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Don Carlos
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2017
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Oh, yes, right well I know
Who 'twas that knit this ill-starred marriage up.
I know how Philip loves, and how he wooed.
What are you in this kingdom – tell me, what?
Regent, belike! Oh, no! If such you were,
How could fell Alvas act their murderous deeds,
Or Flanders bleed a martyr for her faith?
Are you even Philip's wife? Impossible, —
Beyond belief. A wife doth still possess
Her husband's heart. To whom doth his belong?
If ever, perchance, in some hot feverish mood,
He yields to gentler impulse, begs he not
Forgiveness of his sceptre and gray hairs?
QUEEN
Who told you that my lot, at Philip's side
Was one for men to pity?
CARLOS
My own heart!
Which feels, with burning pangs, how at my side
It had been to be envied.
QUEEN
Thou vain man!
What if my heart should tell me the reverse?
How, sir, if Philip's watchful tenderness,
The looks that silently proclaim his love,
Touched me more deeply than his haughty son's
Presumptuous eloquence? What, if an old man's
Matured esteem —
CARLOS
That makes a difference! Then,
Why then, forgiveness! – I'd no thought of this;
I had no thought that you could love the king.
QUEEN
To honor him's my pleasure and my wish.
CARLOS
Then you have never loved?
QUEEN
Singular question!
CARLOS
Then you have never loved?
QUEEN
I love no longer!
CARLOS
Because your heart forbids it, or your oath?
QUEEN
Leave me; nor never touch this theme again.
CARLOS
Because your oath forbids it, or your heart?
QUEEN
Because my duty – but, alas, alas!
To what avails this scrutiny of fate,
Which we must both obey?
CARLOS
Must – must obey?
QUEEN
What means this solemn tone?
CARLOS
Thus much it means
That Carlos is not one to yield to must
Where he hath power to will! It means, besides,
'That Carlos is not minded to live on,
The most unhappy man in all his realm,
When it would only cost the overthrow
Of Spanish laws to be the happiest.
QUEEN
Do I interpret rightly? Still you hope?
Who 'twas that knit this ill-starred marriage up.
I know how Philip loves, and how he wooed.
What are you in this kingdom – tell me, what?
Regent, belike! Oh, no! If such you were,
How could fell Alvas act their murderous deeds,
Or Flanders bleed a martyr for her faith?
Are you even Philip's wife? Impossible, —
Beyond belief. A wife doth still possess
Her husband's heart. To whom doth his belong?
If ever, perchance, in some hot feverish mood,
He yields to gentler impulse, begs he not
Forgiveness of his sceptre and gray hairs?
QUEEN
Who told you that my lot, at Philip's side
Was one for men to pity?
CARLOS
My own heart!
Which feels, with burning pangs, how at my side
It had been to be envied.
QUEEN
Thou vain man!
What if my heart should tell me the reverse?
How, sir, if Philip's watchful tenderness,
The looks that silently proclaim his love,
Touched me more deeply than his haughty son's
Presumptuous eloquence? What, if an old man's
Matured esteem —
CARLOS
That makes a difference! Then,
Why then, forgiveness! – I'd no thought of this;
I had no thought that you could love the king.
QUEEN
To honor him's my pleasure and my wish.
CARLOS
Then you have never loved?
QUEEN
Singular question!
CARLOS
Then you have never loved?
QUEEN
I love no longer!
CARLOS
Because your heart forbids it, or your oath?
QUEEN
Leave me; nor never touch this theme again.
CARLOS
Because your oath forbids it, or your heart?
QUEEN
Because my duty – but, alas, alas!
To what avails this scrutiny of fate,
Which we must both obey?
CARLOS
Must – must obey?
QUEEN
What means this solemn tone?
CARLOS
Thus much it means
That Carlos is not one to yield to must
Where he hath power to will! It means, besides,
'That Carlos is not minded to live on,
The most unhappy man in all his realm,
When it would only cost the overthrow
Of Spanish laws to be the happiest.
QUEEN
Do I interpret rightly? Still you hope?
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