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FRIEDERICH WERNER
The Templars in Cyprus
page 247
Thyself. Thou'rt far yet from tho goal,—a good, A well-trained—bungler—
Cl.ACS (naively).
Were 1 thco !
MOLAT.
What moro
Am I ? Yet higher is my aim than thino ! He who but seeks to garnish his own hut Is but a bungler ! Gave I thco thy cot, Plicd'st thou thy tools thereon, but to remain A bungler, and build up no solid houso For all mankind ?—
CLACS.
Fain would I—though 'tis hard,— And yet, because of thee, I fain would part From wife and child, and go with theo to France.
MOLAT.
Ah, bungler !—why should'st thou pull down to build? Art thou tho master-builder ? Scarcely thou Art journeyman ! Leave each man his ; perform Thino own.
CLACS.
What is it ?
MOLAT.
The red Cross perhaps May fall ; but even if a thing bo like To One, tho Eternal ; yet it lets itself This way or that be handled, by who would Lay fast hold on it.
Thy meaning ?
CLACS. Do I comprehend
MOLAT.
I believe thou dost. Thou knowest
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Til F. TEMPLARS IX CTI'RUS.
[ACT VI.
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