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Scene I.] THE DEVOTED ONE. 217
FIRST WITCH.
Now, earth-born child of dust,
If thou wilt dare to rush amid yon flames
And with those deathless beings hold communion,
They shall, at our command, to thee reveal
All thy hereafter actions, for to them
The past is as the present, and the future
But as the past.
Are terrible ;
GODWIN.
Their aspect and their shape
and what their power may be,
By stretch of mortal thought can not be measured.
Yet pant I on futurity
to gaze
With such intense desire, that I those flames
Will enter reckless, though mortality
Should perish in this daring !
[Rushes wildly into the cavern, which closes
on him with a tremendous crash.
CHORUS OF WITCHES.
Show him what his deeds shall be,
Falsehood, blood, and tyranny !
Man of ever-boundless pride,
Joy with thee shall not abide.
Mightiest noble thou shalt stand
Of the mighty in the land ;
Yet an outlaw shalt thou roam,
Cursed and scorned, without a home !
Thine shall be a stormy life,
All thy days shall pass in strife ;
Then, when thy last toils are done,
And thy proudest honours won,
Thou shalt to the grave descend,
Fated to an evil end.