- 👉 ! Poet-relevant ! Ian McKellen recites a speech Shakespeare wrote as part of a play about Sir Thomas More. It was censored in his lifetime. The message stands (lyam= lime... old word for leash.) www.threads.com/@colbertlate... Speech text, separately. www.williamlanday.com/2017/02/28/s...
- ALSO: If this speech in this voice should ring through the land Outside lodging, in public spaces, thence to irk dormant conscience and thugs harry, That were not an ill form of protest, methinks, For tyrants have no power without willing fists.Feb 6, 2026 06:25