“I am as light…”
Stave 5
“I am as light as a feather. I am as happy as an angel”
“I promised him…”
Stave 4
“I promised him I would walk there on Sunday. My child, my little child.”
“Forbear that…”
Act 3
“Forbear that wicked until you have discovered what the surplus is and where it is. Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?”
“These are but the…”
Stave 2
“These are but the shadows of the things that have been. They have no consciousness of us.”
“Charity, mercy…”
Stave 1
“Charity, mercy, forbearance and benevolence were all my business”