-- "Be my kin free fro varnal sin, -- Bridle the thoughts of thy Master." "There hath past away a glore fro the Earth; A glore that in the hearts and minds of men, Men dementéd - blindfoldéd by light, Hourisheth as weed in their well-groom'd garths."
"Might I too was blindfoldéd ere -- "The quality of mercy and absolution, Tho' years have master'd me -- Whence cometh such qualities? A masque of this to fashion: -- Build thyself a mirror in which Seer blest, thou best philosopher!" -- Solely wanton images of thy desire appear!"
"'Tis the Divine Comedy - -- "'Tis the Divine Tragedy - The fool and the mocking court; -- The fool and the mocking court; Fool, kneel now, and ring thy bells! -- Fool, kneel now, and ring thy bells! We hold the Earth fro Heaven away." -- Make us guffaw at thy futile follies, -- Yet for our blunders - Oh, in shame; -- Earth beareth no balm for mistakes - -- We hold the Earth fro Hell away."
[Dialog] [Male Voice] That cross you wear around your neck; is it only a decoration, or are you a true Christian believer?
[Female Voice] Yes, I believe - truly
[Male Voice] Then I want you to remove it at once! - and never to wear it within this castle again! Do you know how a falcon is trained my dear? Her eyes are sown shut. Blinded temporarily she suffers the whims of her God patiently, until her will is submerged and she learns to serve - as your God taught and blinded you with crosses.
[Female Voice] You had me take off my cross because it offended....
[Male Voice] It offended no-one. No - it simply appears to me to be discourteous to... to wear the symbol of a deity long dead.
[Male Voice] My ancestors tried to find it. And to open the door that seperates us from our Creator.
[Female Voice] But you need no doors to find God. If you believe....
[Male Voice] Believe?! If you believe you are gullible. Can you look around this world and believe in the goodness of a god who rules it? Famine, Pestilence, War, Disease and Death! They rule this world.
[Female Voice] There is also love and life and hope.
[Male Voice] Very little hope I assure you. No. If a god of love and life ever did exist... he is long since dead. Someone... something rules in his place. [End of Dialog]
"Believe? In a deily long dead? - I would rather be a pagan suckléd in creeds outworn; Whith faärtytales fill'd up in head; Thoughts of the Book stillborn."
-- "Shadow of annoyance - -- Ne'er come hither! -- ...And when He falleth, He falleth like Lucifer, -- Ne'er to ascend again..."