:04:02
A stone is soft as wax,
tribunes more hard than stones.
:04:07
A stone is silent and offendeth not,
:04:10
and tribunes with their tongues
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doom men to death.
:04:20
But wherefore stand'st thou
with thy weapon drawn?
:04:22
To rescue my two brothers
from their death.
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For which attempt,
the judges have pronounced
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my everlasting doom of banishment.
:04:33
Oh, happy man!
They have befriended thee!
:04:37
Why, foolish Lucius,
dost thou not perceive
:04:40
that Rome is but a wilderness of tigers?
:04:44
Tigers must prey,
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and Rome affords no prey
but me and mine!
:04:52
How happy art thou, then,
:04:54
from these devourers to be banished!
:05:00
But who comes with
our brother Marcus here?
:05:03
Titus, prepare thy aged eyes to weep,
:05:08
or if not so,
thy noble heart to break.
:05:11
I bring consuming sorrow
to thine age.
:05:15
Will it consume me?
:05:17
Let me see it, then.
:05:21
This...was thy daughter.
:05:30
Why, Marcus, so she is.
:05:33
This object kills me.
:05:36
Fainthearted boy,
arise and look upon her.
:05:42
Speak, Lavinia.
:05:45
What accursed hand
hath made thee handless
:05:48
in thy father's sight?
:05:50
What fool hath added water to the sea
:05:52
or brought a torch
to bright-burning Troy?
:05:55
My grief was at the height
before thou camest,
:05:58
and now like Nilus,
it disdaineth bounds.