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Ferdinand Monologue from Egmont

From Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

male · contemplative · 1:17 min

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All is again quiet. I rode as for pastime, from street to street. Your well-distributed patrols hold Fear so tightly yoked, that she does not venture even to whisper. The town resembles a plain when the lightning's glare announces the impending storm: no bird, no beast is to be seen, that is not stealing to a place of shelter. (Alva: Has nothing further occurred?) Egmont, with a few companions, rode into the market-place; we exchanged greetings; he was mounted on an unbroken charger, which excited my admiration, "Let us hasten to break in our steeds," he exclaimed; "we shall need them ere long!" He said that he should see me again to-day; he is coming here, at your desire, to deliberate with you. (Alva: He will see you again.) Among all the knights whom I know here, he pleases me the best. I think we shall be friends.

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20s · anticipation · friendship · power · freedom · courage

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