Prospero’s Speech
Loreena McKennitt * Track #8 On The Mask and Mirror
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Album The Mask and Mirror
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- #2The Bonny Swans
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- #3The Dark Night of the Soul
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- #4Marrakesh Night Market
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- #5Full Circle
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- #6Santiago
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- #7Cé Hé Mise Le Ulaingt? (The Two Trees)
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- #8Prospero’s Speech
Loreena McKennitt
Prospero's Speech by Loreena McKennitt
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The song quotes Prospero’s final speech in the 5th Act of “the Tempest” by William Shakespeare, in which he asks the audience to free him, after he has given up his magic and forgiven those who have injured him. The sign of his regained freedom will be the audience’s applause and thus he will be all...
Prospero’s Speech Lyrics
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 confined 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
Prospero’s Speech Q&A
Who wrote Prospero’s Speech's ?
Prospero’s Speech was written by Loreena McKennitt & William Shakespeare.
Who produced Prospero’s Speech's ?
Prospero’s Speech was produced by Loreena McKennitt.
When did Loreena McKennitt release Prospero’s Speech?
Loreena McKennitt released Prospero’s Speech on Tue Mar 22 1994.