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Werner Stauffacher Monologue from Wilhelm Tell

From Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller

male · anguished · 1:22 min

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I know full many a gallant fellow there, And nobles, too,--great men, of high repute, In whom I can repose unbounded trust. (Rising.) Wife! What a storm of wild and perilous thoughts Hast thou stirr'd up within my tranquil breast! The darkest musings of my bosom thou Hast dragg'd to light, and placed them full before me; And what I scarce dared harbour e'en in thought, Thou speakest plainly out with fearless tongue. But hast thou weigh'd well what thou urgest thus? Discord will come, and the fierce clang of arms, To scare this valley's long unbroken peace, If we, a feeble shepherd race, shall dare Him to the fight, that lords it o'er the world. Ev'n now they only wait some fair pretext For setting loose their savage warrior hordes, To scourge and ravage this devoted land, To lord it o'er us with the victor's rights, And, 'neath the show of lawful chastisement, Despoil us of our chartered liberties.

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30s · fear · power · freedom · conflict · identity

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