Rishyas Monologue from The Immortal Lure

From The Immortal Lure by Cale Young Rice

male · romantic · 1:02 min

O gladly will I; give it. [ (Takes the flask; drinks deeply.) A wine of wonder is it and of wisdom, For now it makes you seem even more fair Than first you were. O let me tend about you, And let me wreathe your brow and limbs with flowers. [ (Takes some and entwines them over her.) Koil (trembling). And you are beautiful. So I will weave Flowers upon you too. And see, and see, O, Rishyas, see, For I will dance to you-- The dance of all the dreamers in the world! [Unbinds her body-cloth and begins to dance--slowly at first then more alluringly, as he follows her, marvelling. Then at length she stops close up to him and murmurs: Does it not fill your heart, O Rishyas, With longing?

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