Friday, December 10, 2021

ILUSTRADOS (II, ... AND LOSE THE NAME OF ACTION)



Th'oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of dispriz'd love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th'unworthy takes,

(...)

Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56965/speech-to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-the-question

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