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"What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time?"
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The Tempest"I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness, and the bettering of my mind"
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a storm, the rest of the play is set on a remote island, where Prospero, a magician, lives with his daughter Miranda, and his two servants: Caliban, a savage monster figure, and Ariel, an airy spir
"What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time?"
"My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up. My fathers loss, the weakness which I feel, The wreck of all my friends, nor this mans threats, To whom I am subdud, are but light to me, Might I but through my prison once a day Behold this maid. All corners else o th earth Let liberty make use of; space enough Have I in such a prison."
"Ferdinand: Wherefore weep you? Miranda: At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer What I desire to give, and much less take What I shall die to want."
"Trinculo: Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool — Stephano: There is not only disgrace and dishonor in that, monster, but an infinite loss."
"A pox o your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!"
"If thou neglectst, or dost unwillingly What I command, Ill rack thee with old cramps, Fill all thy bones with aches, make thee roar, That beasts shall tremble at thy din."