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Pericles - Act 5, scene 2
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Pericles - Act 5, scene 2Act 5, scene 2
⌜Scene 2⌝
Synopsis:
Gower tells of the celebrations for Pericles in Mytilene and of the betrothal of Marina and Lysimachus.
⌜Enter Gower.⌝GOWER
2367 Now our sands are almost run,
2368 More a little, and then dumb.
2369 This my last boon give me—
2370 For such kindness must relieve me—
2371 5 That you aptly will suppose
2372 What pageantry, what feats, what shows,
2373 What minstrelsy and pretty din
2374 The regent made in Mytilene
2375 To greet the King. So he thrived
2376 10 That he is promised to be wived
2377 To fair Marina, but in no wise
2378 Till he had done his sacrifice
2379 As Dian bade, whereto being bound,
2380 The interim, pray you, all confound.
2381 15 In feathered briefness sails are filled,
2382 And wishes fall out as they’re willed.
2383 At Ephesus the temple see
2384 Our king and all his company.
2385 That he can hither come so soon
2386 20 Is by your fancies’ thankful doom.
⌜He exits.⌝