First Power of Darkness
(Beginning to fade in the brain of the Lord.) It is of me that he ceases to think! I fail! (He disappears.)
Ambition
(Sadly.) It is the end!
Second Power of Darkness
(Beginning to fade in the brain of the Lord.) It is of me he ceases to think. Oh, ho, ho, ho! I fail! (He disappears.)
Ambition
(Sadly.) It is the end!
Third Power of Darkness
(Writhing and fading in the brain of the Lord.) It is of me he ceases to think! I fail! Oh, ho, ho, ho! (He disappears.)
Ambition
It is the end!
Fourth Power of Darkness
(Fading into the brain of the Lord.) It is of me he ceases to think! I fail! (He groans and disappears.)
Ambition
It is the end!
Fifth Power of Darkness
It is of me he ceases to think! I fail! (He disappears.)
Ambition
It is the end!
Sixth Power of Darkness
It is of me he ceases to think! I fail! (He disappears.)
Ambition
It is the end!
The Lord of the Universe
(Stretching prone in space and all but vanishing. Only faint outlines are visible here and there, the brow and face intact.) Peace! Peace! It is enough! It is enough! I have done! Let it be as it ever was from everlasting to everlasting—a dream—a dream! Oh, ho, ho, ho! (He sighs heavily. The last writhing beasts thin and are gone. AMBITION, paling and thinning, stands wide-eyed, agape, before the fading brow of the Lord.)