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Don Carlos
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2017
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Your hostess in Castile.
MARQUIS
Most true, my liege!
For at that time I never could have dreamed
That France should lose to us the only thing
We envied her possessing.
QUEEN
How, proud Spaniard!
The only thing! And you can venture this —
This to a daughter of the house of Valois!
MARQUIS
I venture now to say it, gracious queen,
Since now you are our own.
QUEEN
Your journey hither
Has led you, as I hear, through France. What news
Have you brought with you from my honored mother
And from my dearest brothers?
MARQUIS (handing letters)
I left your royal mother sick at heart,
Bereft of every joy save only this,
To know her daughter happy on the throne
Of our imperial Spain.
QUEEN
Could she be aught
But happy in the dear remembrances
Of relatives so kind – in the sweet thoughts
Of the old time when – Sir, you've visited
Full many a court in these your various travels,
And seen strange lands and customs manifold;
And now, they say, you mean to keep at home
A greater prince in your retired domain
Than is King Philip on his throne – a freer.
You're a philosopher; but much I doubt
If our Madrid will please you. We are so —
So quiet in Madrid.
MARQUIS
And that is more
Than all the rest of Europe has to boast.
QUEEN
I've heard as much. But all this world's concerns
Are well-nigh blotted from my memory.
[To PRINCESS EBOLI.
Princess, methinks I see a hyacinth
Yonder in bloom. Wilt bring it to me, sweet?
[The PRINCESS goes towards the palace, the QUEEN
softly to the MARQUIS.
I'm much mistaken, sir, or your arrival
Has made one heart more happy here at court.
MARQUIS
I have found a sad one – one that in this world
A ray of sunshine —
EBOLI
As this gentleman
Has seen so many countries, he, no doubt,
Has much of note to tell us.
MARQUIS
Doubtless, and
To seek adventures is a knight's first duty —
But his most sacred is to shield the fair.
MONDECAR
From giants! But there are no giants now!
MARQUIS
Power is a giant ever to the weak.
QUEEN
The chevalier says well. There still are giants;
But there are knights no more.
MARQUIS
Most true, my liege!
For at that time I never could have dreamed
That France should lose to us the only thing
We envied her possessing.
QUEEN
How, proud Spaniard!
The only thing! And you can venture this —
This to a daughter of the house of Valois!
MARQUIS
I venture now to say it, gracious queen,
Since now you are our own.
QUEEN
Your journey hither
Has led you, as I hear, through France. What news
Have you brought with you from my honored mother
And from my dearest brothers?
MARQUIS (handing letters)
I left your royal mother sick at heart,
Bereft of every joy save only this,
To know her daughter happy on the throne
Of our imperial Spain.
QUEEN
Could she be aught
But happy in the dear remembrances
Of relatives so kind – in the sweet thoughts
Of the old time when – Sir, you've visited
Full many a court in these your various travels,
And seen strange lands and customs manifold;
And now, they say, you mean to keep at home
A greater prince in your retired domain
Than is King Philip on his throne – a freer.
You're a philosopher; but much I doubt
If our Madrid will please you. We are so —
So quiet in Madrid.
MARQUIS
And that is more
Than all the rest of Europe has to boast.
QUEEN
I've heard as much. But all this world's concerns
Are well-nigh blotted from my memory.
[To PRINCESS EBOLI.
Princess, methinks I see a hyacinth
Yonder in bloom. Wilt bring it to me, sweet?
[The PRINCESS goes towards the palace, the QUEEN
softly to the MARQUIS.
I'm much mistaken, sir, or your arrival
Has made one heart more happy here at court.
MARQUIS
I have found a sad one – one that in this world
A ray of sunshine —
EBOLI
As this gentleman
Has seen so many countries, he, no doubt,
Has much of note to tell us.
MARQUIS
Doubtless, and
To seek adventures is a knight's first duty —
But his most sacred is to shield the fair.
MONDECAR
From giants! But there are no giants now!
MARQUIS
Power is a giant ever to the weak.
QUEEN
The chevalier says well. There still are giants;
But there are knights no more.
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