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...of stones! Had I your tongues and eyes, I would use them so That heaven's vault should crack. She's gone for ever. I know when one is dead and when one lives. I00 She's dead as earth. [He lays her down] Lend me a looking-glass," If that her breath will mist...

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...men of stones: Had I your tongues and eyes, I'd use them so That heaven's vault should crack. She's gone for ever. I know when one is dead, and when one lives; She's dead as earth. Lend me a looking glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why then, she lives. Kent: Is this...

...men of stones. Had I your tongues and eyes, I'd use them so, That heaven's vault should crack. She's gone for ever. I know when one is dead and when one lives. She's dead as earth. [He lays her down.] Lend me a looking-glass;1 If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why...

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...your tongues and eyes, I'd use them so// That heaven's vault should crack. She's gone for ever// 1 know when one is dead, and when one lives;// She's dead as earth. Lend me a looking-glass;// If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,// Why, then she live." (V, iii, 256-262)...

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...and "additions" until he is left, at the close, with the bare roots, Anglo-Saxon and monosyllabic: "I know when one is dead and when one lives; / She's dead as earth." As for Lear's last desolate cry: IVIiy should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, And thou no breath at...