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…he time !—cold, logical to a fault !—Ay ! and a crime, acrime at which the stars shake in the heaven ; men might think. Yet the stars, I will wager, are indifferent. True, the news has not reached them : true, that star I see is not a star; it was so six, ten, twenty thousand years ago— logical, I say !—and I will drink, for parenthetical is a poor substitute— [Drinks.] Why, how thou fir’st me! with that icy fire Of adamant thought. It well befits this hour If I recoil the chain whose last smooth link Slides o’er Time’s cogwheel. In the beginni…
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18 And in their essence? Deeper, deeper yet I dive. [He draws the dirk and tests the point.| And will to-morrow show me aught? [He extinguishes the lamps, goes to the door and opens it, The clang startles him.| I hate that door! Strange that the outer air Should bring back manhood! Man, thou pitiest her ! Man, thou art whelmed in that red tide of lust That rolls over strong loathing by vast will, Hideous rapture of death. That’s for thee, man ! Thine are the scalding tears of sympathy, The tender love for the young flower. And these Are none of…
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…a, yours, yours only ? Crriospa. [Solemnly.| No ! Stop ! ask no more! There lies the awful crux. Blind are fate’s eyes, and pinioned are will’s wings. In you the whole chance lies. Maurya. In me? CRIOSDA. In you. Maurya. _ I will do all to win ! CRIOSDA. Do all? Maurya. Do all. Crrospa. Ah then! No, no, it is not yet enough. Not definite yet. Stop! fool, shall I hint and ruin all with a word? Backwards or forwards, the blow goes home either way. [Looks at her with keen fierce eyes.] Ah ! Maurya. [4 little frightened.| Come, O my brother ! It is…
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…Mine is the clang ’ Of the olden door. Half the secret I gave : no more ! Half the secret Hidden I keep. Hide it deep ! That is mine ! I will work. He is nought. The runes divine Awry be wrought. Hail to the murk ! [4 distant whine is heard.] Cover me! Lurk, Rupha, lurk ! "Tis a foe. Ho! Ho! [Clouds have been obscuring the moon; tt is now dark. A fox passes over the stage.] Crafty ! Crafty ! That is the omen. Fear not the foemen ! [She rises up.] Mine is the spoil Of the grimly toil. Gloomy, gloomy ! Ah ! but I laugh.
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… reversion hangs above me now : To order luck ! Criospa. Skill orders luck ! Maurya. The draught ! Crrospa. Hither, O Maurya ! Maurya. I will come to thee.
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…r thee? Rupua. Ha! Ha! What didst thou do? Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Crrospa. What did Inotdo? All! RupuHa. Tell ! Tell ! "Tis a spell. Criospa. I will tell all. O sea, swallow me up With the last word ! RupHA. It obeys? No! No! Ho! Ho! Criospa. Thou sinister one! Thy rite I duly did That drugged (and dancing with delight thereof The maiden’s mind) the maiden’s body prone Lay on her altar. Then she gave consent, And I smote once. RupHa. Ha! Ha! What came then? Criospa. I tore out her heart, And held its flame aloft. The blackening blood Gushed on my arms…
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…uor.| Be thou my light ! Uncloud the misty channels of the mind! Off, horror ! Off, compassion ! Be the brain The almighty engine of the Will—and those Subtler and deeper forces grimly guessed, Terribly proven—be they strong thereby ! Awake, O sleeping serpent of the soul, Unhinted skills, and unimagined powers, And purposes undreamed of ! [He goes now calmly atout the temple, arranging all the ornaments. He empties the censer.| Shadowy influence Of smoke ! Where lies its physiologic act? What drug conceals the portent? Mystery ! Mystery ninefo…
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…ting violently from her arms.| Blood! Blood ! Maurya. Lie still, dear, you are ill. Now! That is better. Come—can you walk a. little?—we will get Angus to help. Criospa. No! No! I am well! I am well! Go, go! If you love me, go. I cannot bear it longer. Your presence is my pain. There is nothing here. Nothing—leave me ! Maurya. Criosda, my own brother ! Criospa. Go! O devil! Devil! Maurya! [He reaches out @ threatening arm agatnst the empty throne. Suddenly, with an tnarticu- late noise in his throat, he again collapses.|
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…ble That beholds all, and is not. RupuHa. Three in one ! One in three ! Death to the sun ! Glory to thee ! Thou wast there ! Enough ! It will grow. Ho! Ho! Criospa. In English, I was mad. But no new portents Confound the course of the sun, I left my home To seek thee out. When skill availed me not, I put to sea to try the Luck of Maurya. Rupua. Thou shouldst have tried that first of all. CriosDA. Why then The Luck may avail if that wried tongue can speak Straight ! Hast thou aught to bid me do? To me naught matters more. My life I cast On the o…
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…ter, know Those whom we worship as our gods are gods. The power is mine: that art no skill resists. No God dethrones himself ; none can. Will he, nill he, God must be God: it 1s a luckless fate for a girl’s dower, a thankless way for a maiden’s feet. Maurya. Why, then, am I not the Goddess Maurya?
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…in my heart! Ahthough! If she were a dog I could not do it. She is my sister [Turns with a cry to throne and flings up his hands.| and I will ! Death ! Death ! It is a year to-night. I arrayed her first In yon gold ornaments—My brain 1s sick ! I want coffee—or hashish—No ! That is for her ! I must be very clear and calm, very clear, very calm, How I must be ill— [Correcting himself with effort.| Ill I must be. Ha! {Goes to altar, opens it, takes out a flask filled with a clear pale blue liquor with rosy stars of light in tt, pours it into a lon…