Give me my robe. Put on my crown. I have
Immortal longings in me. Now no more
The juice of Egypt’s grape shall moist this lip.
– Cleopatra,
Antony and Cleopatra, Act V, sc ii, 335-337,
Shakespeare
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The Death of Cleopatra
The Death of Cleopatra, by Reginald Arthur, 1892 -
She’s dead as earth
King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia ,1786-8, James Barry (1741-1806)
Tate Gallery UKKING LEAR:
Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones:
Had I your tongues and eyes, I’d use them so
That heaven’s vault should crack. She’s gone for ever!
I know when one is dead, and when one lives;
She’s dead as earth.King Lear, Act V, scene iii
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Desdemona
DESDEMONA
O, banish me, my lord, but kill me not!
OTHELLO
Down, strumpet!
DESDEMONA
Kill me to-morrow: let me live to-night!
OTHELLO
Nay, if you strive–
DESDEMONA
But half an hour!
OTHELLO
Being done, there is no pause.
DESDEMONA
But while I say one prayer!
OTHELLO
It is too late.
Desdemona by Rodolfo Amoedo, 1892 Shakespeare, Othello, Act V, Scene ii, 1622.
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The Weird Sisters’ Prophecy
First Witch:
When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?Second Witch:
When the hurly-burly’s done,
When the battle’s lost and won.
Third Witch:
That will be ere the set of sun.
Shakespeare, William. Macbeth, Act I, scene i, c. 1605.
The Devil's Muse 
