Gentleman Monologue from King Lear

From King Lear by William Shakespeare

male · anguished · 1:01 min

One minded like the weather, most unquietly. (KENT: I know you. Where’s the King?) Contending with the fretful elements; Bids the wind blow the earth into the sea, Or swell the curled waters ’bove the main, That things might change or cease; tears his white hair, Which the impetuous blasts with eyeless rage, Catch in their fury and make nothing of; Strives in his little world of man to outscorn The to-and-fro-conflicting wind and rain. This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch, The lion and the belly-pinched wolf Keep their fur dry, unbonneted he runs, And bids what will take all. (KENT: But who is with him?) None but the fool, who labours to out-jest His heart-struck injuries.

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