O God, that one might read the book of fate 45 And see the revolution of the times 46 Make mountains level, and the continent, 47 Weary of solid firmness, melt itself 48 Into the sea, and other times to see 49 The beachy girdle of the ocean 50 Too wide for Neptune’s hips; how chance’s mocks 51 And changes fill the cup of alteration 52 With divers liquors!
KING
O God, that one might read the book of fate 45
And see the revolution of the times 46
Make mountains level, and the continent, 47
Weary of solid firmness, melt itself 48
Into the sea, and other times to see 49
The beachy girdle of the ocean 50
Too wide for Neptune’s hips; how chance’s mocks 51
And changes fill the cup of alteration 52
With divers liquors! . . .
