 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;...  King Lear - Page 95by William Shakespeare - 1875 - 200 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Ford Davies - Drama - 2003 - 224 pages
...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, and laugh...butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news. Lear's vision of prison is clearly unrealistic. How unbalanced is he still? The lack of dynamic in... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Hunter Drohojowska-Philp - Art - 2004 - 696 pages
...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, and...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; And take upon's the mystery... | |
 | Erica Fudge - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 264 pages
...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 and laugh...butterflies, and hear poor rogues 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... | |
 | Piotr Sadowski - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 336 pages
...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, and laugh...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 — And take upon's the mystery... | |
 | Kim Paffenroth - Religion - 2004 - 188 pages
...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, and...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 — And take upon 's the mystery... | |
 | R. Clifton Spargo - History - 2004 - 338 pages
...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, and...butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news. . . . (5.3.8-14) Ending his speech confident that in a "walled prison" he and Cordelia can outlast... | |
 | Jason Hepple, Laura Sutton - Medical - 2004 - 252 pages
...i'the cage; When thou dost ask me blessing. I'll 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. 1King Lear. 5.3.81 Kahn reflects on this that 'parent and child are equal. the gestures of deference... | |
 | Deanne Williams - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 308 pages
...an elegant little court that contrasts sharply against the brutality of Edmund's forces: "So we'll live / And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh / At gilded butterflies" (5.3.11-13). The death of Cordelia, despised, beloved, instructive, seems finally to bid farewell to... | |
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