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Will it be long before she comes? |
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(Father) We cannot tell. |
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(Maiden) And they have gone. |
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And will they all come back when they have found the Queen? |
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(Father) No, they will not all come back. |
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(Father) No, they will not all come back. |
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Why did she go away from us? |
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(Father) Men drove her out. |
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(Father) Men drove her out. |
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But I have heard people say that she is very beautiful and that the world is happy when she sits upon her throne. |
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(Mother) Yes, little one, the world is happy. |
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(Mother) Yes, little one, the world is happy. |
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I do not remember the Queen upon her throne. |
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What was it like when the world was happy? |
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(Father) My son worked with me. |
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And what do you remember from the time when the world was happy? |
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(Mother) I remember the gladness of my home and the joy in all my care. |
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(Mother) I remember their steps drawing near the door, and how, when they were sad of heart, I had from God the old, old gift of comfort. |
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And, in that time, you did not sit quiet by the fire, trying to hide that you were crying? |
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(Mother) No, little one. |
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And you were happy, too? |
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(Maiden) Yes, little one. |
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(Maiden) It has been bitter for the lovers, and many such as I have nothing now but memory. |
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It is a great pity that men drove the Queen away! |
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Why did they do it? |
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I have heard that men are good and wise. |
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(Father) No, little one; they only wish to be. |
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(Man of Doubt) Yes; once again the people dream. |
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Don't dreams come true? |
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(Mother) Hark! |
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(Maiden) And they are glad! |
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Oh, yes! |
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So glad! |
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I didn't know that men and women could be so very happy. |
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(Father) Tell me. |
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(Father) O God, we thank Thee now; we who build the world a temple to Thy plan! |
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O God, the little children thank Thee! |
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(Father) Who walks beside the Queen? |
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(Maiden) Someone who leads her by the hand towards the throne. |
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Poor man! |
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He looks so tired! |
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(Mother) Who is it leads her by the hand towards her throne? |
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(Maiden) O lover of some lonely maid, what shall we give, whose loneliness is done? |
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You have made all the people glad. |
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Please—will you let me kiss you? |