Wagner's Tristan and Isolde . scene ij TKISTAN AND ISOLDE [act n Of torch and of candle, That night may come down on us; Beckoning yonder, Already her silence Swathes hedge and house; Already she fills the heart Full with delight. O put the light out — Quench the last fleeing ray, Let in my loved one! BRANGANA Quench not the warning flame!Of peril it warns thee!Woe! Woe!Ah, poor me!O that unholy drink!I, but unfaithful once,Merely thy servant;O had I, deaf and blind,Foolish, obeyed thee —Death had it been to thee,And thy dishonour —Shame and all sorrow —I, I, confess it.[6. actiiJ TRISTAN AND

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Wagner's Tristan and Isolde . scene ij TKISTAN AND ISOLDE [act n Of torch and of candle, That night may come down on us; Beckoning yonder, Already her silence Swathes hedge and house; Already she fills the heart Full with delight. O put the light out — Quench the last fleeing ray, Let in my loved one! BRANGANA Quench not the warning flame!Of peril it warns thee!Woe! Woe!Ah, poor me!O that unholy drink!I, but unfaithful once,Merely thy servant;O had I, deaf and blind,Foolish, obeyed thee —Death had it been to thee,And thy dishonour —Shame and all sorrow —I, I, confess it.[6. actiiJ TRISTAN AND ISOLDE [scene i ISOLDE Thou, thou, then did it!O foolish girl!Dost thou not knowThe goddess called — Love?Of her power knowest nothing ?Of brave spirits the queen,And ruler of all things;Death and Life are her servants,Pleasure and pain,Weaving all evilInto all love; Deaths work I dared to do;The Goddess of LoveHas stolen my power —The love-and-death-doomed onesShe took as her pledge,Doing her own work,With her ow

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