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Scene I.] THE DEVOTED ONE. 215<br />

Though, sooth to say, ye bear but slight resemblance<br />

To any earthly thing.<br />

SECOND WITCH.<br />

Why<br />

GODWIN.<br />

com'st thou hither ?<br />

To learn my future destiny, ta see<br />

The shadows of those substances which shall<br />

Oppose my coming course ; and, seeing, shun<br />

The rocks and shoals of fortune.<br />

FIRST WITCH.<br />

Back ! nor seek<br />

With daring hand to draw that veil which hides<br />

The dark unknown.<br />

GODWIN.<br />

Ye fearful Evocators of the dead,<br />

Demand and have it<br />

If wealth be your desire,<br />

FIRST WITCH.<br />

Thou hast no wealth for us,<br />

Who know full surely all that earth contains<br />

Unransacked in its bosom. Know we, too,<br />

That greatness is thy aim. Thou shalt be great.<br />

SECOND WITCH.<br />

Ay, but not happy.<br />

FIRST WITCH.<br />

Now depart, or dread<br />

The awful sight of those, whose presence would<br />

Thy marrow freeze to ice, and mar thy brain<br />

With cureless frenzy.<br />

GODWIN.<br />

Seek ye to affright me ?<br />

More will I know, though on me ye let loose<br />

The banded fiends below ! Let the pale lightning<br />

[ Thunder.

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