Then why should I fear--
GANDALF. No, of course, of course!
Told you from whence they came?
BLANKA. Never! How could he!
But if you wish I'll ask him right away.
GANDALF. [Quickly.] No, let it be.
BLANKA. Ah, now I understand!
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GANDALF. Ah,
You bring me back--
BLANKA. But do you know, it is
What warrior is it rests beneath the mound?
BLANKA. I do not know.
GANDALF. You do not know, and still
And pointed out to me the fresh-made mound,
He bade me say my morning prayers out here,
Those who had harried us with sword and fire.
GANDALF. And you?
BLANKA. Each morning from that day to this
And every evening flowers afresh I wove
How can you pray thus for your enemy?
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GANDALF. [Vehemently.] Such a faith is craven;
'Twas therefore that the great, heroic life
My craven faith, as you see fit to call it,
I know full well, there would spring forth a mass
The nakedmountain.
GANDALF. Let the mountain stand
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BLANKA. Well, I shall sail with you;
To far-off Norway, where you live mid snow
There should come mirth and laughter in the hall,
For I am merry;--have you any scald?
GANDALF. I had one, but the sultry Southern air
They sing no longer--
BLANKA. Good! Then shall I be
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