Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd. raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this... The Plays of William Shakespeare - Page 74by William Shakespeare - 1804Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1865 - 362 pages
...Fool.} you houseless poverty,— Nay get thee in. I'll pray, and then I'll sleep—[Fool goes {».] Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1865 - 168 pages
...leave to ponder On things would hurt me more.—But I 'll go in : In, boy; go first.—[JWAeFool.] You houseless poverty— Nay, get thee in. I'll pray,...How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your looped and windowed raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, 1 have ta'en Too little... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1866 - 788 pages
...leave to ponder On things would hurt me more. — But I'll go in. — [To the Foot] In, boy; go first. You houseless poverty, — Nay, get thee in. I'll...raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? 0, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches... | |
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 1867 - 364 pages
...to ponder On things would hurt me more. — But I'll go in: [To the Fool.~\ In, boy ; go first. — You houseless poverty, — Nay, get thee in. I'll...shall your houseless heads, and unfed sides, Your loop d and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little... | |
| Robert Burns - 1866 - 356 pages
...cast my e'e On prospects drear ! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear ! A WINTER NIGHT.* Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...raggedness, defend you, From seasons such as these ? Shakespeare. JHEN biting Boreas, fell and doure, Sharp shivers thro' the leafless bow'r ; When Phoebus... | |
| Henry Lonsdale - 1866 - 310 pages
...wounded. The sculptor may have had King Lear's words in view : — " Poor naked wretches, whosoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,...raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? " The work affords a touching picture of life in the lowest strata of humanity — whether abased... | |
| J. Milton Yinger - Social Science - 1984 - 388 pages
..."Culture of Poverty": Traditional Way of Life or Counterculture? Poor naked wretches, where so e'er you are That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,...raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? King Lear to the Fool, III, iv How indeed? How do the poor defend themselves from seasons such as these,... | |
| William R. Elton - Drama - 1980 - 388 pages
...Lear's initial confident credo. "Poor naked wretches" his great prayer to humanity runs, whereso'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,...these? O! I have ta'en Too little care of this. Take physic, Pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them,... | |
| Richard Halpern - Capitalism and literature - 1991 - 340 pages
...community by learning that there really is in fact a thing called "need": Poor naked wretches, whereso'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,...these? O! I have ta'en Too little care of this. Take physic, Pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them,... | |
| Marvin Rosenberg - Drama - 1992 - 456 pages
...among the poor: he prays for others, finds only fault for himself: Poor naked wretches, whereso'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,...these? O! I have ta'en Too little care of this. Take physic, Pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them,... | |
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