Of that which is within me; read it there——
Ye know it, and I cannot utter it.
SPIRIT
We can but give thee that which we possess;—
Ask of us subjects, sovereignty, the power
O’er earth, the whole or portion, or a sign
Which shall control the elements, whereof
We are the dominators. Each and all—
These shall be thine.
MANFRED
Oblivion, self oblivion—
Can ye not wring from out the hidden realms
Ye offer so profusely, what I ask?
SPIRIT
It is not in our essence, in our skill,
But—thou may’st die.
MANFRED
Will death bestow it on me?
SPIRIT