"Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves;
And ye that on the sands with printless foot
Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him
When he comes back; you demi-puppets that
By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make,
Whereof the ewe not bites; and you whose pastime
Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice
To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid -
Weak masters though ye be - I have bedimm'd
The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds,
And 'twixt the green sea and the azured vault
Set roaring war...."
- William Shakespeare, "The Tempest"

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There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies, that’s for thoughts. . . . There’s fennel for you, and columbines. Hamlet, act 4, scene 5. #ShakespeareWeek #BookWormSat 🎨John Everett Millais
'Tyrants' fears decrease not, but grow faster than the years' - Pericles, act 1, sc.2 #BookWormSat #ShakespeareWeek #NoKings
Since we're in a 16th century frame of mind thanks to #BookWormSat, my weird picture of the day is one of Fabrizio Riccardi's illustrations for Rabelais' 'Pantagruel'. Riccardi is a contemporary Italian #surrealist. #weird #weirdart #surrealism #ItalianArt #artsky #Rabelais
"A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion;" - William Shakespeare, Sonnet 20 #BookWormSat #Shakespeare #poetry #gayhistory
The ‘Weird Sisters’ of ‘Macbeth’ make their first appearance in the Scottish chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun, c. 1420. Because ‘weird’ has the sense of ‘fate,’ it is thought that the Weird Sisters may derive from the three Norns, Norse goddesses of Fate. #BookWormSat
"Here comes Ancient Pistol." "Well roared, Bottom!" Bitchy Shakespearean interchange said to have taken place between Lord Alfred Douglas and Frank Harris when they encountered each other unexpectedly. #BookWormSat #queerhistory #gayhistory
"My hour is almost come When I to sulf'rous and tormenting flames Must render up myself." "Alas, poor ghost!" #BookWormSat Thank you once again to everyone who contributed another series of superb posts on #PhantomsFriday. Great to welcome a few new contributors, too. Can't wait for next week!
"Now it is the time of night That the graves all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide." 🪦👻 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act V, Scene I #BookwormSat
🤍🌙🤍"O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, and steep my senses in forgetfulness?" 👑Henry IV #BookWormSat #ShakespeareSunday