Princess Eboli Monologue from Don Carlos: A Play

From Don Carlos: A Play by Friedrich Schiller

female · dramatic · 1:03 min

Tell the king That I expect him. (DOMINGO: May I, lovely princess, Indeed accept this as your true reply?) I do not jest. By heaven, you make me tremble What have I done to make e'en you grow pale? (DOMINGO: Nay, lady, this surprise--so sudden--I Can scarcely comprehend it.) Reverend sir! You shall not comprehend it. Not for all The world would I you comprehended it. Enough for you it is so--spare yourself The trouble to investigate in thought, Whose eloquence hath wrought this wondrous change. But for your comfort let me add, you have No hand in this misdeed,--nor has the church. Although you've proved that cases might arise Wherein the church, to gain some noble end, Might use the persons of her youthful daughters! Such reasonings move not me; such motives, pure, Right reverend sir, are far too high for me.

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