I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermi…

William Shakespeare
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I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown, My figured goblets for a dish of wood, My scepter for a palmer's walking staff My subjects for a pair of carved saints and my large kingdom for a little grave. ✨ 'Richard II' (1595) act 3, sc. 3, l. 143
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