Strange Houses of Sleep

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... vale Good-night; the hour is late, the house is cold, The fires have smoulder'd down, the lamps are spent, And all the visitors that came and went, Sleep--which I also need--doth now enfold. Late, late it grows--how long before we meet--Beyond the fells, the fastness, the abyss? O ways too far for over-weary feet! O heart uncertain, where no goal there is! Somehow, somewhere, in darkness or rich gleam Yet shall we meet! Till then--good night, sweet dream! part ii the hidden sacrament of the holy graal N.B.--The initial design of this Mystery Play is referable to a friend and fellow-worker in the mysteries, who, for the present, remains anonymous. The collaboration also embraces a portion of the text, but outside the archaic touch which is occasionally common to each, it is thought that the respective shares will be readily allocated to their proper writers in virtue of a certain distinction of style. the perfect mystery and semblance of the holy graal and of those that serve thereof Scene.--The lower portion of the stage, representing the World, either hung with tapestries or curtains, or else set with wood flats. Sufficient lighting for audience to distinguish features and no more.--R.I.E. Mediaeval Table, with chairs or benches. Up Stage.--The Temple of the Graal, which should be circular in shape, having a vaulted roof paint