"In prison hast thou spent a pilgrimage, / And like a hermit overpassed thy days."
— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Work Title
Date
1594
Metaphor
"In prison hast thou spent a pilgrimage, / And like a hermit overpassed thy days."
Metaphor in Context
RICHARD PLANTAGENET
And peace, no war, befall thy parting soul.
In prison hast thou spent a pilgrimage,
And like a hermit overpassed thy days.
Well, I will lock his counsel in my breast,
And what I do imagine, let that rest.
Keepers, convey him hence, and I myself
Will see his burial better than his life.
Exeunt Keepers with Mortimer's body
RiICHARD PLANTAGENET
Here dies the dusky torch of Mortimer,
Choked with ambition of the meaner sort.
And for those wrongs, those bitter injuries,
Which Somerset hath offered to my house,
I doubt not but with honour to redress.
And therefore haste I to the Parliament,
Either to be restorèd to my blood,
Or make mine ill th' advantage of my good.
(II.v.115-29)
And peace, no war, befall thy parting soul.
In prison hast thou spent a pilgrimage,
And like a hermit overpassed thy days.
Well, I will lock his counsel in my breast,
And what I do imagine, let that rest.
Keepers, convey him hence, and I myself
Will see his burial better than his life.
Exeunt Keepers with Mortimer's body
RiICHARD PLANTAGENET
Here dies the dusky torch of Mortimer,
Choked with ambition of the meaner sort.
And for those wrongs, those bitter injuries,
Which Somerset hath offered to my house,
I doubt not but with honour to redress.
And therefore haste I to the Parliament,
Either to be restorèd to my blood,
Or make mine ill th' advantage of my good.
(II.v.115-29)
Categories
Provenance
HDIS; MacDonald's History of the Concept of Mind (272)
Citation
Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works. Oxford Shakespeare. Electronic Edition for the IBM PC. Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, Editor.
Date of Entry
10/09/2003
