Tristan und Isolde;Tristan and Isolda - Opera in Three Acts by Richard Wagner
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completely closed_. ISOLDA _rises with a gesture of despair and
wrath_. BRANGÆNA _falls at her feet_.] BRANGÆNA. Ah! an answer so insulting! ISOLDA (_checking herself on the brink of a fearful outburst_). How now? of Tristan? I'd know if he denies me. BRANGÆNA. Ah! question not! ISOLDA. Quick, say without fear! BRANGÆNA. With courteous phrase he foiled my will. ISOLDA. But when you bade him hither? BRANGÆNA. When I had straightway bid him come, where'er he stood, he said to me, he truly served but thee, the pearl of womanhood; if he unheeded left the helm how could he pilot the ship in surety to King Mark? |
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