Tuesday, March 1, 2022

THE CLOSING LINES OF KING LEAR BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

King Lear, at the end of Act 5, Scene 3;

the closing lines uttered by the Duke of Albany:


The weight of this sad time we must obey, 

Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.

The oldest hath borne most, we that are young

Shall never see so much nor live so long.

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