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Pericles Monologue

From Pericles by William Shakespeare

male · inspirational · 1:07 min

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Lord governor, for so we hear you are, Let not our ships and number of our men Be like a beacon fired to amaze your eyes. We have heard your miseries as far as Tyre, And seen the desolation of your streets: Nor come we to add sorrow to your tears, But to relieve them of their heavy load; And these our ships, you happily may think Are like the Trojan horse was stuff’d within With bloody veins, expecting overthrow, Are stored with corn to make your needy bread, And give them life whom hunger starved half dead. (ALL: The gods of Greece protect you! And we’ll pray for you.) Arise, I pray you, rise: We do not look for reverence, but for love, And harbourage for ourself, our ships and men.

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Pericles addresses the governor of a besieged city, offering aid and support to alleviate the suffering of its people.

30s · hope · redemption · suffering · relief · community

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