Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

SALADIN.

And when he comes,
Sweet girl, then blush to crimson.

RECHA.

Before whom—
Blush?

SALADIN.

Little hypocrite—or else grow pale,
Just as thou willst and canst. Already there?

SITTAH (to a female slave who comes in).

Well, be they ushered in. Brother, ’tis they.

Saladin, Sittah, Recha, Nathan, and Templar.

SALADIN.