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FRIEDERICH WERNER
The Templars in Cyprus
page 50
SC. I.]
TIIK T »' M11 V - I ïl". .
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In gladness—Anguish wait* on htm, till yo .Shall in tho Valley's peace united lx !
A»TRALI-.
AU» ' muât death to toon engulph him ?
ElDO.
Nay !
He must bo purified to form anew,
\\ uh thee, a country for tho Hoautoons Ono !
Come, Sister, tender mo tho kiss of peace !
Afl'-r the hu iuwrii the ilr--/— irhieh hifl fallen on hi* raiment frum th* oblation if brttul.
Now—list !—
AsTRKLH.
So glad I feel, yet fearful ! e'en As heretofore when that first time, a child High Isis' grot I entered.
ECPO. Time conceives In fear and trembling, now, that which at lost It shall bring forth with joy. How oft hast thou Beheld tho Acacia's bloom sinco thou rcmcmbcr'st ?
A STRAUS.
Ten times at least.
ECDO.
Full fourteen times it lias Attained perfection, withered, and decayed, Sinco Isis newly formed thy spirit, and this Soft tender covering lent it. Who rovealed To theo tho Eternal Mother's presence ?
ASTRALI*.
Thou!
El DO.
Who let thee seo tho elemental war, And how ono breath of love can still it ?
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