King Edward III by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
page 47 of 128 (36%)
page 47 of 128 (36%)
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KING EDWARD. I see the boy; oh, how his mother's face, Modeled in his, corrects my strayed desire, And rates my heart, and chides my thievish eye, Who, being rich enough in seeing her, Yet seeks elsewhere: and basest theft is that Which cannot cloak it self on poverty.-- Now, boy, what news? PRINCE EDWARD. I have assembled, my dear Lord and father, The choicest buds of all our English blood For our affairs in France; and here we come To take direction from your majesty. KING EDWARD. Still do I see in him delineate His mother's visage; those his eyes are hers, Who, looking wistely on me, make me blush: For faults against themselves give evidence; Lust is fire, and men like lanthornes show Light lust within them selves, even through them selves. Away, loose silks of wavering vanity! Shall the large limit of fair Brittain By me be overthrown, and shall I not Master this little mansion of my self? Give me an Armor of eternal steel! I go to conquer kings; and shall I not then Subdue my self? and be my enemy's friend? |
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