The Tempest IV.i. 146-160

[LostBoyScout]

I used to have this on my wall. I think it's possibly the most powerful lines from Shakespeare, likely his grand farewell.


You do look, my son, in a moved sort,
As if you were dismayed; be cheerful, sir:
Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind: We are such stuff
As dreams are made of, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep. - Sir, I am vex'd;
Bear with my weakness; my old brain is troubled,
Be not disturbed with my infirmity.

-William Shakespeare

[gslse]

My best friend was just in a production of the Tempest. He played Ferdinand. First time I've seen it. Phenomanal performance.



"When troubles come, they come not single spies, but, in battalions." - Bill Shakespeare