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Friday, March 21, 2014

Bawdy Bard Smatterings


Poets United


art thou but
A dagger of the mind,
A false creation
Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
(Macbeth)



Take you me for a sponge ,my Lord ?
 ( Hamlet )




There are a sort of men whose visages
Do cream and mantle like a standing pond
And do a wilful stillness entertain
With purpose to be dressed in an opinion
Of  wisdom, gravity, profound conceit

( Merchant of Venice )




I am one sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the moor are now making the beast with two backs
(Othello)



Hell is empty. And all the devils are here.
(The Tempest) 



The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man doth know himself to be a fool.
(As You Like It ) 




Tis in my memory lock'd
And you yourself shall keep the key to it

( Hamlet)



The wren goes to't,and the small gilded fly does lecher in my sight. Let copulation thrive.
(King Lear)




As flies to wanton boys
are we to gods
They kill us for their sport
(King Lear)

12 comments:

  1. A dagger of the mind, a beak of the cockie. Both dangerous.

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  2. Nietzsche said if you want the best out of life you should live dangerously...I think he ended his days in the lunatic asylum:)

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  3. what a poor god would that be that kills their own creation for a sport...ugh... think i should go and listen to that bird a bit...they always have some nice stories to tell..and i like his headdress...smiles

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  4. Brilliant combination of visual and poetic... and yes the last one sent shivers down my spine...

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  5. Nice tour through the bard's world - glad I returned.

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    1. Ha...I thought this would be a good way of introducing Shakespeare to the YOOF of society:)

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  7. You continue to make me smile...
    ZQ

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  8. Ah, here you review some of my favorite hell-fire in Shakespeare! Are the pics yours?

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  9. Mostly from the net and magazines. The artwork is mine...top of a jewellery box!

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