Tristan und Isolde;Tristan and Isolda - Opera in Three Acts by Richard Wagner
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Cornwall's kingdom;
then, were he erst thy debtor, how could he reward thee better? His noble uncle serves he so: think too what a gift on thee he'd bestow! With honor unequalled all he's heir to at thy feet he seeks to shower, to make thee a queenly dower. (ISOLDA _turns away_.) If wife he'd make thee unto King Mark why wert thou in this wise complaining? Is he not worth thy gaining? Of royal race and mild of mood, who passes King Mark in might and power? If a noble knight like Tristan serves him, who would not but feel elated, so fairly to be mated. ISOLDA (_gazing vacantly before her_). Glorious knight! And I must near him |
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