Act the Third: Scene XVI
CYPRIAN. Scarcely o'er earth's wounded bosomHad I the true spell-word uttered,When in the ensuing action,She, of all my dreams the subject,My adored, divine Justina....But why take the useless trouble,That to tell you know already?I embraced her, would unmuffleHer fair face, when (woe is me!)In her beauty I discoveredA gaunt skeleton, a statue,A pale image, a sepulchralShow of death, which in these measuredWords thus spoke (even yet I shudder),"Cyprian, such are all the gloriesOf the world that you so covet."--To assert, that on thy magicAs expressed by me, the burdenOf the fault should lie, is vain,For I, point by point, so worked it,That of all its silent symbolsThere was not a line but somewhereHad its place, of all its spell-wordsNot one word that was not uttered.Then, 'tis plain thou has deceived me,For though acting as instructed,I but found an empty phantomWhere I sought a blissful substance.
DEMON. Cyprian, this defect from thee,Nor from me, in truth, resulted:Not from thee, because the magicThou didst exercise with subtleThought and skill; and not from me,For I could not teach thee further.From a higher cause, believe me,Came this injury thou hast suffered.But be not cast down: for I,Who in tranquil rest would lull thee,Will to thee unite Justina,By a different way and juster.
CYPRIAN. That is not my intention now.For this strange event has struck meWith such terror and confusion,That thy ways I do not covet.And since thou has not complied withThe conditions, the assumptionsOf my love, I only ask thee,Now that from thy face I'm rushing,As the contract is annulled,That my bond thou shouldst return me.
DEMON. What I promised was to teach thee,By a course of secret study,How to draw to thee JustinaBy the potent power impulsiveOf thy words: and since the windHere Justina hath conducted,I have then fulfilled my contract,I have kept my plighted word then.
CYPRIAN. What was offered to my loveWas that I should surely pluck hereThe sweet fruit whose seeds my hopeHad to these wild wastes entrusted.
DEMON. Cyprian, I was only boundHer to bring here.
CYPRIAN. A mere shuffle:To my arms you swore to give her.
DEMON. In thy arms I saw her struggle.
CYPRIAN. 'Twas a phantom.
DEMON. 'Twas a portent.
CYPRIAN. Worked by whom?
DEMON. By one who worked itTo protect her.
CYPRIAN. Who was he?
DEMON [trembling]. I don't wish the name to utter.
CYPRIAN. I will turn my magic science'Gainst thyself. By its compulsionSpeak, inform me who he is.
DEMON. Well, a god who takes this troubleFor Justina.
CYPRIAN. What's one God,When of gods there's such a number?
DEMON. All their power in Him is centred.
CYPRIAN. Then One only, sole and sovereign,Must He be, whose single willTheir united wills outworketh.
DEMON. I know nothing, I know nothing.
CYPRIAN. I renounce then with my utmostPower the pact that I made with thee;What compelled Him (this I urge theeIn that God's great name) to guard her?
CYPRIAN. Then He is the sovereign goodnessSince a wrong He will not suffer.But if she remained here hiddenSay what loss would have resulted?
DEMON. Loss of honour, if the secretLeaked out to the gossiping vulgar.
CYPRIAN. Then that God must be all sight,Since he could foresee these trouble.But, why could not thy enchantmentBe as potent and consummate?
DEMON. Ah! His power is ampler, fuller.
CYPRIAN. Then that God must be all hands,Since whate'er He wills He worketh.Tell me then who is that God,Whom to-day I have discoveredThe supreme of good to be,The Creator, the Annuller,The Omniscient, the All-seeing,Whom I've sought for years unnumbered?
DEMON. Him I know not.
CYPRIAN. Speak, who is He?
DEMON. As I speak it, how I shudder!He--He is the God of the Christians.
CYPRIAN. Say what moved Him to obstruct meIn my wish?
DEMON. Her Christian faith.
CYPRIAN. Does He guard so those who love Him?
