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…he boat sinks from under Criospa. He would sink did he not grasp the staff extended to him.| Rupua. Now, stand alone ! CRIOSDA, I stand. RupuHa. Then break, O vision Of sea ; awake, O vision of the shrine ! Criospa. All is illusion? RupuHa. All. Murder a mode And love a mode of the unknown that is, That nor thyself nor I can ever see. Yet, so far as may be, awake, O shrine ! [She strikes the sea with her staff; the storm rises; it grows bitter dark; only their shapes are dimly seen against the dark back- ground of cloud. The scene rises.] Rupua…
1903 · PDF PAGE 28
…e that he knows his words avail nothing.| RupHa. Ho! Ho! Criospa. I wittingly and well resumed the rite Learnt at thy breast, old wolf ! RupuHa. Ho! Ho! The might is mine O’ the rune divine. Silence, winds ! Peace, ye waves ! The spell binds Their wrath In the graves Below ocean. Clear the path ! Cease your motion ! Swift, be slow ! Ho! Ho! [The storm ceases.| Criospa. Thy words avail then? RuPHa. Ha! Ha! They avail. I avail. Did Rupha fail, All would be done. Death to the sun !
1903 · PDF PAGE 27
… woe. Ho! Ho! Criospa. Mother of Sin ! Rupua. Ho! Ho! Criospa. Thus then at last the Luck of Maurya throws A double-six to lost Criosda. RupuHa. Ho! The Luck of Maurya! The power of the deed. Criospa. I find thee, mother, at last. Life’s final flash Gleams through the storm. Rupua. l am found ! Ho! Ho! Criospa. What of the power? I bid these waves be calm In Maurya’s name.
1903 · PDF PAGE 29
27 I know. Ho! Ho! Criospa. All this I did for thee? Rupua. Ha! Ha! What didst thou do? Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Crrospa. What did Inotdo? All! RupuHa. Tell ! Tell ! "Tis a spell. Criospa. I will tell all. O sea, swallow me up With the last word ! RupHA. It obeys? No! No! Ho! Ho! Criospa. Thou sinister one! Thy rite I duly did That drugged (and dancing with delight thereof The maiden’s mind) the maiden’s body prone Lay on her altar. Then she gave consent, And I smote once. RupHa. Ha! Ha! What came then? Criospa. I tore out her heart, And held its flame …
1903 · PDF PAGE 30
…t was 1; and I the weeping wolf That howls about this hell that is my heart ; And I the icy and intangible That beholds all, and is not. RupuHa. Three in one ! One in three ! Death to the sun ! Glory to thee ! Thou wast there ! Enough ! It will grow. Ho! Ho! Criospa. In English, I was mad. But no new portents Confound the course of the sun, I left my home To seek thee out. When skill availed me not, I put to sea to try the Luck of Maurya. Rupua. Thou shouldst have tried that first of all. CriosDA. Why then The Luck may avail if that wried tongu…