MACBETH
ACT. PROLOGUE.
Two truths are toldAs happy prologues to the swelling actOf the imperial theme.
Two truths are toldAs happy prologues to the swelling actOf the imperial theme.
Two truths are toldAs happy prologues to the swelling actOf the imperial theme.
Two truths are told
As happy prologues to the swelling act
Of the imperial theme.
I, 3, 128.
PLAYER. STAGE.
A poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more.
A poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more.
A poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more.
A poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more.
V, 5, 24.
SHOW.
Then yield thee cowardAnd live to be the show and gaze o’ the time.We’ll have thee, as our rarer monsters are,Painted on a pole and underwrit:“Here may you see the tyrant.”
Then yield thee cowardAnd live to be the show and gaze o’ the time.We’ll have thee, as our rarer monsters are,Painted on a pole and underwrit:“Here may you see the tyrant.”
Then yield thee cowardAnd live to be the show and gaze o’ the time.We’ll have thee, as our rarer monsters are,Painted on a pole and underwrit:“Here may you see the tyrant.”
Then yield thee coward
And live to be the show and gaze o’ the time.
We’ll have thee, as our rarer monsters are,
Painted on a pole and underwrit:
“Here may you see the tyrant.”
V, 7, 53.