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Elegant Variation

  • amolosh
  • 5 hours ago
  • 1 min read

“the croaking raven doth bellow for revenge”—William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, act 3, scene 2 (1609)


 

Better my own immortal line:

“the bellowing raven croaketh for revenge"?

What, though, to say, if Shakespeare nods!

Give us a break, undying gods!




George Cruikshank, hand-coloured lithograph (1817)



Thursday, October 16, 2025

 
 
 

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