DEMON. Yes; but now too late, too late,Dost thou hope to gain His succour,Since, in being my slave, thou canst notClaim the privilege of His subject.
CYPRIAN. I thy slave?
DEMON. In my possessionIs thy signature.
CYPRIAN. I'll struggleTo regain it from thee, since'Twas conditional at the utmost.I don't doubt I will get it.
DEMON. How?
CYPRIAN. In this way.
DEMON. Although the lungesOf thy naked sword against meAre well aimed, thou hast not struck me,Fierce as were thy blows. And now,Even in more despair to plunge thee,I would have thee learn at leastThat the Devil is thy instructor.
CYPRIAN. What do you say?
DEMON. That I am he.
CYPRIAN. Oh! to hear thee how I shudder!--
DEMON. Not alone a slave art thou,But MY slave; be that thy comfort.
CYPRIAN. I the slave of the Devil! IOwn a master so unworthy?
DEMON. Yes; for since thy soul thou gav'st me,Thenceforth it to me was subject.
CYPRIAN. Is there then no gleam of hope,No appeal, no aid, no succour,By which I so great a crimeCan blot out?
DEMON. No.
CYPRIAN. Why doubt further?Let not this sharp sword rest idlyIn my hand, but swiftly cuttingThrough my breast, become the willingInstrument of mine own murder.But what say I? He who couldSnatch Justina from thy clutches,Can He not, too, rescue me?
DEMON. No. By choice thou wert a culprit,And He does not favour crimes,Virtues only.
CYPRIAN. If the summitOf all power He be, to pardonIs as easy as to punish.
DEMON. He rewardeth by His power,He chastiseth from His justice.
CYPRIAN. One who yields He'll not chastise.I am one, since I am humbled.
DEMON. Thou art mine, my slave: no masterCanst thou have but me.
CYPRIAN. I trust not.
DEMON. How, when still in my possessionIs that bond of thine, that bloodyScroll inscribed by thine own hand?
CYPRIAN. He who is supreme and sovereign,And depends not on another,Will yet bear me through triumphant.
DEMON. In what way?
CYPRIAN. He is all sight,And will see the fitting juncture.
DEMON. It I hold.
CYPRIAN. He is all hands,And will burst my bonds asunder.
DEMON. Ere that comes I'll see thee dead:Thus my clasping arms shall crush thee.
CYPRIAN. Thou great God, the Christians' God,Oh, assist me in this struggle!
DEMONIt is He who has saved thy life.
CYPRIAN. More He'll do since I seek Him humbly.
Words in this poem 24
- cyprian a.
- Belonging to Cyprus.
- unmuffle v. t.
- To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover. [1st pref. un- + muffle.]
- gaunt a.
- Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim. [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak.]
- spoke n.
- The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly. [OE. spoke, spake, AS, spaca; akin to D. speek, LG. speke, OHG. speihha, G. speiche. sq. root170. Cf. Spike a nail.]
- somewhere adv.
- In some place unknown or not specified; in one place or another.
- blissful a.
- Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity; happy in the highest degree.
- didst
- , the 2d pers. sing. imp. of Do.
- hast
- , 2d pers. sing. pres. of. Fave, contr. of havest.
- lull v. t.
- To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet. [Akin to OD. lullen to sing to sleep, G. lullen, Dan. lulle, Sw. lulla; all of imitative origin. Cf. Loll, Lollard.]
- impulsive a.
- Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent. [Cf. F. impulsif.]
- portent n.
- That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. [L. portentum. See Portend.]
- pact n.
- An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. [L. pactum, fr. paciscere to make a bargain or contract, fr. pacere to settle, or agree upon; cf. pangere to fasten, Gr. paca bond, and E. fang: cf. F. pacie. Cf]
- honour n.
- Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.]
- foresee v. i.
- To have or exercise foresight.
- annuller n.
- One who annuls.
- omniscient a.
