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First Part of
King Henry the Fourth
ACT V SCENE IV
Plain near Shrewsbury. Prince Henry, Hotspur, Falstaff
after Hyacinthe Rigaud
Engraved by Thomas Ryder
| HOTSPUR O, Harry, thou hast robb'd me of my youth! I better brook the loss of brittle life Than those proud titles thou hast won of me; They wound my thoughts worse than sword my flesh: But thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool; |
And time, that takes survey of all the world, Must have a stop. O, I could prophesy, But that the earthy and cold hand of death Lies on my tongue: no, Percy, thou art dust And food for-- Dies |