(©Theatre of Tragedy 1995)</p>

"Stay still patient; wilt thou my sister of merciful troth be?<br>
I shall attempt the halter of thy life make less tighten'd!"</p>

"I shall climb the yew,<br>
Will it subdue me or not!"</p>

"Swooning emotions smite my bosom -<br>
I have in aptness depriev'd thy eyrie<br>
Fro many another a lass -<br>
Dodge thither sable of yore!"</p>

"Oh! - but ne'er alas;<br>
Lodge here fore'ermore."</p>

"A narrow dell hath now for me turn'd into a broad land;<br>
A land rich with fields of the <b>Simbelmyne</b>."</p>

"Sonorous to my ears are the words form'd by thy tongue;<br>
Conquer me! - Waylay me! - Swathe me 'twixt thy arms!<br>
Make me sense the wine which is drunk by queens,<br>
And let it flow white and full in tast o'er my lips."</p>

"A dais'd bridge o'er the ghyll,<br>
In which a river bottomless -<br>
I would have drowned,<br>
yet thou drewest me out soaking!"</p>

"I can hear it! - I can feel it!<br>
Yet I will not tarry idly!<br>
Let it adamant be -<br>
Empty the flagon in me!"</p>

"Make me sense the wine which is drunk by kings,<br>
And let it flow red and full in taste o'er my lips."</p>

"Save thou art not yet all parched -<br>
Eavesdroppest ye: A wee drop,<br>
Whence it comes I can only deem,<br>
Lest this for me is a gay dream:<br>
A dream that will sojourn eternally -<br>
In which theatre I will act!"</p>

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