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Read & copy
“I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.”
Meaning & context
Time ignored earlier becomes painfully visible later, when opportunities narrow and delay can no longer be recovered.
Source details
Richard II, Act V, Scene V in the represented 1921 Yale edition. Richard's 'I wasted time, and now doth time waste me' occurs in the prison soliloquy as he compares broken musical time with his ruined political life. The First Folio facsimile numbers the corresponding prison scene differently, so the Yale route is used to preserve this collection's modern scene numbering.
