To hearts that know the end of happiness;
For I will never press the floor of Heaven,
Nor hear the angels’ voices sweet and clear,
Nor ever kiss the piercèd feet of Christ.
But sometimes I shall hear them far away
Singing the melodies of Paradise,
While I lie torn and anguished evermore,
The mate of demons in the lower Hell.
Not only this poor body, oh my God,
But all my soul’s eternal ecstasy
I cast away to-night of my own will.
Go now, but kiss me once before you go,
That the last kiss may cool my lips in Hell.
For I will never press the floor of Heaven,
Nor hear the angels’ voices sweet and clear,
Nor ever kiss the piercèd feet of Christ.
But sometimes I shall hear them far away
Singing the melodies of Paradise,
While I lie torn and anguished evermore,
The mate of demons in the lower Hell.
Not only this poor body, oh my God,
But all my soul’s eternal ecstasy
I cast away to-night of my own will.
Go now, but kiss me once before you go,
That the last kiss may cool my lips in Hell.
Calum. I will not go and leave you on the hills,
Alone and weak within the fairy ring.
Alone and weak within the fairy ring.
Mairi. The men of peace can do no harm to me,
For I am dead and lost by my own will.
But go, for I am weakening again,
And dreaming of my life’s lost happiness;
It is a lonely thing for me to die.
[He goes out. She turns away to the tree.
Mairi. Darkness, and all around the waiting gods.
Oh Alastair, your heart will comfort me
For I am dead and lost by my own will.
But go, for I am weakening again,
And dreaming of my life’s lost happiness;
It is a lonely thing for me to die.
[He goes out. She turns away to the tree.
Mairi. Darkness, and all around the waiting gods.
Oh Alastair, your heart will comfort me
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