Clara Monologue from Egmont

From Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

female · anguished · 45 sec

Let that be forgotten, Brackenburg! Forget thyself. Speak to me of him! Is it true? Is he condemned? (Brackenburg: He is! I know it.) And still lives? (Brackenburg: Yes, he still lives.) How canst thou be sure of that? Tyranny murders the hero in the night! His blood flows concealed from every eye. The people stunned and bewildered, lie buried in sleep, dream of deliverance, dream of the fulfilment of their impotent wishes, while, indignant at our supineness, his spirit abandons the world. He is no more! Deceive me not; deceive not thyself!

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