_Wallenstein._ It is his evil genius and mine. 245 Our evil genius! It chastises him Through me, the instrument of his ambition; And I expect no less, than that Revenge E'en now is whetting for my breast the poniard. Who sows the serpent's teeth, let him not hope 250 To reap a joyous harvest. Every crime Has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart. He can no longer trust me--Then no longer 255 Can I retreat--so come that which must come.-- Still destiny preserves its due relations, The heart within us is its absolute Vicegerent. [_To TERTSKY._ Go, conduct you Gustave Wrangel To my state-cabinet. Myself will speak to 260 The couriers.--And dispatch immediately A servant for Octavio Piccolomini. [_To the COUNTESS._ No exultation--woman, triumph not! For jealous are the Powers of Destiny. Joy premature, and shouts ere victory, 265 Incroach upon their rights and privileges. We sow the seed, and they the growth determine. [_While he is making his exit the curtain drops._ FOOTNOTES: [701:1] Could I have hazarded such a Germanism as the use of the word 'after-world' for _posterity_, 'Es spreche Welt und _Nachwelt_ meinen Nahmen' might have been rendered with more literal fidelity: 'Let world and after-world speak out my name,' &c. 1800, 1828, 1829. [701:2] I have not ventured to affront the fastidious delicacy of our age with a literal translation of this line: 'werth Die Eingeweide schaudernd aufzuregen.' 1800, 1828, 1829. LINENOTES: [12] _will not . . . must_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [26] _Countess (hastily)._ 1800, 1828, 1829. [Before 31] _Countess (laughs)._ 1800, 1828, 1829. [78] _Wallenstein (in extreme agitation)._ 1800, 1828, 1829. [Before 88] _Wallenstein (starts up in violent agitation)._ 1800, 1828, 1829. [90] _As I_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [110] _were_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [118] _Duke_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [137] _thee_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [149] Hath] Has 1800, 1828, 1829. [157] _needed_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [163] _him_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [187] _thou_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [189] _they_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [209] _For him_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [211] _Against him_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [220] and opportunity] and th' opportunity 1800, 1828, 1829. [After 242] _Wallenstein (during this last speech walks up and down with inward struggles, labouring with passions; stops suddenly, stands still, then, &c._ 1800, 1828, 1829. [245] _his . . . mine_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [246] _him_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [249] _my_ 1800, 1828, 1829. [After 262] [_To the COUNTESS, who cannot conceal her triumph._ 1800, 1828, 1829. ACT V SCENE I SCENE--_As in the preceding Act._ _WALLENSTEIN, OCTAVIO PICCOLOMINI._