- Having universal knowledge; knowing all things; infinitely knowing or wise; as, the omniscient God. [Omni- + L. sciens, -entis, p. pr. of scire to know: cf. F. omniscient. See Science.]
- unnumbered a.
- Not numbered; not counted or estimated; innumerable.
- succour v. t.
- tiono run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city. [OE. socouren, OF. sucurre, soucourre, secorre, F. secourir, L. succurrere, succursum, to run under, run to the aid of, help, succor; sub under + currere to run.]
- thenceforth adv.
- From that time; thereafter.
- culprit n.
- One accused of, or ar An author is in the condition of a culprit; the public are his judges. Prior. [Prob. corrupted for culpate, fr. Law Latin culpatus the accused, p. p. of L. culpare to blame. See Culpable.]
- favour n.
- Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will. [Written also favour.]
- juncture n.
- A joining; a union; an alliance. [L.junctura, fr. jungere to join. See Jointure.]
- shall v. i.
- To owe; to be under obligation for. [OE. shal, schal, imp. sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged, imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pres. skal, imp. skolda, D. zullen,]
- humbly adv.
- With humility; lowly.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Act the Third: Scene XVI is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Wonder-Working Magician, Project Gutenberg ebook #6372, the Denis Florence MacCarthy translation; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
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Form and metre
Act the Third: Scene XVI is 191 lines in 64 stanzas. The metre is trochaic tetrameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 84%).
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Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 -A------B------C-DDC---AB--- bosom · utteredA · action · subject · justina · trouble · already · unmuffle · meB · discovered · statue · sepulchral · measured · shudder · glories · covetC · magic · burdenD · vainD · itC · symbols · somewhere · words · utteredA · meB · instructed · phantom · substance
- 2 A---A-A-AA-- theeA · resulted · magic · subtle · meA · further · meA · suffered · iA · theeA · justina · juster
- 3 -A----A--A now · meA · confusion · covet · with · assumptions · theeA · rushing · annulled · meA
- 21 -AA- utmost · theeA · theeA · her
- 24 A--A sightA · trouble · enchantment · consummateA
- 26 --AA---- hands · worketh · godA · discoveredA · be · annuller · seeing · unnumbered
- 39 -AA-A-- lunges · meA · meA · now · theeA · least · instructor
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. Read against trochaic tetrameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| CYPRIAN. Scarcely o'er earth's wounded bosom | 10 | /˘/˘··/˘/˘ |
| Had I the true spell-word uttered, | 8 | ······/˘ |
| When in the ensuing action, | 8 | ···/˘˘/˘ |
| She, of all my dreams the subject, | 8 | ······˘/ |
| My adored, divine Justina.... | 8 | ·˘/˘/˘/˘ |
| But why take the useless trouble, | 8 | ····/˘/˘ |
| That to tell you know already? | 8 | ·····˘/˘ |
| I embraced her, would unmuffle | 8 | ·˘/··˘/˘ |
| Her fair face, when (woe is me!) | 7 | ······· |
| In her beauty I discovered | 8 | ··/˘·˘/˘ |
| A gaunt skeleton, a statue, | 8 | ··/˘˘·/· |
