Than I am changed for thee. Thou lovedst me Startled the slumbering birds from the hush'd boughs, Which answer'd me -many things answer'd meSpirits and men-but thou wert silent all. Yet speak to me! I have outwatch'd the stars, Speak to me! I have wander'd o'er the earth PHANTOM OF ASTARTE. Manfred! MAN. Say on, say on I live but in the sound-it is thy voice! PHAN. Manfred! To-morrow ends thine earthly ills. Farewell! MAN. Yet one word more-am I forgiven? PHAN. Farewell! MAN. PHAN. Farewell! Say, shall we meet again? MAN. One word for mercy! Say, thou lovest me. NEM. [The Spirit of ASTARTE disappears. She's gone, and will not be recall'd; Her words will be fulfill'd. Return to the earth. A SPIRIT. He is convulsed-This is to be a mortal And seek the things beyond mortality. ANOTHER SPIRIT. Yet, see, he mastereth himself, and makes His torture tributary to his will. Had he been one of us, he would have made MAN. We meet then! Where? On the earth ?— Even as thou wilt: and for the grace accorded I now depart a debtor. Fare ye well! [Exit MANFRED. (Scene closes.) END OF ACT SECOND. |