His feeling jor Nature 
It will be remembered, also, how touch- 
ingly the same comparison appears in the 
scene wherein Cordelia and Lear are led 
off the stage guarded. When she asks 
het father,“ Shall. we . not: \ see these 
daughters and these sisters?” Lear im- 
patiently answers, 
No, no, no, no. Come, let’s away to prison : 
We two alone will sing like birds i? the cage ; 
When thou dost ask me the blessing, I’ll kneel down 
And ask of thee forgiveness : so we’ll live, 
And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and Jaugh 
At gilded butterflies, . . . 
And take upon’s the mystery of things.! 
_ Shakespeare’s feeling for Nature and love 
of outdoor life are nowhere more fully and 
admirably expressed than in his delightful 
Blay of 40 You Like It, .Pervaded by the 
very breath of the country and the charms 
of rural life and sylvan peace, the chief 
scenes of this drama are laid in a landscape 
that was doubtless based on recollections 
of his youthful home, and he appropriately 
1 King Lear, V. iii. 8. 
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