 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;...  Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale - Page 199by William Shakespeare - 1872 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 312 pages
...the cage. When thou dost ask me blessing, I "11 kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness : so we '11 live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and...butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news ; and we '11 talk with them too, — Who loses, and who wins ; who 's in, who 's out ; — And take upon... | |
 | Catherine M. S. Alexander - 488 pages
...court news; and we'll talk with them too, Who 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 and sects of great ones That ebb and flow by th' moon . . . (King Lear, v, i, 8-19)... | |
 | Rowan Williams - Religion - 2003 - 160 pages
...intrigue and ambition; they will see the truth, living in repeated reconciliation with each other. 'We'll live, / And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh / At gilded butterflies.'' It is a poignant picture of undramatic life, and it will instantly be broken by 7 William Shakespeare.... | |
 | Susan Finney - Education - 2003 - 132 pages
...Frances Cordelia, my beautiful first grandchild, who was wise enough to choose the perfect parents. And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh at gilded butterflies. — King Lear Scholastic Inc. grants teachers the right to photocopy the reproducibles from this book... | |
 | Stanley Cavell - Drama - 2003 - 276 pages
...scene. Now, at the end, Lear returns her pledge with his lover's song, his invitation to voyage (". . . so we'll live, and pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh"). The fantasy of this speech is as full of detail as a daydream, and it is clearly a happy dream for... | |
 | Kim Paffenroth - Religion - 2004 - 188 pages
...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 tell old tales,...As if we were God's spies; and we'll wear out, In a walled prison, packs and sects of great ones That ebb and flow by th' moon. — 5.3.8-19 Lear has learned... | |
 | Hunter Drohojowska-Philp - Art - 2004 - 696 pages
...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 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 walled prison, packs... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Erica Fudge - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 264 pages
...fate: No, no, no, no. Come, let's away to prison. We two alone will sing like birds i'th' cage. ... so we'll live And pray and sing and tell old tales...Talk of court news, and we'll talk with them too. . . . He that parts us shall bring a brand from heaven And fire us hence like foxes. :3 His bird metaphor... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine - Drama - 2011 - 387 pages
...At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news, and we'll talk with them too — 15 Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out — And...As if we were God's spies. And we'll wear out, In a walled prison, packs and sects of great ones That ebb and flow by th' moon. 20 EDMUND Take them away.... | |
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