...thee warm.—But, for true need,— You heavens, give me that patience, patience I need!( 40 ) 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...

...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 stir these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much 2 To bear it tamely; touch me...

...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 stir these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely; touch me...

...affirmation that the type still lives in threats that would do credit to Atreus himself. Lear begins: 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...

...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...

...god ill-starred, Of Zeus the enemy, hated of all (pp. 300-30 i) somewhat as Lear complains, You see me here, you Gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both! (II.iv.2 74 -2 75 ) and later, “here I stand, your slave, / A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...will have to be reckoned as cheap provide 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 270 To bear it tamely; touch...