...obvious. 9. There is even a hint of Shakespeare's Richard ll in "Sad songs about the end of love": "For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground / And tell sad stories of the death of kings" (1ll. ii. 153-56). 10. The four that Palmer did not set are: "What Counsel...

...identified as the king) gazing mournfully out to sea while a voiceover recited lines from Richard II: 'For God's sake let us sit upon the ground / And tell sad stories of the death of kings . . .' Branagh felt that it indicated an attitude rather than helping...

...by Gascoigne, which, however urgent and close to natural spoken speech, are without question iambic: For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of Kings. There is no such predictability in Donne, or if there is, then this...

...Greene, and the Earl of Wiltshire. Richard's reaction is to sink on the beach in a self-indulgent funk: For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings: How some have been depos'd, some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts...

...own but death, And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings: How some have been deposed, some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts...

...face. Whereupon this prodigal prince aligns himself with the figures in Sackville's ghostly procession: For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings: How some have been despos'd,, some slain in war, Some haunted by the...

...speeches, especially John of Gaunt's speech on England ('this sceptred isle') and Richard's despairing: 'For God's sake let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings.' Richard Ш (history - M;rn, Rich III) Mam characters: King Richard...

...death; / And that small model of the barren earth / Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. / For God's sake let us sit upon the ground / And tell sad stories of the death of kings: / How some have been depos'd, some slain in war, / Some haunted by the...

...from then on no visitor to my dressing room was ever allowed to stand there. (LYNN kneels on cushion.) For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings: How some have been depos'd, some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts...

...State has been conveniently neglected." (PRINCE CHARLES, ON GEORGE III.) NINE ROYAL ASSASSINATIONS For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings How some have been deposed, some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts...