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Where these weak spirits round thee bend And parley with a thing like thee— What wouldst thou, Child of Clay! with me?

The SzvEN SPIRITS. Eearth, ocean, air, night, mountains, winds, thy star, Are at thy beck and bidding, Child of Clay! Before thee at thy quest their spirits are—

What wouldst thou with us, son of mortals— say?

„ MANFRED.

Forgetfulness

FIRST STIRIT.

Of what— of whom— and why?

MANFRED.

Of that which is within me; read it there—

ve know it, and I cannot utter it.

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