And changing it by cunning to the lust
Which thou dost now require for thine own ends,
Then will he turn the good he did on Earth,
To evil ends from out the Spirit-worlds.
Maria:
Then he may yet be saved? ’Tis not decreed
That he must fall a victim to the powers
That want to gain his work now for themselves?
Benedictus:
It would be so if all the Powers remained