第 8 节
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不落的滑翔翼 更新:2024-04-07 11:53 字数:9319
this molehill will I sit me down。 To whom God will; there be the victory!
For Margaret my queen; and Clifford too; Have chid me from the battle;
swearing both They prosper best of all when I am thence。 Would I were
dead; if God's good will were so! For what is in this world but grief and
woe? O God! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely
swain; To sit upon a hill; as I do now; To carve out dials quaintly; point by
point; Thereby to see the minutes how they run… How many makes the
hour full complete; How many hours brings about the day; How many
days will finish up the year; How many years a mortal man may live。
When this is known; then to divide the times… So many hours must I tend
my flock; So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I
contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself; So many days my ewes
have been with young; So many weeks ere the poor fools will can; So
many years ere I shall shear the fleece: So minutes; hours; days; months;
and years; Pass'd over to the end they were created; Would bring white
hairs unto a quiet grave。 Ah; what a life were this! how sweet! how lovely!
Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds looking on
their silly sheep; Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy To kings that fear
their subjects' treachery? O yes; it doth; a thousand…fold it doth。 And to
conclude: the shepherd's homely curds; His cold thin drink out of his
leather bottle; His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade; All which
secure and sweetly he enjoys; Is far beyond a prince's delicates… His viands
sparkling in a golden cup; His body couched in a curious bed; When care;
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mistrust; and treason waits on him。
Alarum。 Enter a son that hath kill'd his Father; at one door; and a
FATHER that hath kill'd his Son; at another door
SON。 Ill blows the wind that profits nobody。 This man whom hand to
hand I slew in fight May be possessed with some store of crowns; And I;
that haply take them from him now; May yet ere night yield both my life
and them To some man else; as this dead man doth me。 Who's this? O God!
It is my father's face; Whom in this conflict I unwares have kill'd。 O heavy
times; begetting such events! From London by the King was I press'd forth;
My father; being the Earl of Warwick's man; Came on the part of York;
press'd by his master; And I; who at his hands receiv'd my life; Have by
my hands of life bereaved him。 Pardon me; God; I knew not what I did。
And pardon; father; for I knew not thee。 My tears shall wipe away these
bloody marks; And no more words till they have flow'd their fill。 KING
HENRY。 O piteous spectacle! O bloody times! Whiles lions war and battle
for their dens; Poor harmless lambs abide their enmity。 Weep; wretched
man; I'll aid thee tear for tear; And let our hearts and eyes; like civil war;
Be blind with tears and break o'ercharg'd with grief。
Enter FATHER; bearing of his SON
FATHER。 Thou that so stoutly hath resisted me; Give me thy gold; if
thou hast any gold; For I have bought it with an hundred blows。 But let me
see。 Is this our foeman's face? Ah; no; no; no; no; it is mine only son! Ah;
boy; if any life be left in thee; Throw up thine eye! See; see what show'rs
arise; Blown with the windy tempest of my heart Upon thy wounds; that
kills mine eye and heart! O; pity; God; this miserable age! What
stratagems; how fell; how butcherly; Erroneous; mutinous; and unnatural;
This deadly quarrel daily doth beget! O boy; thy father gave thee life too
soon; And hath bereft thee of thy life too late! KING HENRY。 Woe above
woe! grief more than common grief! O that my death would stay these
ruthful deeds! O pity; pity; gentle heaven; pity! The red rose and the white
are on his face; The fatal colours of our striving houses: The one his purple
blood right well resembles; The other his pale cheeks; methinks;
presenteth。 Wither one rose; and let the other flourish! If you contend; a
thousand lives must perish。 SON。 How will my mother for a father's death
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Take on with me; and ne'er be satisfied! FATHER。 How will my wife for
slaughter of my son Shed seas of tears; and ne'er be satisfied! KING
HENRY。 How will the country for these woeful chances Misthink the
King; and not be satisfied! SON。 Was ever son so rued a father's death?
FATHER。 Was ever father so bemoan'd his son? KING HENRY。 Was ever
king so griev'd for subjects' woe? Much is your sorrow; mine ten times so
much。 SON。 I'll bear thee hence; where I may weep my fill。 Exit with the
body FATHER。 These arms of mine shall be thy winding…sheet; My heart;
sweet boy; shall be thy sepulchre; For from my heart thine image ne'er
shall go; My sighing breast shall be thy funeral bell; And so obsequious
will thy father be; Even for the loss of thee; having no more; As Priam was
for all his valiant sons。 I'll bear thee hence; and let them fight that will; For
I have murdered where I should not kill。 Exit with the body KING
HENRY。 Sad…hearted men; much overgone with care; Here sits a king
more woeful than you are。
Alarums; excursions。 Enter QUEEN MARGARET; PRINCE OF
WALES; and EXETER
PRINCE OF WALES。 Fly; father; fly; for all your friends are fled;
And Warwick rages like a chafed bull。 Away! for death doth hold us in
pursuit。 QUEEN MARGARET。 Mount you; my lord; towards Berwick
post amain。 Edward and Richard; like a brace of greyhounds Having the
fearful flying hare in sight; With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath; And
bloody steel grasp'd in their ireful hands; Are at our backs; and therefore
hence amain。 EXETER。 Away! for vengeance comes along with them。
Nay; stay not to expostulate; make speed; Or else come after。 I'll away
before。 KING HENRY。 Nay; take me with thee; good sweet Exeter。 Not
that I fear to stay; but love to go Whither the Queen intends。 Forward;
away! Exeunt
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SCENE VI。 Another part of the field
A loud alarum。 Enter CLIFFORD; wounded
CLIFFORD。 Here burns my candle out; ay; here it dies; Which;
whiles it lasted; gave King Henry light。 O Lancaster; I fear thy overthrow
More than my body's parting with my soul! My love and fear glu'd many
friends to thee; And; now I fall; thy tough commixture melts; Impairing
Henry; strength'ning misproud York。 The common people swarm like
summer flies; And whither fly the gnats but to the sun? And who shines
now but Henry's enemies? O Phoebus; hadst thou never given consent
That Phaethon should check thy fiery steeds; Thy burning car never had
scorch'd the earth! And; Henry; hadst thou sway'd as kings should do; Or
as thy father and his father did; Giving no ground unto the house of York;
They never then had sprung like summer flies; I and ten thousand in this
luckless realm Had left no mourning widows for our death; And thou this
day hadst kept thy chair in peace。 For what doth cherish weeds but gentle
air? And what makes robbers bold but too much lenity? Bootless are
plaints; and cureless are my wounds。 No way to fly; nor strength to hold
out flight。 The foe is merciless and will not pity; For at their hands I have
deserv'd no pity。 The air hath got into my deadly wounds; And much
effuse of blood doth make me faint。 Come; York and Richard; Warwick
and the rest; I stabb'd your fathers' bosoms: split my breast。 'He faints'
Alarum and retreat。 Enter EDWARD; GEORGE; RICHARD
MONTAGUE; WARWICK; and soldiers
EDWARD。 Now breathe we; lords。 Good fortune bids us pause And
smooth the frowns of war with peaceful looks。 Some troops pursue the
bloody…minded Queen That led calm Henry; though he were a king; As
doth a