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... fate ; Whether I should fall in that far battle , or come Home to these arms . I sought the oracle . AMASTRIS And the oracle has spoken ! MEMNON It has spoken . ( They fall apart , and he speaks slowly ) There in the temple darkness was ...
... fate ; Whether I should fall in that far battle , or come Home to these arms . I sought the oracle . AMASTRIS And the oracle has spoken ! MEMNON It has spoken . ( They fall apart , and he speaks slowly ) There in the temple darkness was ...
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... Fate stared into my soul . Had a hand struck me I had not known it . I could feel nothing , Neither hope nor fear , nor wonder , nor desire . So from the shrine I came in stillness down . I was a dead man looking into life That seemed ...
... Fate stared into my soul . Had a hand struck me I had not known it . I could feel nothing , Neither hope nor fear , nor wonder , nor desire . So from the shrine I came in stillness down . I was a dead man looking into life That seemed ...
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... fate . Look , in the sky A star , that was not , is . MEMNON A peace descends . I marvel at my peace . AMASTRIS Beloved , come . MEMNON Where are my children ? Are they not abed ? Then let us go to them . My heart desires , As never at ...
... fate . Look , in the sky A star , that was not , is . MEMNON A peace descends . I marvel at my peace . AMASTRIS Beloved , come . MEMNON Where are my children ? Are they not abed ? Then let us go to them . My heart desires , As never at ...
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Abbess afraid AMASTRIS Beloved battle beating beauty bless bliss breathe child cloister comes darkness dear DESERT MEMNON door dream Enter Sister envy Ethiopia eyes Fate fear flame fled flowers Gods GODSTOW NUNNERY LOVE goes grave hear heart Heaven JOCELYNDE EUPHRAXIA JOCELYNDE Sister King Laila and Majnun LAURENCE BINYON Let me feel Let me share lilies lips little pause live Look lost marriage MEMNON There's men's novice NURSE Ah NURSE Laila oracle Paradise peace pray prayers PRIESTESS The Night PRIESTESS The Voice QUEEN ELEANOR Reverend Mother robe ROSAMUND Sister ROSAMUND Yes SECOND PRIESTESS secret seemed seen shadow shone shrine SIDGWICK & JACKSON silence Sister Jocelynde Sister Rosamund SISTERS EUPHRAXIA sleep smile soul speak spirit splendour spoken stars stolen stone strange sweet tell temple things THREE SHORT PLAYS told torment touch trance trembling unhappy Ursula and Perpetua weary wife wild wonder word