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Thou'rt bent to have it; I cannot gainsay thee. MARINA. Yet one request, my dearest, best of fathers, I pray you grant me! MEISCHEK. Name thy wish, my child. MARINA. Shall I remain shut up at Sambor with The fires of boundless longing in my breast? Beyond the Dnieper will my die be cast, While boundless space divides me from the spot; Can I endure it?
Oh, the impatient spirit Will lie upon the rack of expectation And measure out this monstrous length of space With groans and anxious throbbings of the heart. MEISCHEK. What dost thou wish? What is it thou wouldst have? MARINA. Let me abide the issue in Kioff! There I can gather tidings at their source. There on the frontier of both kingdoms MEISCHEK. Thy spirit's over-bold. Restrain it, child!
He with taunts Chafed me, and in the blindness of his rage Forgot himself so wholly as to strike me. Thus savagely provoked, I drew my sword; He, blind with fury, rushed upon the blade, And perished there by my unwitting hand. MEISCHEK. Yes, it was even so. DEMETRIUS. Mine was the worst mischance!
MARINA. Kioff belonged not to our native land; There the Varegers ruled in days of yore. I have the ancient chronicles by heart; 'Twas from the Russian empire wrenched by force. I will restore it to its former crown. MEISCHEK. Hush, hush! The Waywode must not hear such talk. They're breaking up. A Greek convent in a bleak district near the sea Belozero.
KORELA. Who ever could have dreamed, that he alone Would hold his ground against the assembled Diet? MEISCHEK. The king! the king! KING. Let me embrace you, prince! At length the high republic does you justice; My heart has done so long, and many a day. Your fate doth move me deeply, as, indeed, What monarch's heart but must be moved by it?
My dear father, dost thou rue thy goodness? Who with the meaner prize can live content, When o'er his head the noblest courts his grasp? MEISCHEK. Thy sisters wear no crowns, yet they are happy. MARINA. What happiness is that to leave the home Of the Waywode, my father, for the house Of some count palatine, a grateful bride? What do I gain of new from such a change?
MARINA. Yes, thou dost yield, thou'lt take me with thee, then? MEISCHEK. Thou rulest me. Must I not do thy will? MARINA. My own dear father, when I am Moscow's queen Kioff, you know, must be our boundary. Kioff must then be mine, and thou shalt rule it. MEISCHEK. Thou dreamest, girl! Already the great Moscow Is for thy soul too narrow; thou, to grasp Domains, wilt strip them from thy native land.
MEISCHEK. When winds are wild the steersman backs his helm, And makes for port with all the speed he may. KING. The Diet is dissolved. Although I wished, I could not break the treaty with the Czar. But you have powerful friends; and if the Pole, At his own risk, take arms on your behalf, Or if the Cossack choose to venture war, They are free men, I cannot say them nay.
Do you all swear you will be true to me? ALL. All, all we swear! Exeunt omnes but MARINA. Enter MEISCHEK. MARINA. Wherefore so sad, when fortune smiles on us, When every step thrives to our utmost wish, And all around are arming in our cause? MEISCHEK. 'Tis even because of this, my child! All, all Is staked upon the cast. Thy father's means Are in these warlike preparations swamped.
Amidst violent tumult and clashing of arms, the hall is emptied of all but DEMETRIUS, MEISCHEK, ODOWALSKY, and the Hetman of the Cossacks. ODOWALSKY. That point miscarried, Yet shall you not lack aid because of this: If the republic holds the peace with Moscow, At our own charges we shall push your claims.
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