| A pale image, a sepulchral | 8 | ··/˘·˘/˘ |
| Show of death, which in these measured | 8 | ······/˘ |
| Words thus spoke (even yet I shudder), | 9 | ···/˘··/˘ |
| "Cyprian, such are all the glories | 9 | /˘˘····/˘ |
| Of the world that you so covet."-- | 8 | ······/˘ |
| To assert, that on thy magic | 8 | ·˘/···/˘ |
| As expressed by me, the burden | 8 | ·˘/···/˘ |
| Of the fault should lie, is vain, | 7 | ······· |
| For I, point by point, so worked it, | 8 | ········ |
| That of all its silent symbols | 8 | ····/˘/˘ |
| There was not a line but somewhere | 8 | ······/· |
| Had its place, of all its spell-words | 8 | ········ |
| Not one word that was not uttered. | 8 | ······/˘ |
| Then, 'tis plain thou has deceived me, | 8 | ·····˘/· |
| For though acting as instructed, | 8 | ··/˘·˘/˘ |
| I but found an empty phantom | 8 | ····/˘/˘ |
| Where I sought a blissful substance. | 8 | ····/˘/˘ |
| DEMON. Cyprian, this defect from thee, | 9 | /˘/˘·˘/·· |
| Nor from me, in truth, resulted: | 8 | ·····˘/˘ |
| Not from thee, because the magic | 8 | ······/˘ |
| Thou didst exercise with subtle | 8 | ··/˘··/˘ |
| Thought and skill; and not from me, | 7 | ······· |
| For I could not teach thee further. | 8 | ······/˘ |
| From a higher cause, believe me, | 8 | ··/˘·˘/· |
| Came this injury thou hast suffered. | 9 | ··/˘˘··/˘ |
| But be not cast down: for I, | 7 | ······· |
| Who in tranquil rest would lull thee, | 8 | ··/˘···· |
| Will to thee unite Justina, | 8 | ···/·˘/˘ |
| By a different way and juster. | 9 | ··/˘˘··/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. That is not my intention now. | 10 | /˘····˘/˘· |
| For this strange event has struck me | 8 | ···˘/··· |
| With such terror and confusion, | 8 | ··/˘·˘/˘ |
| That thy ways I do not covet. | 8 | ······/˘ |
| And since thou has not complied with | 8 | ·····˘/· |
| The conditions, the assumptions | 8 | ·˘/˘·˘/˘ |
| Of my love, I only ask thee, | 8 | ····/˘·· |
| Now that from thy face I'm rushing, | 8 | ······/˘ |
| As the contract is annulled, | 8 | ··˘/·/˘˘ |
| That my bond thou shouldst return me. | 8 | ·····˘/· |
| DEMON. What I promised was to teach thee, | 10 | /˘··/˘···· |
| By a course of secret study, | 8 | ····/˘/˘ |
| How to draw to thee Justina | 8 | ·····˘/˘ |
| By the potent power impulsive | 9 | ··/˘/˘˘/˘ |
| Of thy words: and since the wind | 7 | ······· |
| Here Justina hath conducted, | 8 | ·˘/˘·˘/˘ |
| I have then fulfilled my contract, | 8 | ···˘/·/· |
| I have kept my plighted word then. | 8 | ····/˘·· |
| CYPRIAN. What was offered to my love | 9 | /˘··/˘··· |
| Was that I should surely pluck here | 8 | ····/˘·· |
| The sweet fruit whose seeds my hope | 7 | ······· |
| Had to these wild wastes entrusted. | 8 | ·····˘/˘ |
| DEMON. Cyprian, I was only bound | 9 | /˘/˘··/˘· |
| Her to bring here. | 4 | ···· |
| CYPRIAN. A mere shuffle: | 7 | /˘˘··/˘ |
| To my arms you swore to give her. | 8 | ········ |
| DEMON. In thy arms I saw her struggle. | 10 | /˘······/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. 'Twas a phantom. | 7 | /˘˘··/˘ |
| DEMON. 'Twas a portent. | 6 | /˘··/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. Worked by whom? | 7 | /˘˘·˘·· |
| DEMON. By one who worked it | 8 | /˘····˘· |
| To protect her. | 4 | ·˘/· |
