Behind a veil, unseen yet present,
I was the forceful soul that moved this mighty body.

— Jean Racine Britannicus (1669)

Derrière un voile, invisible et présente,
J'étais de ce grand corps l'âme toute-puissante.

Original text (French)

Notes from Wikiquote

Agrippine, Britannicus, (1669), act I, scene I.

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