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MANFRED.
ACT III.
Far more than me, in shunning at this time
[Exit Manfred.All further colloquy—and so—farewell.
[Exit Manfred.All further colloquy—and so—farewell.
Abbot. This should have been a noble creature: he
Hath all the energy which would have made
A goodly frame of glorious elements,
Had they been wisely mingled; as it is,
It is an awful chaos—light and darkness—
And mind and dust—and passions and pure thoughts,
Mix'd, and contending without end or order,
All dormant or destructive: he will perish,
And yet he must not; I will try once more,
For such are worth redemption; and my duty
Is to dare all things for a righteous end.
[Exit Abbot.I'll follow him—but cautiously, though surely.
Hath all the energy which would have made
A goodly frame of glorious elements,
Had they been wisely mingled; as it is,
It is an awful chaos—light and darkness—
And mind and dust—and passions and pure thoughts,
Mix'd, and contending without end or order,
All dormant or destructive: he will perish,
And yet he must not; I will try once more,
For such are worth redemption; and my duty
Is to dare all things for a righteous end.
[Exit Abbot.I'll follow him—but cautiously, though surely.
SCENE II.
Another Chamber.
Manfred and Herman.
Her. My Lord, you bade me wait on you at sunset:
He sinks behind the mountain.
He sinks behind the mountain.
