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Scripts, 1953-1955, Outward Bound with Columbus (1953-1955)

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2 . A VOICE, singing AND CHORUS COLUMBUS (his words always supported by the music) GARCIA (like an echo, mysteriously; What shall we become? Vagabonds on the sea Shivered by the hostile winds? Not Tempest-tossed or becalmed We shall trust in Cristobal Colon. Reveal thy secret lands, 0 sea of paradise. Give us the promised gold sea of mercy. The middle of the quiet night Good night Be on the watch ahead; may all go well. Now I am truly alone, Only now have I attained what I have so ardently desired for so many yearsj wandering from place to place, from king to king, from man to man: I have reached the void. Here I stand alone above the Oceanic sea, who knows for how long, I and the world alone, the world composed of earth and sky, and the round sea..,. Even my memories are fading... all is far away: the scholars of Salamanca, the mockery which followed me from street to street on night in Cordova... all seems far away. The stars above are shining, waiting for the dawn... Nothing is there but space and stars.. Space and stars. We are sailing across the Oceanic sea. May the words of Isaiah go with us: From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous*