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Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts
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2019
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The patriarch thinks—that’s mighty well—
God, and the order’s interest—
TEMPLAR
Alter nothing,
Command no villainies.
FRIAR
No, that indeed not;
But what is villainy in human eyes
May in the sight of God, the patriarch thinks,
Not be—
TEMPLAR
I owe my life to Saladin,
And might take his?
FRIAR
That—fie! But Saladin,
The patriarch thinks, is yet the common foe
Of Christendom, and cannot earn a right
To be your friend.
TEMPLAR
My friend—because I will not
Behave like an ungrateful scoundrel to him.
FRIAR
Yet gratitude, the patriarch thinks, is not
A debt before the eye of God or man,
Unless for our own sakes the benefit
Had been conferred; and, it has been reported,
The patriarch understands that Saladin
Preserved your life merely because your voice,
Your air, or features, raised a recollection
Of his lost brother.
TEMPLAR
He knows this? and yet—
If it were sure, I should—ah, Saladin!
How! and shall nature then have formed in me
A single feature in thy brother’s likeness,
With nothing in my soul to answer to it?
Or what does correspond shall I suppress
To please a patriarch? So thou dost not cheat us,
Nature—and so not contradict Thyself,
Kind God of all.—Go, brother, go away:
Do not stir up my anger.
FRIAR
I withdraw
More gladly than I came. We cloister-folk
Are forced to vow obedience to superiors.
[Goes.
Templar and Daya
DAYA
The monk, methinks, left him in no good mood:
But I must risk my message.
TEMPLAR
Better still
The proverb says that monks and women are
The devil’s clutches; and I’m tossed to-day
From one to th’ other.
DAYA
Whom do I behold?—
Thank God! I see you, noble knight, once more.
Where have you lurked this long, long space? You’ve not
Been ill?
TEMPLAR
No.
DAYA
Well, then?
TEMPLAR
Yes.
DAYA
We’ve all been anxious
God, and the order’s interest—
TEMPLAR
Alter nothing,
Command no villainies.
FRIAR
No, that indeed not;
But what is villainy in human eyes
May in the sight of God, the patriarch thinks,
Not be—
TEMPLAR
I owe my life to Saladin,
And might take his?
FRIAR
That—fie! But Saladin,
The patriarch thinks, is yet the common foe
Of Christendom, and cannot earn a right
To be your friend.
TEMPLAR
My friend—because I will not
Behave like an ungrateful scoundrel to him.
FRIAR
Yet gratitude, the patriarch thinks, is not
A debt before the eye of God or man,
Unless for our own sakes the benefit
Had been conferred; and, it has been reported,
The patriarch understands that Saladin
Preserved your life merely because your voice,
Your air, or features, raised a recollection
Of his lost brother.
TEMPLAR
He knows this? and yet—
If it were sure, I should—ah, Saladin!
How! and shall nature then have formed in me
A single feature in thy brother’s likeness,
With nothing in my soul to answer to it?
Or what does correspond shall I suppress
To please a patriarch? So thou dost not cheat us,
Nature—and so not contradict Thyself,
Kind God of all.—Go, brother, go away:
Do not stir up my anger.
FRIAR
I withdraw
More gladly than I came. We cloister-folk
Are forced to vow obedience to superiors.
[Goes.
Templar and Daya
DAYA
The monk, methinks, left him in no good mood:
But I must risk my message.
TEMPLAR
Better still
The proverb says that monks and women are
The devil’s clutches; and I’m tossed to-day
From one to th’ other.
DAYA
Whom do I behold?—
Thank God! I see you, noble knight, once more.
Where have you lurked this long, long space? You’ve not
Been ill?
TEMPLAR
No.
DAYA
Well, then?
TEMPLAR
Yes.
DAYA
We’ve all been anxious
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