> > > > > Act I
|
| LAINE. |
| |
Dear Mary Mother, unto thee I bring |
| |
|
A poor maid's prayer! |
| |
I am a crooked, wan, misshapen thing, |
| |
|
And may not dare |
| |
To lift mine eyes to thine, lest haply so
Thy heart should find no pity left to spare |
| |
|
For all my woe! |
| |
Mother of Jesu, at thy feet I cry; |
| |
|
I do but crave for love |
| |
|
|
That so my heart may live, |
| |
|
|
|
Else what am I? |
| |
|
Nay, and if God above |
| |
|
|
Hath naught of love to give, |
| |
|
|
|
I fain would die!
Mother of Jesu,
I fain would die! |
|
| To Him who gave the rose its vermeil hue |
| |
'Twere vain to pray |
| That He should make this body straight and new |
| |
And fair alway. |
| Sooth, that were vain, yet thou canst bid God send — |
| Whereas the night-time endeth every day — |
| |
My day may end! |
| |
Mother of Jesu, at thy feet I cry; |
| |
|
For well I wis 'tis so; |
| |
|
|
Love sorts but with the fair, |
| |
|
|
|
And naught am I! |
| |
|
Wherefore I fain would go, |
| |
|
|
Praying but this one prayer, |
| |
|
|
|
That I may die!
Mother of Jesu,
Ah, let me die! |
As LAINE ends her appeal, one of the shutters becomes transparent and a diabolical-looking face, with a red glow upon it, is seen leering at her. After a moment the face vanishes, and there are three distinct raps upon the door.
|
Page modified 14 September 2011
