Tristan und Isolde;Tristan and Isolda - Opera in Three Acts by Richard Wagner
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what my demand is,
wert thou afraid still to fulfil it, fleeing my presence thus? TRISTAN. Honor Held me in awe. ISOLDA. Scant honor hast thou shown unto me; for, unabashed, withheldest thou obedience unto my call. TRISTAN. Obedience 'twas forbade me to come. ISOLDA. But little I owe thy lord, methinks, if he allows ill manners unto his own promised bride. TRISTAN. In our land it is the law that he who fetches home the bride should stay afar from her. ISOLDA. On what account? |
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