The Masque Of The Two Strangers
by Lady Alix EgertonGenre: Myth
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Format of Original Source: Play
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Candidate for Adaptation? Not Reviewed
EXCERPT:
LOVE.
Dost thou not know me, Douce-coeur?
DOUCE-COEUR [slowly].
Thou art Love!
LOVE.
And dost thou know the meaning of my name?
Tell me thou art not fearful any more.
DOUCE-COEUR.
The darkness that was bound about mine eyes
Is falling from me. In the growing light
The answer to Life’s riddle is made clear.
I seem to stand upon a height, caught up
In ecstasy of rapture near the sun.
The day is dawning; far before my eyes
I see the earth spread out there like a map.
Shadow and sunshine traveling on the road
O’ertake each other, mingle–and are one.
FAME.
O Love, all hail! What is my crown to thine?
Thy music is the song of all the stars
Which rings through every heart attune to thine.
RICHES.
O Love, all hail! What is my wealth to thine?
Thy treasures are the moons of happiness,
Thy boundless gold the sunshine of the world.
POWER.
O Love, all hail! Thine is the greater rule,
The force predominating. Thou alone
Art the unvanquished King who conquers all.
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