Ulrich Von Rudenz Monologue from Wilhelm Tell

From Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller

male · anguished · 1:13 min

Alas! my friends, I promised help to you, And I must first implore it for myself? She that I love is stolen--is forced away, And who knows where the tyrant has concealed her. Or with what outrages his ruffian crew May force her into nuptials she detests? Forsake me not! Oh help me to her rescue! She loves you! Well, oh well, has she deserved That all should rush to arms in her behalf. (STAUFFACHER: What course do you propose?) Alas! I know not. In the dark mystery that shrouds her fate, In the dread agony of this suspense, Where I can grasp at naught of certainty, One single ray of comfort beams upon me. From out the ruins of the tyrant's power Alone can she be rescued from the grave. Their strongholds must be levelled! Everyone, Ere we can pierce into her gloomy prison.

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