VOICES OF WOMEN. Have mercy upon us!
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VOICES OF MEN. [Tenors] Save us for Thy mercy's sake!
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VOICES OF MEN. [Basses] Spare Thy children, O Lord, and deliver us from Thy wrath!
ALL. Have mercy upon us! Hear us! Have pity upon the mortals!—? O Lord eternal, why art Thou afar?—Out of the depths we call unto Thee: Make not the burden of Thy children too heavy! Hear us! Hear us!
The stage turns dark. THE DAUGHTER rises and draws close to THE LAWYER. By a change of light, the organ becomes Fingal's Cave. The ground-swell of the ocean, which can be seen rising and falling between the columns of basalt, produces a deep harmony that blends the music of winds and waves.
THE LAWYER. Where are we, sister?
THE DAUGHTER. What do you hear?
THE LAWYER. I hear drops falling——