Lend me a looking glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. - William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3. In his madness Lear clings onto the hope that the corpse of his daughter Cordelia is alive after all. He calls for a mirror to see if it will fog up with her breath.

Lend me a looking glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives.

– William Shakespeare

King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3. In his madness Lear clings onto the hope that the corpse of his daughter Cordelia is alive after all. He calls for a mirror to see if it will fog up with her breath.

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