...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 laugh At gilded...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...

...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 At gilded...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. They will be in the world, but not...

...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 / At...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 wall'd...

...who knew the truth and pleaded with the public and the courts to justify us, will set about like Lear and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies,...them, too Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; And take upon's the mystery of things."7 The mystery, in this case, is the music, the drama, the dance....

...I'll kneel down And ask of thee forgiveness. So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old talcs, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues...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,...

...th' cage; When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down And ask 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 (Act 5.3.8-18). Lear is going to prison, and yet he imagines it will be a house of beauty where he...

...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 At gilded...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 wall'd prison,...

...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 At gilded...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. (King Lear, V, iii) Being able to...

...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 At gilded...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,...

..."voyeurs." Again, be these *Jay Halio suggests a parallel with Lear, 5.3.1 1-15: So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded...Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, A Nay. who senses covert watching (and mockery?) in this proposed observation of the populace by their...