The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts by Maurice Maeterlinck
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page 127 of 198 (64%)
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THE HAPPINESS I was certain of it.... He has turned out badly; keeping evil company has corrupted him entirely.... But do not speak of it to his sister. She would want to go and look for him and we should lose one of our most beautiful Joys.... Here, among the greatest Joys, is the Joy of Seeing what is Beautiful, who daily adds a few rays to the light that reigns amongst us.... TYLTYL And there, far away, far away, in the golden clouds, the one whom I can hardly see when I stand as high as I can on tip-toe?... THE HAPPINESS That is the Great Joy of Loving.... But, do what you will, you are ever so much too small to see her altogether.... TYLTYL And over there, right at the back, those who are veiled and who do not come near?... THE HAPPINESS Those are the Joys whom men do not yet know.... TYLTYL What do the others want with us?... Why are they standing aside?... THE HAPPINESS It is before a new Joy who is arriving, perhaps the purest that we have here.... |
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