King Monologue from Don Carlos: A Play

From Don Carlos: A Play by Friedrich Schiller

male · contemplative · 1:09 min

Of a warm fancy she has ever been! Who can deny it? I could never love her, Yet has she never seemed to miss my love. And so 'tis plain--she's false! [Makes a movement which brings him to himself. He looks round with surprise. Where have I been? Is no one watching here, then, save the king? The light's burnt out, and yet it is not day. I must forego my slumbers for to-night. Take it, kind nature, for enjoyed! No time Have monarchs to retrieve the nights they lose. I'm now awake, and day it shall be. [He puts out the candles, and draws aside the window-curtain. He observes the sleeping pages--remains for some time standing before them--then rings a bell. All Asleep within the antechamber, too?

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