“But then begins a journey” - Sonnet 27

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"Green indeed is the colour of lovers;" ~ Love's Labour's Lost (A1,S2).

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“My salad days
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood,
To say as I said then!”

― William Shakespeare, “Antony and Cleopatra,” Act I, Scene V
🎨Edwin Austin Abbey, John William Waterhouse &
A. M. Faulkner

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There's a palm presages chastity, if nothing else

Antony and Cleopatra

🎨William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Of the sea-water green
LLL

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The commonwealth is sick of their own choice; Their over-greedy love hath surfeited. An habitation giddy and unsure
Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart.

Henry IV, Part II, I,3
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“She loves him with an enraged affection, it is past the infinite of thought.”

Act 2 scene 3: Much Ado About Nothing:

🖼️Passion and Love: Ben Zion Rotman: SaatchiArt

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"Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires." (Macbeth)

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FAIRIES RIDE WHITE RABBITS
Landseer's Titania and Bottom from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', painted in 1847. You will see a diminutive Puck & fairy-riding white rabbits, an enchanting Fairy Transport image for with Easter approaching

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SPRING.
When daisies pied and violets blue
And lady-smocks all silver-white
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight,
Love's Labour's Lost [V, 2]

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"The spring is near when green geese are a-breeding." ~ Love's Labour's Lost (A1,S1).

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✨🏹✨"The moon, like to a silver bow new bent in heaven."

🌙A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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"Inquire at London, ’mongst the taverns there,
For there, they say, he daily doth frequent,
With unrestrained loose companions"

Richard II, Act 5, Scene 3
🍻

Image: Tavern Interior by Thomas Rowlandson, c.1810-1815.

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Tom Hiddleston as Henry V. by el Artista Plástico y Heráldico Victor M. Martinez. Dibujo 28x22 cms, patrocine y apoye y mi Obra,

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O god, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!

Othello, Act 2, Scene 3


Image: Alehouse Politicians by Thomas Rowlandson, 1785-1790.

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"Good company, good wine, good welcome can make good people."

- Henry VIII, William Shakespeare

"I hope that bottle isn't from Mr. Cregg, Captain!"
(I decided to add a little silliness of my own 😉😎🏴‍☠️ )

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PORTER: drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things.
MACDUFF: What three things does drink especially provoke?
PORTER: Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine.

Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 3


Image: Birmingham Bag Man, Edward Hedges Cornhill, 1792.

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"He was a man
Of an unbounded stomach"

Henry VIII, Act 4, Scene 2
BEARDS, BELLIES & BEERS

Image: Bath Beau and Country Beau by Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1788-1790.

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"Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear"

~Shakespeare

Illustration;Norman Mills Price.#ShakespeareSunday .

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