Prospero's Speech lyrics

Now my charms are o'erthrown

And what strength I have's mine own

Which is most faint; now t'is true

I must be here confined by you

But release me from my bands

With the help of your good hands

Gentle breath of your's 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 crimes would pardon'd be

Let your indulgence set me free

• Artist:Loreena McKennitt
• Album:The Mask and the Mirror (1994)