 | Margaret W. Ferguson, Maureen Quilligan, Nancy Vickers - 1986 - 464 pages
...the nerve and bone of Lear's shame at being reduced to an impotence he considers womanish: You see me here, you Gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both! If it be you that stirs these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely; touch me... | |
 | William R. Elton - 1980 - 388 pages
...god ill-starred, Of Zeus the enemy, hated of all (pp. 30o-301 ) somewhat as Lear complains, You see me here, you Gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both! (1I.^.274-275) and later, "here I stand, your slave, / A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1990 - 324 pages
...warm. Whereas true need - [He breaks of f] Heavens, give me patience, the patience l require! You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, as full of grief as l am of age; wretched in both respects! lf you are responsible for turning these daughters' hearts... | |
 | Hyman L. Muslin - 1992 - 244 pages
...everything. (Act II, sc. VII, 1, 158-164) And Lear, crying out against old age and disloyal children: You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both, If it be you that stir these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely; touch me... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - 1992 - 456 pages
...sympathy. He hopes still that the gods may love old men— though they have given no sign of it. You see me here, you Gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age . . . ( 2 74-2 75 ). For the first time he suspects these Gods may be against him, and he himself bids... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1994 - 176 pages
...scarcely keeps thee warm. But for true need — You heavens, give me patience — patience I need! You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much 270 To bear it tamely; touch... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1994 - 160 pages
...You heavens, give me that patience, patience I need. You see me here, you gods, a poor old fellow, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so mutfh 245 To bear it tamely. Touch... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pages
...nature needs not what thou gorgeous wear'st, Which scarcely keeps thee warm. But, for true need You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely; touch me... | |
 | R. B. Parker, Sheldon P. Zitner - 1996 - 340 pages
...driven to realize more fully when both Regan and Goneril join to strip him of his retainers: You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. (2.4.272-73) If Lear in his natural body is "a poor old man," at the same time he remains the king,... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - 1997 - 380 pages
...keeps thee warm. But, for true need — You heavens, give me that patience, patience I need! You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely; touch me... | |
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