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SPIRIT. We are immortal, and do not forget;

We are eternal; and to us the past

Is, as the future, present. Art thou auswered?

MANTRED.

ve mock me— but the power Which brought ye here Hath made you mine. Slaves, scoff not at my will! The mind, the spirit, the Promethean spark,

The lightning of my being, is as bright, Pervading, and far-darting as your own,

And shall not yield to yours, though coop d in clay!

Answer, or I will teach ye what I am.

SPIRIT.

Wae answer as we answered; our reply

Is even in thine own words.

MANFRED.

Why say ye so?