Rosaura Monologue from Life Is a Dream

From Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

female · dramatic · 1:09 min

This is, sir, my sword; to thee Only would I wish to hand it, Since in fine of all the others Thou art chief, and I could hardly Yield it unto one less noble. (CLARIN: Mine I'll give the greatest rascal Of your troop: so take it, you.) And if I must die, to thank thee For thy pity, I would leave thee This as pledge, which has its value From the owner who once wore it; That thou guard it well, I charge thee, For although I do not know What strange secret it may carry, This I know, that some great mystery Lies within this golden scabbard, Since relying but on it I to Poland here have travelled To revenge a wrong. CLOTALDO (aside.) Just heavens! What is this? Still graver, darker, Grow my doubts and my confusion, My anxieties and my anguish.-- Speak, who gave you this?

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