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Timon of Athens

Act V, Scene 3

The woods. Timon's cave, and a rude tomb seen.
 
[Enter a Soldier, seeking TIMON]
 
SOLDIER
          ,         ,         ,            ,         ,
      By all | descrip|tion this | should be | the place.
              ,      ,             ,         ,         ,
      Who's^here?| Speak ho*.| No ans|wer? What | is this?
       ,           ,          ,           ,             ,
      Timon | is dead,| who hath | outstretched | his span,
             ,        T     T     T         2      ,       ,
      Some^beast | reared this; there | does not live | a man.
        T    T    .    T          ,             ,          ,
      Dead sure, and this | his grave,| what's on | this tomb,
       2    ,      ,           ,   2            ,          ,
      I cannot | read: the | character | I'll take | with wax,
           ,         ,        ,      ,        ,
      Our cap|tain hath | in eve|ry fig|ure skill;
           ,       ,      ,             ,          ,
      An aged | inter|preter,| though young | in days:
          ,      ,    ,                   ,         ,
      Before | proud Ath/ens he's | set down | by this,
               ,          ,        ,       ,       ,
      Whose* fall | the mark | of his | ambit|ion is.
 
[Exit]

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