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Timon of Athens

Act IV, Scene 1

Without the walls of Athens.
 
TIMON
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      Let me | look back | upon | thee. O | thou wall
             ,        ,            ,       ,             ,
      That gird|lest in | those^wolves,| dive in | the earth,
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      And fence not Ath|ens. Mat|rons, turn | incont||inent,  ????
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      Obed|ience fail | in child|ren: slaves | and fools
        T    .    T     T        ,        ,          ,
      Pluck the grave wrink|led sen|ate from | the bench,
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      And min|ister in | their steads,| to gene|ral filths.
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      Convert | of the inst|ant green | virgin|ity,
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      Do it in | your par|ents' eyes.| Bankrupts,^|hold^fast  ??
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      Rather | than rend|er back;| out with | your knives,
           ,           ,           ,             ,           ,
      And cut | your trust|ers' throats.| Bound^serv|ants, steal,
        T     Tx    T                ,    ,        ,
      Large-handed rob|bers your / grave mast|ers are,
            ,        ,      ,             ,         ,
      And pill | by law.| Maid, to | thy mast|er's bed,
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      Thy mist|ress is | of the broth|el. Son | of sixteen,
        T    .    T      T                 ,    ,        ,
      Pluck the lined crutch | from thy / old limp|ing sire,
         Tx      T   T           ,      ,            ,
      With it, beat out | his brains.| Piety,| and fear,
         ,                  ,     ,      ,         ,
      Relig|ion to the // gods, peace, just|ice, truth,
         ,       ,      T     T    .    T        ,
      Domes|tic awe,| night-rest, and neigh|borhood,
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      Instruc|tion, man|ners, mys|teries,| and trades,
          ,        ,      ,     ,              ,
      Degrees,| observ|ances,| customs,| and laws,
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      Decline | to your | confound|ing con|traries.
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      And yet | confu|sion live:| Plagues incident to men,  ????
            ,       ,       ,         ,         ,
      Your pot|ent and | infec|tious fev|ers, heap
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      On Ath|ens ripe | for stroke.| Thou cold | sciat||ica,
         x           ,   2       ,            ,           ,
      Cripple | our sen|ators, that | their limbs | may halt
           ,      ,          ,          ,          ,
      As lame|ly as | their man|ners. Lust, and liberty  ????
        ,              ,          ,        ,         ,
      Creep in | the minds | and mar|rows of | our youth,
               ,            ,         ,        ,            ,
      That 'gainst | the stream | of vir|tue they | may* strive,
            ,            ,         ,       ,         ,
      And drown | themselves | in ri|ot. Itch|es, blains,
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      Sow all / the Ath|enian | bosoms,| and their crop
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      Be gene|ral lep|rosy:| breath, infect breath,
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      At their | soci|ety (as | their friend|ship) may
           ,      ,         ,     2       ,           ,
      Be mere|ly pois|on. Noth|ing I'll bear | from thee
           ,      ,      ,      ,          ,
      But nak|edness,| thou de|testab|le town,
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      Take thou | that^too,| with mul|tiply|ing bans:
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      Timon | will to | the woods,| where he | shall find
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      The unkind|est beast,| more* kind|er than / mankind.
            ,         ,       ,    2        T    T   T
      The gods | confound |(hear me you | good gods all)
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      The Athen|ians both | within | and out | that wall:
            ,         ,       ,           ,          ,
      And grant | as Tim|on grows,| his hate | may grow
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      To the / whole race | of man|kind, high and low.
        ,
      Amen.  \\
 
[Exit]

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