 I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness. So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news ; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses, and who wins ; who's in, who's out...  The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ... - Page 380by William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829Full view - About this book
 | Piotr Sadowski - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 327 pages
...ambitions related to the now discarded persona and stoically indifferent to the affairs of this world: So we'll live And pray, and sing, and tell old tales,...loses and who wins, who's in, who's out — And take upon's the mystery of things As if we were God's spies. (5.3.11-17) The inner calm insulates Lear psychologically... | |
 | Maynard Mack - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 126 pages
...alone will sing like birds i' th' cage: When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and...loses and who wins, who's in, who's out: And take upon 's the mystery of things As if we were God's spies. They will be in the world, but not of it. On this... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 896 pages
...alone will sing like birds i'th'cage; When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down And ask of thee forgiveness. So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and...loses and who wins, who's in, who's out And take upon 's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies; and we'll wear out, In a walled prison, packs... | |
 | Kathleen Riley - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 380 pages
...alone will sing like birds i'the cage; When thou dost ask me blessing I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness; so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and...and who wins, who's in, who's out - '' And take upon ' s the mystery of things As if we were God's spies; and we'll wear out, In a wall'd prison, packs... | |
 | Irving Ribner - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 224 pages
...alone will sing like birds i' the cage: When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down And ask of thee forgiveness : so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and...loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; And take upon's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies : and we'll wear out, In a wall'd prison, packs... | |
 | Jeanine Grenberg - History - 2005 - 269 pages
...will sing like birds i' th' cage; / When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down / And ask of thee forgiveness; so we'll live / And pray, and sing, and...loses and who wins; who's in, who's out — / And take upon's the mystery of things / As if we were God's spies; and we'll wear out /In a wall'd prison packs... | |
 | Theodore L. Gross - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 234 pages
...who knew the truth and pleaded with the public and the courts to justify us, will set about like Lear and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies,...loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; And take upon's the mystery of things."7 The mystery, in this case, is the music, the drama, the dance. So long... | |
 | Martin Lings - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 224 pages
...will sing like birds i' the cage: When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and...loses and who wins; who's in, who's out, And take upon's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies; and we'll wear out: In a wall'd prison, packs... | |
 | Carol Hoare - Education - 2006 - 600 pages
...will sing like birds i' the cage: When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and...loses and who wins; who's in, who's out, And take upon's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies. (King Lear, V, iii) Being able to identify... | |
 | William Henry Thorne - 1902
...not the first Who with best meaning have incurred the worst," And so, "Come, let's away to prison: we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales,...loses and who wins, who's in, who's out; — And take upon's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies; and we'll wear out In a wall'd prison packs... | |
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