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MIDI File [2' 44", 20Kb] |
| SAIDA (coming face to face with the DEVIL). | ||
| So all is lost for ever! And 'twas thou | ||
| Didst lure me on to steal this treacherous stone! | ||
| DEVIL. | ||
| Nay, Beauty's crown still rests upon thy brow; | ||
| Though love be blind, that beauty is thine own! | ||
| SAIDA. | ||
| Mine own! mine own! What devil lurks in thee | ||
| To mock my shame? And this accursed spell, | ||
| That leaves yon crippled maid her victory — | ||
| In hell 'twas born, I yield it back to hell! | ||
She plucks the stone from her bosom and flings it on the ground, and rushes away,
on the right. The distant town-bells ring out, as the DEVIL picks up the stone.
| DEVIL. | ||
| And so it befell, At the sound of the bell, |
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| This stone had come back to me. This stone had come back to me. |
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| (Slipping the stone into his pocket.) | ||
| And anon it sped over sea and land, | ||
| It journeyed o'er land and sea, | ||
| It hath lodged in many a jealous hand — | ||
| Yet it always comes back to me! It always comes back to me! |
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He mounts the balustrade and leaps into space.
End of Scene 1.
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MIDI file [0' 26" 4Kb] Change of Scene |
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Page modified 16 October 2011