WALLENSTEIN.
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And hurries to preserve his wares. As light
As the free bird from the hospitable twig
Where it had nested, he flies off from me:
No human tie is snapp'd betwixt us two.
Yea, he deserves to find himself deceiv'd,
Who seeks a heart in the unthinking man.
Like shadows on a stream, the forms of life
Impress their characters on the smooth forehead,
Nought sinks into the bosom's silent depth:
Quick sensibility of pain and pleasure
Moves the light fluids lightly; but no soul
Warmeth the inner frame.
As the free bird from the hospitable twig
Where it had nested, he flies off from me:
No human tie is snapp'd betwixt us two.
Yea, he deserves to find himself deceiv'd,
Who seeks a heart in the unthinking man.
Like shadows on a stream, the forms of life
Impress their characters on the smooth forehead,
Nought sinks into the bosom's silent depth:
Quick sensibility of pain and pleasure
Moves the light fluids lightly; but no soul
Warmeth the inner frame.
TERTSKY.
Yet, would I rather
Trust the smooth brow than that deep furrow'd one.
Yet, would I rather
Trust the smooth brow than that deep furrow'd one.
SCENE VIII.
WALLENSTEIN. TERTSKY. ILLO.
(who enters agitated with rage.)
(who enters agitated with rage.)
ILLO.
Treason and mutiny!
Treason and mutiny!
TERTSKY.
And what further now?
And what further now?
ILLO.
Tiefenbach's soldiers, when I gave the orders
To go off guard—Mutinous villains!
Tiefenbach's soldiers, when I gave the orders
To go off guard—Mutinous villains!
TERTSKY.
Well?
Well?
WALLENSTEIN.
What follow'd?
What follow'd?
ILLO.
They refus'd obedience to them.
They refus'd obedience to them.
TERTSKY.
