Salomé (1922)

Nigel De Brulier: Jokaanan, the Prophet

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• Jokaanan, the Prophet : Where is she who gave herself up unto the lust of her eyes? Go, bid her come, that she may repent her of her iniquities!

• Salome, stepdaughter of Herod : Thy mouth, Jokanaan, is like a band of scarlet on a tower of ivory! The red blasts of trumpets are not so red as thy mouth! Suffer me to kiss thy mouth, Jokanaan.

  Jokaanan, the Prophet : Never! Daughter of Herodias! Never!

• Jokaanan, the Prophet : Ah! The daughter of Babylon, with her golden eyes and her gilded eyelids!

• Jokaanan, the Prophet : Ah, the wanton one! Let the captains of the hosts pierce her with their swords!

• Jokaanan, the Prophet : It is thus that I will wipe out all wickedness from the earth and that all women shall learn not to imitate her abominations!