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Excerpt from Schiller's Works, Vol. 2
Carlos. Lo! Who comes here? 'tis he! 0, ye kind heavens, My Roderigo! Posa. Carlos! Carlos. Can it be? And is it truly thou? 0 yes, it is! I press thee to my bosom, and I feel Thy throbbing heart beat wildly 'gainst mine own. And now all's well again. In this embrace My sick, sad heart is comforted. I hang Upon my Roderigo's neck! Posa. Thy heart! Thy sick, sad heart! And what is well again What needeth to be well? Thy words amaze me. Carlos. What brings thee back so sud denly from Brussels? Whom must I thank for this most glad sur prise? And dare I ask? Whom should I thank but thee, Thou gracious and all bounteous Providence? Forgive me, Heaven! If joy hath crazed my brain. Thou knew'st no angel watch'd at Carlos' side, And sent me this! And yet I ask who sent him? Posa. Pardon, dear Prince, if I can only meet With wonder these tumultuous ecstasies. Not thus I looked to find Don Philip's son. A hectic red burns on your pallid cheek, And your lips quiver with a feverish heat. What must I think, dear Prince? NO more I see The youth of lion heart, to whom I come The envoy of a brave and suffering people. For now I stand not here as Roderigo, Not as the playmate Of the stripling Carlos, But, as the deputy of all mankind, I clasp thee thus: - 'tis Flanders that clings here Around thy neck, appealing with my tears To thee for succor in her bitter need. This land is lost, this land so dear to thee, If Alva, bigotry's relentless tool, Advance on Brussels with his Spanish laws. This noble country's last faint hope depends On thee, lov'd scion Of Imperial Charles! And, should thy noble heart forget to beat In human nature's cause, Flanders is lost! Carlos. Then it is lost!
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