| CYPRIAN. Who was he? | 6 | /˘˘··· |
| DEMON [trembling]. I don't wish the name to utter. | 12 | /˘/˘······/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. I will turn my magic science | 10 | /˘····/˘/˘ |
| 'Gainst thyself. By its compulsion | 8 | ·˘/··˘/˘ |
| Speak, inform me who he is. | 7 | ·˘/···· |
| DEMON. Well, a god who takes this trouble | 10 | /˘······/˘ |
| For Justina. | 4 | ·˘/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. What's one God, | 6 | /˘˘··· |
| When of gods there's such a number? | 8 | ······/˘ |
| DEMON. All their power in Him is centred. | 10 | /˘··/···/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. Then One only, sole and sovereign, | 10 | /˘··/˘··/˘ |
| Must He be, whose single will | 7 | ····/˘· |
| Their united wills outworketh. | 8 | ·˘/˘···· |
| DEMON. I know nothing, I know nothing. | 10 | /˘··/˘··/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. I renounce then with my utmost | 10 | /˘·˘/···/· |
| Power the pact that I made with thee; | 8 | /······· |
| What compelled Him (this I urge thee | 8 | ·˘/····· |
| In that God's great name) to guard her? | 8 | ········ |
| CYPRIAN. Then He is the sovereign goodness | 10 | /˘····/˘/˘ |
| Since a wrong He will not suffer. | 8 | ······/˘ |
| But if she remained here hidden | 8 | ···˘/·/˘ |
| Say what loss would have resulted? | 8 | ·····˘/˘ |
| DEMON. Loss of honour, if the secret | 10 | /˘··/˘··/˘ |
| Leaked out to the gossiping vulgar. | 9 | ····/˘˘/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. Then that God must be all sight, | 9 | /˘······· |
| Since he could foresee these trouble. | 8 | ···˘/·/˘ |
| But, why could not thy enchantment | 8 | ·····˘/˘ |
| Be as potent and consummate? | 8 | ··/˘·/˘˘ |
| DEMON. Ah! His power is ampler, fuller. | 10 | /˘··/···/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. Then that God must be all hands, | 9 | /˘······· |
| Since whate'er He wills He worketh. | 9 | ·˘˘/···/˘ |
| Tell me then who is that God, | 7 | ······· |
| Whom to-day I have discovered | 8 | ·····˘/˘ |
| The supreme of good to be, | 7 | ·˘/···· |
| The Creator, the Annuller, | 8 | ·˘/˘·˘/˘ |
| The Omniscient, the All-seeing, | 8 | ·˘/˘··/˘ |
| Whom I've sought for years unnumbered? | 8 | ·····˘/˘ |
| DEMON. Him I know not. | 6 | /˘···· |
| CYPRIAN. Speak, who is He? | 7 | /˘˘···· |
| DEMON. As I speak it, how I shudder! | 10 | /˘······/˘ |
| He--He is the God of the Christians. | 9 | ·······/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. Say what moved Him to obstruct me | 10 | /˘·····˘/· |
| In my wish? | 3 | ··· |
| DEMON. Her Christian faith. | 6 | /˘·/˘· |
| CYPRIAN. Does He guard so those who love Him? | 10 | /˘········ |
| DEMON. Yes; but now too late, too late, | 9 | /˘······· |
| Dost thou hope to gain His succour, | 8 | ······/˘ |
| Since, in being my slave, thou canst not | 8 | ··/····· |
| Claim the privilege of His subject. | 8 | ··/˘··/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. I thy slave? | 6 | /˘˘··· |
| DEMON. In my possession | 7 | /˘··˘/˘ |
| Is thy signature. | 5 | ··/˘˘ |
| CYPRIAN. I'll struggle | 6 | /˘˘·/˘ |
| To regain it from thee, since | 7 | ·˘/···· |
| 'Twas conditional at the utmost. | 8 | ·˘/˘··/· |
| I don't doubt I will get it. | 7 | ······· |
| DEMON. How? | 3 | /˘· |
