Monologue

Chrysanthus Monologue from The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome

From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

male · anguished · 53 sec

'T is not through the voice alone Music breathes its soft enchantment. (10) All things that in concord blend Find in music their one language. Thou with thy delicious sweetness (To Nisida) Host my heart at once made captive;-- Thou with thy melodious verses (To Cynthia) Hast my very soul enraptured. Ah! how subtly thou dost reason! Ah! how tenderly thou chantest! Thou with thy artistic skill, Thou with thy clear understanding. But what say I? I speak falsely, For you both are sphinxes rather, Who with flattering words seduce me But to ruin me hereafter:-- Leave me; go: I cannot listen To your wiles.

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