...god ill-starred, Of Zeus the enemy, hated of all (pp. 30o-301 ) somewhat as Lear complains, You see me here, you Gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both! (1I.^.274-275) and later, "here I stand, your slave, / A poor, infirm, weak,...

...sympathy. He hopes still that the gods may love old men— though they have given no sign of it. You see me here, you Gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age . . . ( 2 74-2 75 ). For the first time he suspects these Gods may be against him, and he himself...

...everything. (Act II, sc. VII, 1, 158-164) And Lear, crying out against old age and disloyal children: You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both, If it be you that stir these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me...

...scarcely keeps thee warm. But for true need — You heavens, give me patience — patience I need! You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me...

...nature needs not what thou gorgeous wear'st, Which scarcely keeps thee warm. But, for true need You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me...

...driven to realize more fully when both Regan and Goneril join to strip him of his retainers: You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. (2.4.272-73) If Lear in his natural body is "a poor old man," at the same time...

...keeps thee warm. But, for true need — You heavens, give me that patience, patience I need! You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me...

...all hollow inside. It is the debilitating selfpity of Shakespeare's King Lear, as he cries, "You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both ... A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man . . . unaccommodated man is no...

...keeps thee warm. But, for true need - 270 You heavens, give me that patience, patience I need. You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me...

...scarcely keeps thee warm. But for true need You heavens, give me that patience, patience I need: You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters' hearts 268 Against their father, fool...