...through 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...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...

...their incarceration will pass: 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 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...

...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...

...singer reminded them of one set of realities, the playwright reminded them of still another truth: We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage: When...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 of 1981 Paul...

...and again they seem simple. Lear is so happy that he still has Cordelia, that nothing else matters. Come, let's away to prison; We two alone will sing...butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news. Lear's vision of prison is clearly unrealistic. How unbalanced is he still? The lack of dynamic in...

...prison. We two alone will sing like birds i'th'cage. When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down I0 And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live, And pray,...and who wins; who's in, who's out — And take upon V the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies; and we'll wear out In a walled prison packs and...

...old man, he identified with the tragic king, and wanted O'Keeffe to read Lear's words to Cordelia: We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage: When...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, packs...

...singular use of "God" in the play): 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 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, packs and...

...ambitions related to the now discarded persona and stoically indifferent to the affairs of this world: So we'll live And pray, and sing, and tell old tales,...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. (5.3.11-17) The inner calm insulates Lear psychologically...

...perfected generosity she must: 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. . . . (5.3.8-14) Ending his speech confident that in a "walled prison" he and Cordelia can outlast...