The Plays of William Shakspeare |
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Page 31
And why not death , rather than living tor- ment ? To die , is to be banish'd from myself ; And Silvia is myself : banish'd from her , Is self from self : a deadly banishment ! What light is light , if Silvia be not seen ?
And why not death , rather than living tor- ment ? To die , is to be banish'd from myself ; And Silvia is myself : banish'd from her , Is self from self : a deadly banishment ! What light is light , if Silvia be not seen ?
Page 73
Come away , come away , death , And in sad cypress let me be laid ; Fly away , fly away , breath ; I am slain by a fair cruel maid . My shroud of white , stuck all with yew , O , prepare it ; My part of death no one so true Did share it ...
Come away , come away , death , And in sad cypress let me be laid ; Fly away , fly away , breath ; I am slain by a fair cruel maid . My shroud of white , stuck all with yew , O , prepare it ; My part of death no one so true Did share it ...
Page 96
As much for my poor brother , as myself : That is , Were I under the terms of death , The impression of keen whips I'd wear as rubies , And strip myself to death , as to a bed That longing I have been sick for , ere I'd yield My body up ...
As much for my poor brother , as myself : That is , Were I under the terms of death , The impression of keen whips I'd wear as rubies , And strip myself to death , as to a bed That longing I have been sick for , ere I'd yield My body up ...
Page 97
Be absolute for death ; either death , or life , Shall thereby be the sweeter . Reason thus with life , — If I do lose thee , I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep a breath thou art , ( Servile to all the skiey influences ...
Be absolute for death ; either death , or life , Shall thereby be the sweeter . Reason thus with life , — If I do lose thee , I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep a breath thou art , ( Servile to all the skiey influences ...
Page 98
Death is a fearful thing . Isab . And shamed life a hateful . Claud . Ay , but to die , and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction , and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit ...
Death is a fearful thing . Isab . And shamed life a hateful . Claud . Ay , but to die , and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction , and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Longman, 1880 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
| Length | 960 pages |
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