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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). #ShakespeareSunday #Vampirella
" ... wears yet a precious jewel in his head." ~ As You Like It (A2,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #WandaVision
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"When valor preys on reason,
It eats the sword it fights with ..."
#AntonyAndCleopatra
“The arms are fair,
When the intent of bearing them is just.”
Henry IV, Part 1, Act V, Sc 2
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The Beechnut Fairy, by Cicely Mary Barker #autumn
"We would not seek a battle as we are,
Nor, as we are, we say we will not shun it." ~ Henry V (A3,S6). #ShakespeareSunday #LooneyTunes
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).
#ShakespeareSunday #RedSonja
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
#ShakespeareSunday
“All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.”
― Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday
(art by Edward Burne-Jones)
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
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#RomeoAndJuliet
Art: Lawrence Alma-Tadema
In winter with warm tears I'll melt the snow, and keep eternal springtime on thy face..
#TitusAndronicus #Dulac #ShakespeareSunday
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
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Image: Stormy Sea with Castle Ruin and Figures by Paul Sandby (1731 – 1809).
“On the bat’s back do I fly
After summer, merrily.” Ariel in The Tempest, Act 5, Sc 1
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Image from The Forrest Collection of scrapbooks held by @BhamCityCouncil. Hand-coloured
by the Forrest children in 1868.
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. #ShakespeareSunday
'Has this fellow no feeling of his business? He sings in grave-making'
Hamlet Act 5, Scene 1:17 #ShakespeareSunday
(Fresco by Felix Hölzl, Straubing, 1763)
Comets, importing change of times and states brandish your crystal tresses in the sky..
#HenryVI #ShakespeareSunday
My soul is in the sky. – Midsummer Night’s Dream A5,S1 #ShakespeareSunday
“To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores...”
The Winter’s Tale, Act 4, Sc 4
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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.