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Prince Lucifer

By Alfred Austin
Austin, Alfred (1835-1913)

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PRINCE LUCIFER
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ACT I
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SCENE I
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SCENE II
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SCENE III
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ACT II
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SCENE I
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SCENE II
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SCENE III
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SCENE IV
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ACT III
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SCENE II
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SCENE III
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SCENE IV
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SCENE V
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ACT IV
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SCENE I
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SCENE III
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SCENE IV
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SCENE V
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ACT V
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SCENE V
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SCENE VI
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SCENE IX
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ACT VI
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SCENE III

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61

SCENE III

[Eve in her bed, with her hands crossed on her breast.]
EVE.

1

Now, at the closing of the day,
We, Virgin Mother, meekly pray
That Thou wilt clean and spotless keep
Our spirit, waking or asleep.

2

Let nothing in our hearts excite
Vain dreams or phantoms of the night.
Our yearnings purify that so
Our bodies slumber white as snow.

3

To God the Father, and the Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One,
Beginning, End, of all we be,
Thanksgiving, praise, eternally.
[She sleeps.]

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