"Some glory in their birth, some in their skill, some in their wealth, some in their bodies' force, some in their garments, though new-fangled ill." ~ Sonnet XCI.

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“Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires.” (Macbeth)

(Dark Side Grogu by milkmindart)

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“A brave vessel
Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her
Dashed all to pieces.”
Miranda in The Tempest, Act 1, Sc 2

Image: JW Waterhouse, 1916

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So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse
And found such fair assistance in my verse
Sonnet 78

Charles Meynier: Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry

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" Mine eyes smell onions "
AWTEW ( V iii )

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Benjamin West’s “King Lear and Cordelia” (1793)

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“Here on this grass-plot, in this very place,
To come and sport.”
The Tempest, Act 4, Sc 1.


Fairy Games by Molly Brett, 1930s.

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“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.“ (All’s Well That Ends Well)

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“Balm to heal their wounds,” ~ Henry VI, Pt 3 (A4,S8).

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"False face must hide what the false heart doth know ..."

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"How this world is given to lying!" ~ Henry IV Pt.1 (A5,S4).

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"False face must hide what the false heart doth know." ~ Macbeth (A1,S7).

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O, sir, you are deceived.

- Measure for Measure

[Hermes and Argus, by Velázquez (1659): Zeus sends Hermes to kill the giant Argus and recover his mortal lover Io. Hermes lulls Argus to sleep with pipe music before slaying him.]

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✨❤️‍🔥✨"Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move, Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love."

👑Hamlet.

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Methought I was enamoured of an ass.

(A Midsummer Night’s Dream ,A4 ,S1)

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"A man is master of his liberty:
Time is their master, and when they see time, they'll go or come" ~ The Comedy of Errors (A2,S1).

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"Never did captive with a freer heart, cast off his chains of bondage." ~ Richard II (A1,S3).

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"When we were happy we had other names" ~ King John (A5,S4).

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‘Twixt two extremes of passion, joy and grief,
Burst smilingly.’

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