...ii, 221-6) No, no, no, no! 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...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...

...Cordelia's arrest along with Lear, and his touching - if naive version of how their incarceration will pass: Come, let's away to prison. We two alone will sing...and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies (5.3.8-13) The people around Cora are hopeful of bail, but there is a note of genuine pessimism in...

...denied so long. To the once-scorned Cordelia, Lear uttered a last eloquent cry for prosaic mystery: So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales,...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. ..." Take upon us the mystery...

...prison. Lear says to Cordelia: 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...butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news; . . . (V, iii, 8—14) The reminder, moreover, is anything but accidental: for years Verdi tried to...

...away to prison; We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage. When thou dost ask me blessing Г11 kneel down And ask of thee forgiveness. So we'll live...rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them tooWho loses and who wins, who's in, who's out And take upon's the mystery of things As if we were...

...Thanks to Jacques ljcrthond lbr drawing this passage to my attention in the context of my argument. When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down And...laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk ol court news, and we'll talk with them too Who loses and who wins, who's in, who's out, And take upon...

...the beautiful speech in act 4: Come, let's away to prison: We two alone will sing like birds in the cage: When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down,...old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies . . . and take upon us the mystery of things, as ifwe were God's spies. . . had captivated him. More and more...

...away to prison; We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage. When thou dost ask me blessing Г11 kneel down And ask of thee forgiveness. So we'll live...At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of eourt news; and we'll talk with them tooWho loses and who wins, who's in, who's out And take upon's...

...of a star! Edmund — Lear I.ii Come, let's away to prison: We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage: When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down,...And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh As gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses...

...realities, the playwright reminded them of still another truth: We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage: When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down....— 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.24 EPILOGUE By the planting season...