Martin Doul Monologue from The Well of the Saints: A Comedy in Three Acts

From The Well of the Saints: A Comedy in Three Acts by J. M. (John Millington) Synge

male · anguished · 1:09 min

raising his voice. — Them is great sights, holy father.... What was it I seen when I first opened my eyes but your own bleeding feet, and they cut with the stones? That was a great sight, maybe, of the image of God.... And what was it I seen my last day but the villainy of hell looking out from the eyes of the girl you’re coming to marry — the Lord forgive you — with Timmy the smith. That was a great sight, maybe. And wasn’t it great sights I seen on the roads when the north winds would be driving, and the skies would be harsh, till you’d see the horses and the asses, and the dogs itself, maybe, with their heads hanging, and they closing their eyes——.

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