From Pélléas and Mélisande; Alladine and Palomides; Home by Maurice Maeterlinck

Close not thine eyes when I do kiss thee so.... I would see the kisses trembling in thy heart, and all the dew that rises in thy soul.... We shall not find such kisses any more.... (ALLADINE: Always, always!) No, no; there is no kissing twice upon the heart of death.... How fair thou art so!... It is the first time I have seen thee near.... It is strange, we think that we have seen each other because we have gone by two steps apart; but everything changes the moment the lips touch.... There, thou must be let to have thy will.... I stretch my arms wide to admire thee, as if thou wert no longer mine; and then I draw them nearer till I touch thy kisses and perceive only eternal bliss.... There needed us this supernatural light!... (He kisses her again.) Ah! What hast thou done? Take care! we are upon a crest of rock that overhangs the water that gives us light. Do not step back. It was time.... Do not turn too abruptly. I was dazzled.... (ALLADINE: Oh!...) It is as if the sky had flowed hither....

Palomides Monologue from Pélléas and Mélisande; Alladine and Palomides; Home

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