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FRIEDERICH WERNER
The Templars in Cyprus
page 151
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THE TEMPLARS IX CYPRUS.
[ACT IV.
(Pause, during which he gazes across the valley.)
Yes, Brother, come with mc ! Achilles and Patroclus once again ; Children wo were, as children bo our end.
PHILIP.
Strike hands on't. Life and death ! (Giving him his hand.)
MOLAY (joining hands).
For life and death !
PHILIP.
Ono ship, ono God, one credence, and one grave !
MOLAY.
Ay, and ono myrtlo from the Paradiso We planted in the darkness of midnight.
[Embracing him. Now down fate's sultry highways we aro going ; But o'er onr steps faith's cooling airs aro blowing. Though round our ashes soon tho winds shall play, Sublime the seed we've sown will riso one day.
[Whilst they are thus engrossed with one anotlier, KUDO fiasses by unseen, and unobserved by them, v;ith folded hands.
KUDO. For, from dissolution Springs life's evolution, And Love wins a treasure of Love without measure.
[Passes on.
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