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Don Carlos
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2017
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[After a pause, taking her hand.
I have come
To bid farewell to you, and I have learned
There is a higher, greater good, my mother,
Than to call thee mine own. One rapid night
Has winged the tardy progress of my years,
And prematurely ripened me to manhood.
I have no further business in the world,
But to remember him. My harvest now
Is ended.
[He approaches the QUEEN, who conceals her face.
Mother! will you not reply!
QUEEN
Carlos! regard not these my tears. I cannot
Restrain then. But believe me I admire you.
CARLOS
Thou wert the only partner of our league
And by this name thou shalt remain to me
The most beloved object in this world.
No other woman can my friendship share,
More than she yesterday could win my love.
But sacred shall the royal widow be,
Should Providence conduct me to the throne.
[The KING, accompanied by the GRAND INQUISITOR, appears in the background without being observed.
I hasten to leave Spain, and never more
Shall I behold my father in this world.
No more I love him. Nature is extinct
Within this breast. Be you again his wife —
His son's forever lost to him! Return
Back to your course of duty – I must speed
To liberate a people long oppressed
From a fell tyrant's hand. Madrid shall hail
Carlos as king, or ne'er behold him more.
And now a long and last farewell —
[He kisses her.
QUEEN
Oh, Carlos!
How you exalt me! but I dare not soar
To such a height of greatness: – yet I may
Contemplate now your noble mind with wonder.
CARLOS
Am I not firm, Elizabeth? I hold thee
Thus in my arms and tremble not. The fear
Of instant death had, yesterday, not torn me
From this dear spot.
[He leaves her.
All that is over now,
And I defy my mortal destinies.
I've held thee in these arms and wavered not.
Hark! Heard you nothing!
[A clock strikes.
QUEEN
Nothing but the bell
That tolls the moment of our separation.
CARLOS
Good night, then, mother! And you shall, from Ghent,
Receive a letter, which will first proclaim
Our secret enterprise aloud. I go
To dare King Philip to an open contest.
Henceforth there shall be naught concealed between us!
You need not shun the aspect of the world.
Be this my last deceit.
[About to take up the mask – the KING stands between them.
KING
It is thy last.
[The QUEEN falls senseless.
CARLOS (hastens to her and supports her in his arms)
Is the queen dead? Great heavens!
KING (coolly and quietly to the GRAND INQUISITOR)
Lord Cardinal!
I've done my part. Go now, and do your own.
I have come
To bid farewell to you, and I have learned
There is a higher, greater good, my mother,
Than to call thee mine own. One rapid night
Has winged the tardy progress of my years,
And prematurely ripened me to manhood.
I have no further business in the world,
But to remember him. My harvest now
Is ended.
[He approaches the QUEEN, who conceals her face.
Mother! will you not reply!
QUEEN
Carlos! regard not these my tears. I cannot
Restrain then. But believe me I admire you.
CARLOS
Thou wert the only partner of our league
And by this name thou shalt remain to me
The most beloved object in this world.
No other woman can my friendship share,
More than she yesterday could win my love.
But sacred shall the royal widow be,
Should Providence conduct me to the throne.
[The KING, accompanied by the GRAND INQUISITOR, appears in the background without being observed.
I hasten to leave Spain, and never more
Shall I behold my father in this world.
No more I love him. Nature is extinct
Within this breast. Be you again his wife —
His son's forever lost to him! Return
Back to your course of duty – I must speed
To liberate a people long oppressed
From a fell tyrant's hand. Madrid shall hail
Carlos as king, or ne'er behold him more.
And now a long and last farewell —
[He kisses her.
QUEEN
Oh, Carlos!
How you exalt me! but I dare not soar
To such a height of greatness: – yet I may
Contemplate now your noble mind with wonder.
CARLOS
Am I not firm, Elizabeth? I hold thee
Thus in my arms and tremble not. The fear
Of instant death had, yesterday, not torn me
From this dear spot.
[He leaves her.
All that is over now,
And I defy my mortal destinies.
I've held thee in these arms and wavered not.
Hark! Heard you nothing!
[A clock strikes.
QUEEN
Nothing but the bell
That tolls the moment of our separation.
CARLOS
Good night, then, mother! And you shall, from Ghent,
Receive a letter, which will first proclaim
Our secret enterprise aloud. I go
To dare King Philip to an open contest.
Henceforth there shall be naught concealed between us!
You need not shun the aspect of the world.
Be this my last deceit.
[About to take up the mask – the KING stands between them.
KING
It is thy last.
[The QUEEN falls senseless.
CARLOS (hastens to her and supports her in his arms)
Is the queen dead? Great heavens!
KING (coolly and quietly to the GRAND INQUISITOR)
Lord Cardinal!
I've done my part. Go now, and do your own.
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