Det er et Gode og vil altid blive,
At fødes i en Slægt, som kan os give,
Blot ved sit Navn, paa Vuggen Hæders-Baand.
Vort sande Værd dog kaldes først tillive
I Kampen under hiin useete Haand,
Der mægter Alt at tage, Alt at give!
Vi selv kun kan vort Adels-Brev os skrive,
Og stemple det ved Hjerte og ved Aand.
Bag Armods Dragt tidt Konge-Hjertet banker,
Mens Herskeren fik ikkun Trællens Tanker.
(Mulatten, Act III, Ottende Scene , )
It is a boon and so will always be
To have been born into a family
That gives us through its name a good head’s start.
Our true worth though can but awakened be
When fighting ’neath that unseen hand apart
That all can take and all can give. Then we
Write our own patent of nobility
And seal it with our spirit and our heart.
‘Neath tattered rags a king’s heart often beats,
The thought of thralldom though no ruler greets.
(The Mulatto, Act III, Scene 8)
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