If thou wert the lion, the fox would beguile thee. – Tomin of Athens – A4,S3

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'Orpheus with his lute made trees,
And the mountain tops that freeze,
Bow themselves, when he did sing:
To his music, plants and flowers
Ever sprung; as sun and showers
There had made a lasting spring.'
Henry VIII, Act 3, Scene 1

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"Our bodies are our gardens, to the which
our wills are gardeners"

(from 'Othello')


by J. J. Grandville

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"Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs,
Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes
Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth."

Richard II

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"Bid them wash their faces
And keep their teeth clean."
Coriolanus (Act ii, Scene iii).

Art by Lucio Parrillo.

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"And all my mother came into mine eyes and gave me up to tears."
Henry V

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This is the fairy land: O, spite of spites!
 We talk with goblins, owls, and elvish sprites.
 If we obey them not, this will ensue,
 They'll suck our breath, and pinch us black and blue!
(The Comedy of Errors A2 s2)

Art: Catherine Hyde https://t.co/Y3P7PIkNGg

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Then imitate the action of the tiger;
3.1

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Celebrating with a fanart of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, version 🏴‍☠️ (The quote is from Shakespeare, because I wanted to honour as well!)

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We just saw that it's - What was your favourite Shakespeare that you discovered as a We loved A Midsummer Night's Dream - which you can have delivered right to you in your next Bookabees box! Add it at https://t.co/spWPqTVlMi!

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"Not sick, my lord, unless it be in mind;
Nor well, unless in mind" - Salerio, Merchant Of Venice

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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin..

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"I do lament the sickness of the king" - Richard III

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Lovers ever run before the clock.
The Merchant of Venice - Act 2 Scene 6

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🌊✨🌊"My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite."

💙Romeo and Juliet.

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Who pass'd, methought, the melancholy flood
With that grim ferryman which poets write of,
Unto the kingdom of perpetual night.
Richard III c. 1591, I. 4. 45
[Skeleton ferrying souls of the damned, British Library, 1851]

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