Even Such A Man, So Faint, So Spiritless, So Dull, So Dead In Look, So Woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain In The Dead Of Night, And Would Have Told Him Half His Troy Was Burnt.

Even Such A Man, So Faint, So Spiritless, So Dull, So Dead In Look, So Woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain In The Dead Of Night, And Would Have Told Him Half His Troy Was Burnt.

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Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless,
So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone,
Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night,
And would have told him half his Troy was burnt.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV
-- Act i, Sc. 1

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