William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare. 1914.
Act V. Scene II.King Lear
A Field between the two Camps.
Alarum within.Enter, with drum and colours, L
Edg.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.
Glo.Grace go with you, sir![Exit E
Alarum; afterwards a retreat.Re-enter E
Edg.Away, old man! give me thy hand: away!
King Lear hath lost, he and his daughter ta’en.
Give me thy hand; come on.
Glo.No further, sir; a man may rot even here.
Edg.What. in ill thoughts again? Men must endure
Their going hence, even as their coming hither:
Ripeness is all. Come on.
Glo.And that’s true too.[Exeunt.