SCENE II. A field between the two camps. King Lear  Shakespeare homepage  |  King Lear  | Act 5, Scene 2 

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

 Enter EDGAR and GLOUCESTER  EDGAR  Here, 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. 

 GLOUCESTER  Grace go with you, sir! 



 Exit EDGAR 

 Alarum and retreat within. Re-enter EDGAR  EDGAR  Away, old man; give me thy hand; away! 

 King Lear hath lost, he and his daughter ta'en: 

 Give me thy hand; come on. 

 GLOUCESTER  No farther, sir; a man may rot even here. 

 EDGAR  What, in ill thoughts again? Men must endure 

 Their going hence, even as their coming hither; 

 Ripeness is all: come on. 

 GLOUCESTER  And that's true too. 



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