In such a night
Stood Dido with a willow in her hand
Upon the wild sea banks, and waft her love
To come again to Carthage.

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'Has this fellow no feeling of his business? He sings in grave-making'
Hamlet Act 5, Scene 1:17
(Fresco by Felix Hölzl, Straubing, 1763)

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Comets, importing change of times and states brandish your crystal tresses in the sky..

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My soul is in the sky. – Midsummer Night’s Dream A5,S1

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“To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores...”
The Winter’s Tale, Act 4, Sc 4

The Traveller’s Joy Flower Fairy by Cicely Barker, 1920s.
This English flower, of the Clematis family, is so named as it was a welcome sight to travellers both setting out & returning.

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"...and therefore welcome the sour cup of prosperity.
Affliction may one day smile again, and till
then, sit thee down, sorrow!"

-Costard, 'Love's Labour's Lost' 1:1:313-315

I ❤️

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Eight wild boars roasted whole at a breakfast—and but twelve persons there! Is this true?
Antony and Cleopatra - Act 2 Scene 2

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"Had you such leisure in the time of Death ... ?" Richard III (Act 1,Scene 4).
Art by

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“The confident and over lusty French” ~ Henry V (Act IV).

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"Had you not lately an intent,--speak truly,--
To go to Paris?" ~ All's Well That Ends Well (Act 1, Scene 3).

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"A famous rebel art thou."

HenryIV Pt2 4.3

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“Two households, both alike in dignity
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean..

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🎼 "Dance Of The Knights" from "Romeo & Juliet" by Sergej Prokofiev https://t.co/PpW4glSvVV

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"Why, that's the way to fool their preparation, and to conquer their most absurd intents... " ~ Antony and Cleopatra - (Act 5, Scene 2).

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“Therein, ye gods, ye make the weak most strong;
Therein, ye gods, you tyrants do defeat.”
- Julius Caesar

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Yet I will try the last. Before my body
I throw my warlike shield. Lay on, Macduff,
And damned be him that first cries, “Hold, enough!”

Macbeth A5Sc8
Shakespeare



Illustrator: HC Selous
Engraver: Frederick Wentworth

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⏳🪨⌛️"Not marble nor the gilded monuments
Of princes shall outlive this pow'rful rhyme,
But you shall shine more bright..."

🕯️Sonnet 55

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"The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle. Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player ... " ~ Macbeth (Act5, Scene 5).

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"Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye…"
(Loves Labours Lost A2, S1)


(image: New York Public Library, 1868)

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“The sight of lovers feedeth those in love.” As You Like It, Act 3, Sc 4

A Dance in the Country, (detail) by Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1883 .

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