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(Child) Will it be long before she comes? |
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(Father) Sir, we greet you. |
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I greet you all. |
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(Mother) Sir, have you news of the Queen? |
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(Mother) Sir, have you news of the Queen? |
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What Queen? |
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(Mother) Her name is Peace. |
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(Mother) Her name is Peace. |
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And do you wait for |her|? |
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(Mother) It is said she is to dwell with us for ever. |
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(Mother) It is said she is to dwell with us for ever. |
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Friends, you lose your time. |
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You listen to a legend. |
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What was, shall be. |
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(Mother) But, sir, it was for this our sons went forth to find her. |
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(Mother) But, sir, it was for this our sons went forth to find her. |
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Men go upon a hundred ways, and a hundred times when they come back, their hands are empty. |
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(Father) If they do not bring her, tomorrow is but as yesterday. |
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(Father) There is no end to loss, and men's work will be broken for ever. |
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Their work will be broken for ever. |
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What was, shall be. |
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(Maiden) You speak thus in the market place! |
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(Maiden) Do you not see the people would have her Queen for evermore? |
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Yes; once again the people dream. |
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(Child) Don't dreams come true? |
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The people make a holiday. |
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It is their fashion. |
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They are happy for an hour—and they forget. |