Poppaea Monologue from Nero

From Nero by Stephen Phillips

female · defiant · 44 sec

I know not--cannot guess. (NERO: That he might stand no more between us two.) O sir, he is my husband, and my way Is with him wheresoe'er he go. My duty---- (NERO: But your inclining?) That I will not say. But Lusitania is henceforth my home. Nero, I will speak truth: I'll not deny There is some strange communion of the soul 'Twixt you and me: but I'll not yield to this, No, nor shall you compel me, Caesar: I Will follow Otho even to banishment. There are more sacred things in my regard Than mutual pleasure from melodious verse.

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