The Maid of Orleans (Act 1 Scene 1)

Friedrich Schiller & Anna Swanwick * Track #6 On The Maid of Orleans

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The Maid of Orleans (Act 1 Scene 1) by Friedrich Schiller (Ft. Anna Swanwick)

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The royal residence at Chinon.
DUNOIS and DUCHATEL.

DUNOIS
No longer I'll endure it. I renounce
This recreant monarch who forsakes himself.
My valiant heart doth bleed, and I could rain
Hot tear-drops from mine eyes, that robber-swords
Partition thus the royal realm of France;
That cities, ancient as the monarchy,
Deliver to the foe the rusty keys,
While here in idle and inglorious ease
We lose the precious season of redemption.
Tidings of Orleans' peril reach mine ear,
Hither I sped from distant Normandy,
Thinking, arrayed in panoply of war,
To find the monarch with his marshalled hosts;
And find him—here! begirt with troubadours,
And juggling knaves, engaged in solving riddles,
And planning festivals in Sorel's honor,
As brooded o'er the land profoundest peace!
The Constable hath gone; he will not brook
Longer the spectacle of shame. I, too,
Depart, and leave him to his evil fate.

DUCHATEL
Here comes the king.

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