Prospero's Speech

Music by Loreena McKennitt

arr. and adapted by Loreena McKennitt

And now my charms are all o'erthrown,

And what strength I have's mine own;

Which is most faint; now t'is true,

I must here be released by you,

But release me from my bands

With the help of your good hands.

Gentle breath of yours my sails

Must fill, or else my project fails,

Which was to please.

Which was to please. Now I want

Spirits to enforce, art to enchant;

And my ending is despair,

Unless I be relieved by prayer,

Which pierces so that it assaults

Mercy itself and frees all faults.

As you from your crimes would pardon'd be,

Let your indulgence set me free.

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