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A room in a private house A maiden sitting before a fire meditating	A
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MAIDEN	B
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Now have I fully fixed upon my part	C
Good bye to dreams for me a life of art	C
Beloved art Oh realm serene and fair	D
Above the mean and sordid world of care	D
Above earth's small ambitions and desires	E
Art art the very word my soul inspires	F
From foolish memories it sets me free	G
Not what has been but that which is to be	G
Absorbs me now Adieu to vain regret	H
The bow is tensely drawn the target set	H
A knock at the door	I
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MAID aside	J
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The night is dark and chill the hour is late	K
Aloud	L
Who knocks upon my door	I
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A Voice Outside	J
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'Tis I your fate	K
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MAID	M
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Thou dost deceive not me but thine own self	N
My fate is not a wandering vagrant elf	N
My fate is here within this throbbing heart	C
That beats alone for glory and for art	C
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Voice	O
Another knock at door	I
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Pray let me in I am so faint and cold	P
Door is pushed ajar Enter CUPID who aproaches the fire with outstretched hands	Q
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MAID indignantly	G
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Methinks thou art not faint however cold	P
But rather too courageous and most bold	P
Surprisingly ill mannered sir and rude	R
Without an invitation to intrude	R
Into my very presence	S
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CUPID warming his hands	Q
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But you see	G
Girls never mind a little chap like me	G
They're always watching for me on the sly	T
And hoping I will call	U
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MAID haughtily	G
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Indeed not I	T
My heart has listened to a sweeter voice	O
A clarion call that gives command not choice	O
And I have answered to that call 'I come'	G
To other voices shall my ears be dumb	G
To art alone I consecrate my life	V
Art is my spouse and I his willing wife	V
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CUPID slowly gazing in the grate	K
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Art is a sultan and you must divide	J
His love with many another ill fed bride	J
Now I know one who worships you alone	W
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MAID impatiently	G
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I will not listen for the dice is thrown	W
And art has won me On my brow some day	X
Shall rest the laurel wreath	Y
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CUPID sitting down and looking at MAID critically	G
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Just let me say	X
I think sweet orange blossoms under lace	Z
Are better suited to your type of face	Z
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MAID ignoring interruption	B
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I yet shall stand before an audience	S
That listens as one mind absorbed intense	A2
And with my genius I shall rouse its cheers	B2
Still it to silence soften it to tears	C2
Or wake its laughter Oh the play the play	X
The play's the thing My boy THE PLAY	X
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CUPID suddenly clapping his hands	Q
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Oh say	X
I know a splendid role for you to take	D2
And one that always keeps the house awake	D2
And calls for pretty dressing Oh it's great	K
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MAID excitedly	G
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Well well what is it Wherefore make me wait	K
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CUPID tapping his brow thoughtfully	G
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How is it those lines run oh now I know	E2
You make a stately entrance measured slow	E2
To stirring music then you kneel and say	X
Something about to honour and obey	X
For better and for worse till death do part	C
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MAID angrily	G
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Be still you foolish boy that is not ART	C
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CUPID seriously	G
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She needs great skill who takes the role of wife	V
In God's stupendous drama human life	V
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MAID suddenly becoming serious	F2
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So I once thought Oh once my very soul	G2
Was filled and thrilled with dreaming of that role	G2
Life seemed so wonderful it held for me	G
No purpose no ambition but to be	G
Loving and loved My highest thought of fame	G
Was some day bearing my dear lover's name	G
Alone I ofttimes uttered it aloud	L
Or wrote it down half timid and all proud	L
To see myself lost utterly in him	G
As some small star might joy in growing dim	G
When sinking in the sun or as the dew	H2
Forgetting the brief little life it knew	H2
In space might on the ocean's bosom fall	U
And ask for nothing only to give all	U
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CUPID aside	J
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Now THAT'S the talk it's music to my ear	I2
After that stuff on 'art' and a 'career '	-
I hope she'll keep it up	J2
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MAIDEN continuing her reverie	G
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Again my dream	G
Shaped into changing pictures I would seem	G
To see myself in beautiful array	X
Move down the aisle upon my wedding day	X
And then I saw the modest living room	G
With lighted lamp and fragrant plants in bloom	G
And books and sewing scattered all about	K2
And just we two alone	W
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CUPID in glee aside	J
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There's not a doubt	K2
I'll land her yet	H
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MAIDEN	B
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My dream kaleidoscope	L2
Changed still again and framed love's dearest hope	L2
The trinity of home and life was good	M2
And all its deepest meaning understood	M2
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Sits lost in a dream Behind scenes a voice sings a lullaby 'Beautiful Land of Nod ' CUPID in ecstasy tiptoes about and clasps his hands in delight	N2
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Another scene a matron in her prime	G
I saw myself glide peacefully with time	G
Into the quiet middle years content	O2
With simple joys the dear home circle lent	O2
My sons and daughters made my diadem	G
I saw my happy youth renewed in them	G
The pain of growing old lost all its sting	A
For Love stood near in Winter as in Spring	A
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CUPID tiptoes to door and makes a signal MAIDEN starts up dramatically	G
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'Twas but a dream I woke all suddenly	G
The world had changed And now life means to me	G
My art the stage excitement and the crowd	L
The glare of many foot lights and the loud	L
Applause of men as I cry in rage	P2
'Give me the dagger ' or creep down the stage	P2
In that sleep walking scene Oh art like mine	Q2
Will send the chills down every listener's spine	Q2
And when I choose salt tears shall freely flow	E2
As in the moonlight I cry 'Romeo Romeo	E2
Oh wherefore art thou Romeo '	-
Ay 'tis done	B
My dream of home life	V
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CUPID	R2
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It is but begun	B
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MAIDEN	B
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The heart but once can dream a dream so fair	D
And so henceforth love thoughts I do forswear	D
Since faith in love has crumbled to the dust	S2
In fame alone I put my hope and trust	S2
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CUPID at the door beckons excitedly Enter lover with outstretched arms	T2
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CUPID	R2
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Here's one who will explain yourself to you	H2
And make that old sweet dream of love come true	H2
Fix up your foolish quarrel time is brief	U2
So waste no more of it in doubt or grief	U2
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The lovers meet and embrace	Z
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CUPID in doorway	X
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Warm lip to lip and heart to beating heart	C
The cast is made My Lady has her part	C
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CURTAIN	B