King Lear by William Shakespeare
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page 151 of 204 (74%)
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Edg. You are much deceiv'd: in nothing am I chang'd But in my garments. Glou. Methinks you're better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place:--stand still.--How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles: half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire--dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock; her cock a buoy Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge That on the unnumber'd idle pebble chafes Cannot be heard so high.--I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. Glou. Set me where you stand. Edg. Give me your hand:--you are now within a foot Of th' extreme verge: for all beneath the moon |
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