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THE VOICE.
Antonia!
ANTONIA.
Heavens!... my mother, my mother!
THE GHOST.
Dear child whom I call, As I used to do, 'Tis your mother, 'tis she, Listen to her voice.
ANTONIA.
Mother!
MIRACLE.
Yes, yes, 'tis her voice, do you hear?
Her voice, best counselor, Who leaves you a talent the world has lost!
THE GHOST.
Antonia!
MIRACLE.
Listen! She seems to live aagin, And the distant public by its bravos fills her bliss.
ANTONIA.
Mother!
GHOST.
Antonia!
MIRACLE.
Join with her.
ANTONIA.
Yes, her soul calls me As before; 'Tis my mother, 'tis she I hear her voice.
THE GHOST.
Dear child whom I call As I used to do; 'Tis your mother, 'tis she; List to her voice.
ANTONIA.
No, enough, I cannot!
MIRACLE.
Again.
ANTONIA.
I will sing no more.
MIRACLE.
Again.
ANTONIA.
What ardor draws and devours me?
MIRACLE.
Again! Why stop?
ANTONIA (out of breath).
I give way to a transport that maddens, What flame is it dazzles my eyes A single moment to live, And my soul flies to Heaven.
THE GHOST.
Dear child whom I call, etc., etc.
