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... once had been The fire that scorched a King , and burned to make the torment of a Queen . EUPHRAXIA You should have thought upon her soul ! That was not easy , I think , to shrive . For in such dangerous beauty sin is wont to keep 12.
... once had been The fire that scorched a King , and burned to make the torment of a Queen . EUPHRAXIA You should have thought upon her soul ! That was not easy , I think , to shrive . For in such dangerous beauty sin is wont to keep 12.
Page 24
... torment , -did you know the hate beginning slowly to be sweet , The only sweetness left ! —the smile that you must smile , or be betrayed , The hunger in the heart unfed , the pang , the wrong- ROSAMUND I am afraid . ELEANOR ( still ...
... torment , -did you know the hate beginning slowly to be sweet , The only sweetness left ! —the smile that you must smile , or be betrayed , The hunger in the heart unfed , the pang , the wrong- ROSAMUND I am afraid . ELEANOR ( still ...
Page 44
... . Accursed is it to have more than these : For now I know why in this world , where men Secretly ever tease and torment themselves For certainty , there is no certainty- AMASTRIS Save in each other ! save in our own 44.
... . Accursed is it to have more than these : For now I know why in this world , where men Secretly ever tease and torment themselves For certainty , there is no certainty- AMASTRIS Save in each other ! save in our own 44.
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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