Maria (after a pause):
If I can only tear myself away
From my bewildered consciousness of self
And give myself to you: that thus ye may
Reflect my very soul from cosmic space;
Then from this sphere of life I gain release,
And find myself in other states of being.
(Long pause, then the following:)
In you, my sisters, I see spirit-forms
In whom dwell cosmic souls. Ye have the power