"And all the courses of my life do show I am not in the roll of common men." ~ Henry IV Pt 1 (A3,S1).

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Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.
Troilus and Cressida [II, 3]

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“we discovered Two ships” - The Comedy of Errors {act 1 scene 1}

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I've been wanting to read this for a loooong time.

Shakespeare + There's no other way for this to get better!

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Ophelia (1883) [from William Shakespeare's Hamlet] by Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). Private collection.

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"If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended:
That you have but slumbered here,
While these visions did appear;
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream ..."

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The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve;
Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time.
~ A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Four Lovers Sleep in the Wood ~ Christian Birmingham

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Extra credit work I did for my literature class. I’ve got beef with Shakespeare.

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"One feast, one house, one mutual happiness." ~ 2GofV (A5,S4).


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Utterly fabulous to have in our archive original photos of renowned British actor Denholm Elliot performing Twelfth Night at Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf.

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"All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me."

Sonnet 43

Image: Le Reveil by Jean Francois Rafaelli. c. 1885-95.

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❄️🌹❄️"At Christmas I no more desire a rose
Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth;
But like of each thing that in season grows."

🤍Love's Labour Lost

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"But with the word the time will bring on summer,
When briers shall have leaves as well as thorns,
And be as sweet as sharp."

- All's Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene 4

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"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time" - Macbeth


https://t.co/BEpjN6Ncwh

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“Let me embrace these sour adversities:
For wise men say it is the wisest course.”

Henry VI, Part III, Act III, sc. 1.

🖼️'Back to Brick' : : My Modern Met

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"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
And let my liver rather heat with wine, than my heart cool with mortifying groans."

Merchant of Venice

The Fairies' Banquet - John Anster Fitzgerald, 1859
(Public Domain)

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“I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety” ~ Henry V (A3,S2).

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