from Act I, Scene 3 of the English opera
Blake by Leslie Adams
Libretto: Daniel Mayers
Role: Isabella Ballard, house guest on the Stevens plantation, sister of Judge Ballard
Voice Part: mezzo-soprano
Setting: a plantation in the Deep South, the United States, early 1860s
Synopsis: Isabella sings a sharp, dramatic deunciation of Miranda for being too bold and proud, vowing, "...the ashes of your soul will warm my heart!"