Grade 9 · Play
All the World's a Stage
ORLANDO Then but forbear your food a little while,
ORLANDO Whiles, like a doe, I go to find my fawn
ORLANDO And give it food. There is an old poor man,
ORLANDO Who after me hath many a weary step
From As You Like It by William Shakespeare (1623) · As You Like It, William Shakespeare (1623)
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