Scene 2

A field between the two camps.

Name: King Lear - Act 5, Scene 2
Author: William Shakespeare

Alarum within. Enter, with drum and colours, KING LEAR, CORDELIA, and Soldiers, over the stage; and exeunt

Enter EDGAR and GLOUCESTER

EDGARHere, father, take the shadow of this tree
For your good host; pray that the right may thrive:
If ever I return to you again,
I’ll bring you comfort.

GLOUCESTERGrace go with you, sir!

Exit EDGAR

Alarum and retreat within. Re-enter EDGAR

EDGARAway, old man; give me thy hand; away!
King Lear hath lost, he and his daughter ta’en:
Give me thy hand; come on.

GLOUCESTERNo farther, sir; a man may rot even here.

EDGARWhat, in ill thoughts again? Men must endure
Their going hence, even as their coming hither;
Ripeness is all: come on.

GLOUCESTERAnd that’s true too.

Exeunt

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Chicago: William Shakespeare, "Act 5, Scene 2," King Lear in Original Sources, accessed October 11, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L2XGVCWBHM6U5L9.

MLA: Shakespeare, William. "Act 5, Scene 2." King Lear, in , Original Sources. 11 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L2XGVCWBHM6U5L9.

Harvard: Shakespeare, W, 'Act 5, Scene 2' in King Lear. cited in , . Original Sources, retrieved 11 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L2XGVCWBHM6U5L9.