Guendolen monologue (Act 4) — Locrine: A Tragedy

Ay! And thou, my holy-hearted lord,—the same Whose hand was laid in mine and bound to lie There fast for ever if faith be found on earth— If truth be true, and shame not wholly die— Hast thou not made thy mockery and thy mirth, Thy laughter and thy scorn, of shame? But we, Thy wife by wedlock, and thy son by birth, Who have no part in spirit and soul with thee, Will bear no part in kingdom nor in life With one who hath put to shame his child and me. Thy true-born son, and I that was thy wife, Will see thee dead or perish. Call thy men About thee; bid them gird their loins for strife More dire than theirs who storm the wild wolf’s den; For if thou dare not slay us here today Thou art dead.