Volume 20 / Act 5 — SCENE VI
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Gerardo.
Gerardo (alone, tries to sing). "Isolde! Beloved! Art thou ..." I should think these women might get tired of me some time! But, then, the world holds so many of them! And I am only one. Well, everybody bears his yoke and has to bear it! (Walks to the piano and strikes two thirds.)
SIEGFRIED WAGNER