Polonia Monologue from The Purgatory of St. Patrick

From The Purgatory of St. Patrick by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

female · anguished · 49 sec

And wilt thou in thy pity Try to save him from his anger? (LESBIA: Yes.) Forbear, and let him die. (LESBIA: Thus to die by a king's hands here Were unjust.) If this second Joseph then, Like the first one, would unravel, Would interpret the king's dreams, Do not dread the result, my father; For if my being seen to burn Indicates in any manner I should ever be a Christian, As impossible a marvel Such would be, as if, being dead, I could rise and live thereafter. But in order that your mind May be turned from such just anger, Let us hear now who this other Stranger is.

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