| CYPRIAN. In this way. | 6 | /˘˘··· |
| DEMON. Although the lunges | 7 | /˘···/˘ |
| Of thy naked sword against me | 8 | ··/˘···· |
| Are well aimed, thou hast not struck me, | 8 | ········ |
| Fierce as were thy blows. And now, | 7 | ······· |
| Even in more despair to plunge thee, | 8 | /··˘/··· |
| I would have thee learn at least | 7 | ······· |
| That the Devil is thy instructor. | 9 | ··/˘··˘/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. What do you say? | 7 | /˘˘···· |
| DEMON. That I am he. | 6 | /˘···· |
| CYPRIAN. Oh! to hear thee how I shudder!-- | 10 | /˘······/˘ |
| DEMON. Not alone a slave art thou, | 9 | /˘·˘/···· |
| But MY slave; be that thy comfort. | 8 | ······/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. I the slave of the Devil! I | 9 | /˘·····/· |
| Own a master so unworthy? | 8 | ··/˘·˘/˘ |
| DEMON. Yes; for since thy soul thou gav'st me, | 10 | /˘········ |
| Thenceforth it to me was subject. | 8 | ·/····˘/ |
| CYPRIAN. Is there then no gleam of hope, | 9 | /˘······· |
| No appeal, no aid, no succour, | 8 | ·˘/···/˘ |
| By which I so great a crime | 7 | ······· |
| Can blot out? | 3 | ··· |
| DEMON. No. | 3 | /˘· |
| CYPRIAN. Why doubt further? | 7 | /˘˘··/˘ |
| Let not this sharp sword rest idly | 8 | ······/˘ |
| In my hand, but swiftly cutting | 8 | ····/˘/˘ |
| Through my breast, become the willing | 8 | ···˘/·/˘ |
| Instrument of mine own murder. | 8 | /˘˘···/˘ |
| But what say I? He who could | 7 | ······· |
| Snatch Justina from thy clutches, | 8 | ·˘/˘··/˘ |
| Can He not, too, rescue me? | 7 | ····/˘· |
| DEMON. No. By choice thou wert a culprit, | 10 | /˘······/˘ |
| And He does not favour crimes, | 7 | ····/˘· |
| Virtues only. | 4 | /˘/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. If the summit | 7 | /˘˘··/˘ |
| Of all power He be, to pardon | 9 | ··/˘···/˘ |
| Is as easy as to punish. | 8 | ··/˘··/˘ |
| DEMON. He rewardeth by His power, | 9 | /˘·˘/˘··/ |
| He chastiseth from His justice. | 8 | ·˘/˘··/˘ |
| CYPRIAN. One who yields He'll not chastise. | 9 | /˘·····˘/ |
| I am one, since I am humbled. | 8 | ······/˘ |
| DEMON. Thou art mine, my slave: no master | 10 | /˘······/˘ |
| Canst thou have but me. | 5 | ····· |
| CYPRIAN. I trust not. | 6 | /˘˘··· |
| DEMON. How, when still in my possession | 10 | /˘·····˘/˘ |
| Is that bond of thine, that bloody | 8 | ······/˘ |
| Scroll inscribed by thine own hand? | 8 | ·˘/˘···· |
| CYPRIAN. He who is supreme and sovereign, | 10 | /˘···˘/·/˘ |
| And depends not on another, | 8 | ·˘/··˘/˘ |
| Will yet bear me through triumphant. | 8 | ·····˘/˘ |
| DEMON. In what way? | 5 | /˘··· |
| CYPRIAN. He is all sight, | 7 | /˘˘···· |
| And will see the fitting juncture. | 8 | ····/˘/˘ |
| DEMON. It I hold. | 5 | /˘··· |
| CYPRIAN. He is all hands, | 7 | /˘˘···· |
| And will burst my bonds asunder. | 8 | ·····˘/˘ |
| DEMON. Ere that comes I'll see thee dead: | 9 | /˘······· |
| Thus my clasping arms shall crush thee. | 8 | ··/˘···· |
| CYPRIAN. Thou great God, the Christians' God, | 9 | /˘····/˘· |
| Oh, assist me in this struggle! | 8 | ·˘/···/˘ |
| DEMON | 2 | /˘ |
| It is He who has saved thy life. | 8 | ········ |
| CYPRIAN. More He'll do since I seek Him humbly. | 11 | /˘·······/˘ |
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