 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 Shakspeare - Page 104by William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830Full view - About this book
 | Kim Paffenroth - Religion - 2004 - 188 pages
...singular use of "God" in the play): Come, let's away to prison. We two alone will sing like birds i' th' cage. When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down...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 and... | |
 | Hunter Drohojowska-Philp - Art - 2004 - 696 pages
...king, and wanted O'Keeffe to read Lear's words to Cordelia: We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage: When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down,...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... | |
 | 1984 - 456 pages
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 | Piotr Sadowski - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 336 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... | |
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