Julius Caesar - Antony to the Citizens of Rome
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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him
The evil that men do lives after them
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him
The evil that men do lives after them
The good is oft interred with their bones
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious
If it were so, it was a grievous fault
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest
For Brutus is an honourable man
So are they all, all honourable men
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral
He was my friend, faithful and just to me
But Brutus says he was ambitious
And Brutus is an honourable man
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious
And Brutus is an honourable man
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious
If it were so, it was a grievous fault
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest
For Brutus is an honourable man
So are they all, all honourable men
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral
He was my friend, faithful and just to me
But Brutus says he was ambitious
And Brutus is an honourable man
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious
And Brutus is an honourable man
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious
And, sure, he is an honourable man
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke
I thrice presented him a kingly crown
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious
And, sure, he is an honourable man
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke
But here I am to speak what I do know
You all did love him once, not without cause
You all did love him once, not without cause
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar
And I must pause till it come back to me
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