Coriolanus: Act III, Scene iii

 

Coriolanus             Act III, Scene iii             Coriolanus

(This speech is used in our interview with Guy Roberts)

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150.  You common cry of curs, whose breath I hate
151. As reek o’ th’ rotten fens, whose loves I prize
152. As the dead carcasses of unburied men
153. That do corrupt my air, I banish you!
155. And here remain with your uncertainty;
156. Let every feeble rumor shake your hearts;
157. Your enemies, with nodding of their plumes,
158. Fan you into despair! Have the power still
159. To banish your defenders, till at length
160. Your ignorance—which finds not till it feels,
161. Making but reservation of yourselves,
162. Still your own foes—deliver you
163. As most abated captives to some nation
164. That won you without blows! Despising
165. For you the city, thus I turn my back.
166. There is a world elsewhere.

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