The Conflict ; or Love, Honour and Pride a Heroic Comedy |
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SCENE FIFTH.
DONNA ISABELLA(alone).
Whence this mysterious mutiny in both,
When their obedience would a Throne obtain?
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Is it malignity, contempt, defiance?
Or can it be that noble, generous spirit,
Which wrestles with the power its fortune wants,
Fearing complacency might falsely seem
Like a vile parasite, through interest courteous?
Perhaps 't is Heaven's high hand that interferes;
Yet wherefore?—My weak sense searches in vain.—
Why wars affection with my fame and glory?
If only by these cruel, ceaseless conflicts
Of reason, pride, and shame, love is control'd,
Grant me the fortune, Heaven! I dare not take:
And, since for me thou hast not made a King,
To the most worthy of my Subjects give me:
Inspire my people! let them name Don Carlos.
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