Lionel Monologue from The Maid of Orleans: A Tragedy

From The Maid of Orleans: A Tragedy by Friedrich Schiller

male · defiant · 1:02 min

Let them storm on. In fury let them rage! Firm is this castle, and beneath its ruins I will be buried ere I yield to them. --Johanna, answer me! only be mine, And I will shield thee 'gainst a world in arms. (ISABEL: Are you a man?) Thy friends have cast thee off. To thy ungrateful country then dost owe Duty and faith no longer. The false cowards Who sought thy hand, forsake thee in thy need. They for thy honor venture not the fight, But I, against my people and 'gainst thine, Will be thy champion. Once thou didst confess My life was dear to thee; in combat then I stood before thee as thine enemy-- Thou hast not now a single friend but me.

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