Alastair (coming nearer).
Oh draw me close and help me to forget,
As though there were no gods in all the world.
All the delight of living, all the beauty
That lingers in the depths of mountain pools
Is in your eyes, and on your dewy lips
The joy of lying in the grass at morning,
Before the sun is risen in the sky.
Oh draw me close and help me to forget,
As though there were no gods in all the world.
All the delight of living, all the beauty
That lingers in the depths of mountain pools
Is in your eyes, and on your dewy lips
The joy of lying in the grass at morning,
Before the sun is risen in the sky.
Mairi. I dreamed I saw you seven years ago.
You brought me heather-honey and blue flowers,
And wild raspberries picked in an upland glen,
You brought me heather-honey and blue flowers,
And wild raspberries picked in an upland glen,
Alastair. I will bring you gold from the fairy houses,
That are below the hills. I will forget
All, and grow old and happy, loving you.
That are below the hills. I will forget
All, and grow old and happy, loving you.
Mairi (puts her arms round his neck).
We will not care now for the flying shadows,
For we have come into the heart of the world.
[They kiss. Outside a faint music is heard. Alastair starts and turns round.
We will not care now for the flying shadows,
For we have come into the heart of the world.
[They kiss. Outside a faint music is heard. Alastair starts and turns round.
Mairi. What is it that you hear?
Alastair. The song of Angus
Calling across the misty hills to me.
Calling across the misty hills to me.
END OF ACT II
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