“ You are the noblest woman in the world;But my poor love is such a thing to laugh at,You need not heed it. Now you are alone,I may indeed give up my life to youAnd be your servant. (The tempest pauses. Silence.) Theodora. And be your servant.Your sword is clean, you say,But look upon those startled flowers there,Those innocent flowers—what smearèd stains of deathWould make them seeming-guilty. What have they done?Not they have pierced a man’s heart, poor white things,That yet look unwasht murd’rers; while the swordGleams icy pure, like some fire-eyèd angelNew-born in Heaven. ”
Sir Ronald Ross
Summary
“Psychologies”, is a work by Sir Ronald Ross. It explores elements such as Icelin, Theodora and Titania.
Quotes from Psychologies (Sir Ronald Ross)
“ Aye, before this bleeding sword,As at an altar, let us kneel to Him.Theodora.Whose justice, smiting in your hand, laid lowMy children’s murderer! (They kneel before the sword, laid on the grass. The tempest pauses for a moment. The sun gleams on the sword.) My children’s murderer!From this dungeon’d world,Where death and madness fill the dark with shrieks,We thank Thee, uttermost God, for that Thy lightHath smitten one moment for us. From Thy throneThe lightning came; the bright exceeding flashCame down and smote him; the lightning of Thy wrathDevour’d him. ”
“ Oberon.The rushes in the stream she rings aglance,Like Indian maids, with anklets for the dance.Titania.And the new-budded trees, like laughing girls,Step forth from night, attirèd in her pearls.The Moon Come all creatures of delight,Beauty’s brightest in the night.I am Beauty, and I bearEmeralds in my amber hair,And a crystal gemmaryTo adorn earth, air, and sea.I am watching Wisdom too,For, while others dream, I do;Light the world to let men knowWhere’s the way for them to go.I am Love, for I beholdAll things ever and of old ”
