Alastair, Mairi, and Calum. Mairi is struck at first with terror. Then she comes up to Alastair and speaks, weeping.
Mairi. Oh heart of mine, you will not leave me so,
But turn again to see the face of Christ,
And love that brought us into the bright heaven.
But turn again to see the face of Christ,
And love that brought us into the bright heaven.
Alastair (uplifted with the joy of worship).
Pale lily that I would not pluck, farewell.
A greater love than yours is calling me,
And I must follow where the harper plays
Through the short bitterness into the joy
That none may know save those who see the eyes,
The golden eyes of Angus opening.
Farewell. Our love was soiled with mortal clay,
And I am seeing the white feet of the mist.
Pale lily that I would not pluck, farewell.
A greater love than yours is calling me,
And I must follow where the harper plays
Through the short bitterness into the joy
That none may know save those who see the eyes,
The golden eyes of Angus opening.
Farewell. Our love was soiled with mortal clay,
And I am seeing the white feet of the mist.
[He goes out. Mairi sits down with her head in her hands.
Mairi. Oh sorrow for the fleeting love of man,
That the desires of hell have stolen away.
Oh love of mine, that the dark gods have charmed
To follow down the misty path that leads
To the eternal gloom of the abyss.
It is a farewell for us two evermore.
The gods have conquered, and the heart of love
That the desires of hell have stolen away.
Oh love of mine, that the dark gods have charmed
To follow down the misty path that leads
To the eternal gloom of the abyss.
It is a farewell for us two evermore.
The gods have conquered, and the heart of love
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