“For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.” Macbeth, Act 4, Sc 1.

Img: The Three Witches from Macbeth, by Daniel Gardner, 1775.
L to R: Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, & Anne Seymour Damer.

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"Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furr'd gowns hide all."

King Lear

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"Perserverance keeps honour bright:
To have done is to hang
Quite out of fashion,
Like a rusty mail in monumental mockery."

Troilus and Cressida -

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"Shall I go fetch your night-gown?" ~ Othello (A4,S3).

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“Gold! all gold!” ~ Winter’s Tale (A3,S3).

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"Holding thine ear close to the hollow ground;
So shall no foot upon the church-yard tread" ~ Romeo & Juliet (A5,S3).

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" ... wears yet a precious jewel in his head." ~ As You Like It (A2,S1).

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"When valor preys on reason,
It eats the sword it fights with ..."

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“The arms are fair,
When the intent of bearing them is just.”
Henry IV, Part 1, Act V, Sc 2

The Beechnut Fairy, by Cicely Mary Barker

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"We would not seek a battle as we are,
Nor, as we are, we say we will not shun it." ~ Henry V (A3,S6).

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Noble patricians, patrons of my right,
Defend the justice of my cause with arms;
And, countrymen, my loving followers,
Plead my successive title with your swords

Titus Andronicus - Act 1 Scene 1

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"Noble heroes, my sword and yours are kin." ~ All's Well That Ends Well (A2,S1).

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I couldn't decide on the correct image for the quote, but since I do a comic book account, I thought 'hey, just do a variant cover'

Then follow me, and give me audience, friends

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“All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.”
― Shakespeare
(art by Edward Burne-Jones)

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Romeo: It is my soul that calls upon my name:
How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night,
Like softest music to attending ears!
Juliet: Romeo!
Romeo: My dear?

Romeo and Juliet A2Sc2
Shakespeare




Art: Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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In winter with warm tears I'll melt the snow, and keep eternal springtime on thy face..

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She red and hot as coals of glowing fire

Venus and Adonis

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"My soul is in the sky"

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 5 Scene 1


Image: Stormy Sea with Castle Ruin and Figures by Paul Sandby (1731 – 1809).

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“On the bat’s back do I fly
After summer, merrily.” Ariel in The Tempest, Act 5, Sc 1


Image from The Forrest Collection of scrapbooks held by . Hand-coloured
by the Forrest children in 1868.

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