1)
Kent he stood up
Voiced the neglect
Lear he roared
At his loyal subject
2)
The noble Kent disowned and banned
Upon his life to leave the land
When all his crime was to see
And the courage to speak free
Ref.:
Dowerless Daughter
When Majesty falls
Dowerless Daughter now
When Majesty falls to folly
A Dowerless Daughter now you are
Once most loved a shining star
Fall from Grace what was holy
When Majesty falls to folly
3)
Cordelia disowned
Dowerless, forsaken
All her paramours gone
No fortune to be taken
4)
But the king of France still kneels
To beg her hand for all he feels
Love and joy to see her smile
To hear her sweet voice in a while
KING OF FRANCE
Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich, being poor;
Most choice, forsaken; and most loved, despised!
Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon:
Be it lawful I take up what's cast away.
Gods, gods! 'tis strange that from their cold'st neglect
My love should kindle to inflamed respect.
Thy dowerless daughter, king, thrown to my chance,
Is queen of us, of ours, and our fair France:
Not all the dukes of waterish Burgundy
Can buy this unprized precious maid of me.
Bid them farewell, Cordelia, though unkind:
Thou losest here, a better where to find.
Ref.:
Dowerless Daughter
When Majesty falls
Dowerless Daughter now
When Majesty falls to folly
A Dowerless Daughter now you are
Once most loved a shining star
Fall from Grace what was holy
When Majesty falls to folly
