“ Alack, alack the day!”
Lear . If thou wilt weep my fortunes, take my eyes. I know thee well enough; thy name is Gloucester. Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know’st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl and cry. I will preach to thee; mark. Glou . Alack, alack the day! Lear . When we are born, we cry that we are come To this great stage of fools . . . ____________ Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear. Act 4, Scene 6 (Shakespeare died April 23, 1616.)
